The Space Shell Part 04: The Adventures of Superman (February 15, 1945)

“The Space Shell Part 04” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 15, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Jimmy Olsen and Pogo, a little fat man, have vanished along with Pogo's transparent space shell from a garage. Perry White, editor of the Daily Planet, worries about them when a moving van is seen at the garage. Clark Kent and Perry White look into the disappearance and find that the shell has been taken away. Meanwhile, Jimmy and Pogo are locked inside the shell at an old barn while armed men outside demand that they come out. The episode is part four of The Adventures of Superman, a radio series, first broadcast on February 15, 1945.

A garage and house in a town, a moving van, and an old weather-beaten barn on an abandoned farm.

Characters: Perry White, Jimmy Olsen, Pogo, Clark Kent, Swanson

Listen for: Pogo's warning that the men outside want the secret fuel formula, and the gas being pumped into the shell.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.