“The Adventures of Superman” Radio Script
date: label: Date made
content: 1950-01-13
name: label: associated person
content: Collyer, Bud
label: associated institution
content: Mutual Radio Network
label: maker
content: Mutual Radio Network
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Script for episode 1174 of the serialized radio program "The Adventures of Superman." A chapter in the 25-part story "Looking for Kryptonite," a narrative of the heroes' adventures in combatting the "Crescent and Star Mob." "Kryptonite" is the fictional metal from Superman's home planet Krypton. The script includes a cue sheet, indicating which sound effects will be needed for the episode.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Starring the voice of future television game show host Bud Collyer as the titular hero for every season but its last, "The Adventures of Superman" ran on U.S. airwaves from 1940-1951. Over 2,000 episodes of the adventures of the "Man of Steel" were produced, most featuring actress Joan Alexander in the role of journalist Lois Lane. The show was the first to expand Superman's audience beyond comic books and is responsible for introducing characters and storylines that have become canonical elements of the character's mythos. Elements of the program, such as the phrase "It's a Bird/ It's a Plane/ It's Superman!" remain closely connected with the hero in today's popular imagination.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The character of Superman first flew into action in 1938. The costumed superhero was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two Jewish teenagers from Cleveland Ohio, who used, among other things, Classical mythology, philosopher Fredrich Nietzche's concept of the "uber mensch," and the era's popular science fiction and adventure writing, for inspiration.
label: Description (Brief)
content: With his debut in Action Comics #1, Superman became an instant sensation with audiences, inspired by the "Man of Tomorrow's" virtue and heroics at time when the Nation was slowly emerging from the economic catastrophe of the Great Depression and moving closer to World War.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The character of Superman first flew into action in 1938. The costumed superhero was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two Jewish teenagers from Cleveland Ohio, who used, among other things, classical mythology and the era's popular science fiction and adventure writing for inspiration.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Fighting for "Truth and Justice," Superman birthed a cultural fascination with superheroes, and has become one of the most recognizable and influential fictional characters in history. In addition to comic books, the character has been explored in all forms of media, including radio, television, and film, and has been used to promote a variety of successful consumer products, educational initiatives and public service campaigns.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Radio
label: Subject
content: Superman
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
label: See more items in
content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: DC Comics, Incorporated
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0213.178
label: accession number
content: 1987.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0213.178
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Script, Radio
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 8 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 21.59 cm