Wolf vs. the Yellow Mask: The Adventures of Superman (March 22, 1940)

“Wolf vs. the Yellow Mask” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 22, 1940. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Superman, disguised as reporter Clark Kent, travels with Lois Lane to the town of Dyerville, which has been suffering a series of strange accidents. Their editor Perry White has sent them to investigate. Earlier, the fugitives Kino and the Wolf arrived at the underground hideout of the Yellow Mask, where a dispute broke out over who would run things. On the road, Clark and Lois are pursued by a mysterious car, and a voice speaks to them over the radio by name. As they cross the toll bridge into Dyerville, a sudden earthquake shakes the structure and Superman races to save it and Lois. The Adventures of Superman, a 1940 radio transcription serial, first aired March 22, 1940.

Metropolis and the hills outside Dyerville, including the toll bridge over the Jefferson River, and an underground hideout.

Characters: Superman, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Perry White, Kino, The Wolf, The Yellow Mask

Listen for: The voice on the radio that calls Clark Kent by name, and the quake that threatens the toll bridge.

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.