THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN!

VOL. 1

OLD TIME RADIO

1939 - October 27 1941 - 269 episodes

The Adventures of Superman was a long running radio serial that originally aired from 1940 to 1951, adapted from the DC Comics character.

The serial came to radio as a syndicated show on New York City's WOR on February 12, 1940. On Mutual, it was broadcast from August 31, 1942, to February 4, 1949, as a 15-minute serial, running three or, usually, five times a week. From February 7 to June 24, 1949 it ran as a thrice-weekly half-hour show. The series shifted to ABC Saturday evenings on October 29, 1949, and then returned to afternoons, twice-a-week on June 5, 1950, continuing on ABC until March 1, 1951.

Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the Man of Tomorrow first appeared in Action Comics #1 in 1938. The following year, the newspaper comic strip began and four audition radio programs were prepared to sell Superman as a radio series. When Superman was first heard on radio less than two years after the comic book appearance, the character took on an added dimension with Bud Collyer in the title role. During World War II and the post-war years, the juvenile adventure radio serial, sponsored by Kellogg's Pep, was a huge success, with many listeners following the quest for "truth and justice" in the daily radio broadcasts, the comic book stories and the newspaper comic strip. Airing in the late afternoon (variously at 5:15pm, 5:30pm and 5:45pm), the radio serial engaged its young after-school audience with its exciting and distinctive opening, which changed slightly as the series progressed.

Just as Superman's true identity remained a secret, the identity of radio actor Collyer also remained a secret from 1940 until 1946, when the character of Superman was used in a promotional campaign for racial and religious tolerance and Collyer did a Time magazine interview about that campaign. Since there were no reruns at that time, the series often used plot devices and plot twists to allow Collyer to have vacation time. Kryptonite allowed Superman to be incapacitated and incoherent with pain while the secondary characters took the focus instead. At other times, Batman (Stacy Harris) and Robin (Ronald Liss) appeared on the program in Superman's absence.

Paramount's animated Superman short films used voices by the radio actors, and Columbia's Superman movie serials (1948, 1950) were "adapted from the Superman radio program broadcast on the Mutual Network".

The syndicated series, titled simply Superman, first aired via pre-recorded transcription disks over 11 stations beginning on February 12, 1940, with an origin story, "The Baby from Krypton". The series aired in 15-minute episodes three times a week until May 9, 1941, with the conclusion of the "Nitrate Shipment" storyline. By that time, it had expanded to 63 stations. The series then moved to multi-part cliffhanger stories, beginning with "The Mystery of Dyerville". Some stories spanned just a few episodes; others, like "The Last of the Clipper Ships", went on for up to 20 parts. (from Wikipedia)

This four volume collection of mp3 files contains 1,201 episodes spans nearly the entire Superman series' Volume 1 includes the audition episodes in 1939 and goes to November 23, 1950. Volume one contains:

39xxxx 0000 The Origin of - Audition Pt 01.mp3
39xxxx 0000 The Origin of - Audition Pt 02.mp3
39xxxx 0000 The Shark - Audition Pt 01.mp3
39xxxx 0000 The Shark - Audition Pt 02.mp3
40-02-12 0001 The Baby From Krypton.mp3
40-02-14 0002 Clark Kent MildMannered Reporter.mp3
40-02-16 0003 Kenos Landslide.mp3
40-02-19 0004 Clark Kent Captured by the Wolfe.mp3
40-02-21 0005 Clark Kent Imprisoned.mp3
40-02-23 0006 The Silver Clippe.mp3
40-02-26 0007 The Atomic Beam M.mp3
40-03-01 0009 Threat to the Planet Building.mp3
40-03-04 0010 Fire in the Sterling Building.mp3
40-03-04 0010 North Star Mine Swindle Pt. 01.mp3
40-03-06 0011 Stabbing of June Anderson.mp3
40-03-08 0012 North Star Mining Company.mp3
40-03-11 0013 Aboard the Steamship Madison.mp3
40-03-13 0014 The Plane to Canyon City.mp3
40-03-15 0015 Left to Die.mp3
40-03-18 0016 The Prison Riot.mp3
40-03-20 0017 The Steam Plant.mp3
40-03-22 0018 Wolfe vs. the Yellow Mask.mp3
40-03-25 0019 The Secret Empire.mp3
40-03-27 0020 MillionDollar Ransom.mp3
40-03-29 0021 Torpedoes of Destruction.mp3
40-04-01 0022 The Brentwood Mystery.mp3
40-04-03 0023 The Giant of Brentwood.mp3
40-04-05 0024 The Secret of Stone House.mp3
40-04-08 0025 The Immortal People.mp3
40-04-10 0026 Secret of the Sacred Emerald.mp3
40-04-12 0027 The Sacred Emerald of the Incas.mp3
40-04-15 0028 Donellis Protection Racket Pt 01.mp3
40-04-17 0029 Donellis Protection Racket Pt 02.mp3
40-04-19 0030 Donellis Protection Racket Pt 03.mp3
40-04-22 0031 Donellis Protection Racket Pt 04.mp3
40-04-24 0032 Donellis Protection Racket Pt 05.mp3
40-04-26 0033 Donellis Protection Racket Pt 06.mp3
40-04-29 0034 Airplane Disasters At Bridger Field Pt 01.mp3
40-05-01 0035 Airplane Disasters At Bridger Field Pt 02.mp3
40-05-03 0036 Airplane Disasters At Bridger Field Pt 03.mp3
40-05-06 0037 Airplane Disasters At Bridger Field Pt 04.mp3
40-05-08 0038 Airplane Disasters At Bridger Field Pt 05.mp3
40-05-10 0039 Airplane Disasters At Bridger Field Pt 06.mp3
40-05-13 0040 Buffalo Hills Pt 01.mp3
40-05-15 0041 Buffalo Hills Pt 02.mp3
40-05-17 0042 Buffalo Hills Pt 03.mp3
40-05-20 0043 Buffalo Hills Pt 04.mp3
40-05-22 0044 Buffalo Hills Pt 05.mp3
40-05-24 0045 Buffalo Hills Pt 06.mp3
40-05-27 0046 Alonzo Craig Arctic Explorer Pt 01.mp3
40-05-29 0047 Alonzo Craig Arctic Explorer Pt 02.mp3
40-05-31 0048 Alonzo Craig Arctic Explorer Pt 03.mp3
40-06-03 0049 Alonzo Craig Arctic Explorer Pt 04.mp3
40-06-05 0050 Alonzo Craig Arctic Explorer Pt 05.mp3
40-06-07 0051 Alonzo Craig Arctic Explorer Pt 06.mp3
40-06-10 0052 Horace Mortons Weather Predictions Pt 01.mp3
40-06-12 0053 Horace Mortons Weather Predictions Pt 02.mp3
40-06-14 0054 Horace Mortons Weather Predictions Pt 03.mp3
40-06-17 0055 Horace Mortons Weather Predictions Pt 04.mp3
40-06-19 0056 Horace Mortons Weather Predictions Pt 05.mp3
40-06-21 0057 Horace Mortons Weather Predictions Pt 06.mp3
40-06-24 0058 Hans Hobins Doll Factory Pt 01.mp3
40-06-26 0059 Hans Hobins Doll Factory Pt 02.mp3
40-06-28 0060 Hans Hobins Doll Factory Pt 03.mp3
40-07-01 0061 Hans Hobins Doll Factory Pt 04.mp3
40-07-03 0062 Hans Hobins Doll Factory Pt 05.mp3
40-07-05 0063 Hans Hobins Doll Factory Pt 06.mp3
40-07-08 0064 Happyland Amusement Park Pt 01.mp3
40-07-10 0065 Happyland Amusement Park Pt 02.mp3
40-07-12 0066 Happyland Amusement Park Pt 03.mp3
40-07-15 0067 Happyland Amusement Park Pt 04.mp3
40-07-17 0068 Happyland Amusement Park Pt 05.mp3
40-07-19 0069 Happyland Amusement Park Pt 06.mp3
40-07-22 0070 Lighthouse Point Smugglers Pt 01.mp3
40-07-24 0071 Lighthouse Point Smugglers Pt 02.mp3
40-07-26 0072 Lighthouse Point Smugglers Pt 03.mp3
40-07-29 0073 Lighthouse Point Smugglers Pt 04.mp3
40-07-31 0074 Lighthouse Point Smugglers Pt 05.mp3
40-08-02 0075 Lighthouse Point Smugglers Pt 06.mp3
40-08-05 0076 Pillar of Fire at Graves End Pt 01.mp3
40-08-07 0077 Pillar of Fire at Graves End Pt 02.mp3
40-08-09 0078 Pillar of Fire at Graves End Pt 03.mp3
40-08-12 0079 The Mayan Treasure Pt 01.mp3
40-08-14 0080 The Mayan Treasure Pt 02.mp3
40-08-16 0081 The Mayan Treasure Pt 03.mp3
40-08-19 0082 The Mayan Treasure Pt 04.mp3
40-08-21 0083 The Mayan Treasure Pt 05.mp3
40-08-23 0084 The Mayan Treasure Pt 06.mp3
40-08-26 0085 Professor Thorpes Bathysphere Pt 01.mp3
40-08-28 0086 Professor Thorpes Bathysphere Pt 02.mp3
40-08-30 0087 Professor Thorpes Bathysphere Pt 03.mp3
40-09-02 0088 Professor Thorpes Bathysphere Pt 04.mp3
40-09-04 0089 Professor Thorpes Bathysphere Pt 05.mp3
40-09-06 0090 Professor Thorpes Bathysphere Pt 06.mp3
40-09-09 0091 Professor Thorpes Bathysphere Pt 07.mp3
40-09-11 0092 Professor Thorpes Bathysphere Pt 08.mp3
40-09-13 0093 Professor Thorpes Bathysphere Pt 09.mp3
40-09-16 0094 Professor Thorpes Bathysphere Pt 10.mp3
40-09-18 0095 Professor Thorpes Bathysphere Pt 11.mp3
40-09-20 0096 Professor Thorpes Bathysphere Pt 12.mp3
40-09-23 0097 The Curse of Dead Mans Island Pt 01.mp3
40-09-25 0098 The Curse of Dead Mans Island Pt 02.mp3
40-09-27 0099 The Curse of Dead Mans Island Pt 03.mp3
40-09-30 0100 The Curse of Dead Mans Island Pt 04.mp3
40-10-02 0101 The Curse of Dead Mans Island Pt 05.mp3
40-10-04 0102 The Curse of Dead Mans Island Pt 06.mp3
40-10-07 0103 The Yellow Mask and the Five Million Dollar Jewel Robbery Pt 01.mp3
40-10-09 0104 The Yellow Mask and the Five Million Dollar Jewel Robbery Pt 02.mp3
40-10-11 0105 The Yellow Mask and the Five Million Dollar Jewel Robbery Pt 03.mp3
40-10-14 0106 The Yellow Mask and the Five Million Dollar Jewel Robbery Pt 04.mp3
40-10-16 0107 The Yellow Mask and the Five Million Dollar Jewel Robbery Pt 05.mp3
40-10-18 0108 The Yellow Mask and the Five Million Dollar Jewel Robbery Pt 06.mp3
40-10-21 0109 The Yellow Mask and the Five Million Dollar Jewel Robbery Pt 07.mp3
40-10-23 0110 The Yellow Mask and the Five Million Dollar Jewel Robbery Pt 08.mp3
40-10-25 0111 The Yellow Mask and the Five Million Dollar Jewel Robbery Pt 09.mp3
40-10-28 0112 The Yellow Mask and the Five Million Dollar Jewel Robbery Pt 10.mp3
40-10-30 0113 The Yellow Mask and the Five Million Dollar Jewel Robbery Pt 11.mp3
40-11-01 0114 The Yellow Mask and the Five Million Dollar Jewel Robbery Pt 12.mp3
40-11-04 0115 The Yellow Mask and the Five Million Dollar Jewel Robbery Pt 13.mp3
40-11-06 0116 The Yellow Mask and the Five Million Dollar Jewel Robbery Pt 14.mp3
40-11-08 0117 The Yellow Mask and the Five Million Dollar Jewel Robbery Pt 15.mp3
40-11-11 0118 The Invisible Man Pt 01.mp3
40-11-13 0119 The Invisible Man Pt 02.mp3
40-11-15 0120 The Invisible Man Pt 03.mp3
40-11-18 0121 The Invisible Man Pt 04.mp3
40-11-20 0122 The Invisible Man Pt 05.mp3
40-11-22 0123 The Invisible Man Pt 06.mp3
40-11-25 0124 The Five Million Dollar Gold Heist Pt 01.mp3
40-11-27 0125 The Five Million Dollar Gold Heist Pt 02.mp3
40-11-29 0126 The Five Million Dollar Gold Heist Pt 03.mp3
40-12-02 0127 The Five Million Dollar Gold Heist Pt 04.mp3
40-12-04 0128 The Five Million Dollar Gold Heist Pt 05.mp3
40-12-06 0129 The Five Million Dollar Gold Heist Pt 06.mp3
40-12-09 0130 The Five Million Dollar Gold Heist - Pt 07.mp3
40-12-11 0131 The Five Million Dollar Gold Heist Pt 08.mp3
40-12-13 0132 The Howling Coyote Pt 01.mp3
40-12-16 0133 The Howling Coyote Pt 02.mp3
40-12-18 0134 The Howling Coyote Pt 03.mp3
40-12-20 0135 The Howling Coyote Pt 04.mp3
40-12-23 0136 The Howling Coyote Pt 05.mp3
40-12-25 0137 The Howling Coyote Pt 06.mp3
40-12-27 0138 The Howling Coyote Pt 07.mp3
40-12-30 0139 The Howling Coyote Pt 08.mp3
41-01-01 0140 The Howling Coyote Pt 09.mp3
41-01-03 0141 The Howling Coyote Pt 10.mp3
41-01-06 0142 The Howling Coyote Pt 11.mp3
41-01-08 0143 The Howling Coyote Pt 12.mp3
41-01-10 0144 The Howling Coyote Pt 13.mp3
41-01-13 0145 The Howling Coyote Pt 14.mp3
41-01-15 0146 The Black Pearl Of Osiris Pt 01.mp3
41-01-17 0147 The Black Pearl Of Osiris Pt 02.mp3
41-01-20 0148 The Black Pearl Of Osiris Pt 03.mp3
41-01-22 0149 The Black Pearl Of Osiris Pt 04.mp3
41-01-24 0150 The Black Pearl Of Osiris Pt 05.mp3
41-01-27 0151 The Black Pearl Of Osiris Pt 06.mp3
41-01-29 0152 The Black Pearl Of Osiris Pt 07.mp3
41-01-31 0153 The Black Pearl Of Osiris Pt 08.mp3
41-02-03 0154 The Black Pearl Of Osiris Pt 09.mp3
41-02-05 0155 The Black Pearl Of Osiris Pt 10.mp3
41-02-07 0156 The Black Pearl Of Osiris Pt 11.mp3
41-02-10 0157 The Dragons Teeth Pt 01.mp3
41-02-12 0158 The Dragons Teeth Pt 02.mp3
41-02-14 0159 The Dragons Teeth Pt 03.mp3
41-02-17 0160 The Dragons Teeth Pt 04.mp3
41-02-19 0161 The Dragons Teeth Pt 05.mp3
41-02-21 0162 The Dragons Teeth Pt 06.mp3
41-02-24 0163 The Dragons Teeth Pt 07.mp3
41-02-26 0164 The Dragons Teeth Pt 08.mp3
41-02-28 0165 The Dragons Teeth Pt 09.mp3
41-03-03 0166 The Dragons Teeth Pt 10.mp3
41-03-05 0167 Last Of The Clipper Ships Pt 01.mp3
41-03-07 0168 Last Of The Clipper Ships Pt 02.mp3
41-03-10 0169 Last Of The Clipper Ships Pt 03.mp3
41-03-12 0170 Last Of The Clipper Ships Pt 04.mp3
41-03-14 0171 Last Of The Clipper Ships Pt 05.mp3
41-03-17 0172 Last Of The Clipper Ships Pt 06.mp3
41-03-19 0173 Last Of The Clipper Ships Pt 07.mp3
41-03-21 0174 Last Of The Clipper Ships Pt 08.mp3
41-03-24 0175 Last Of The Clipper Ships Pt 09.mp3
41-03-26 0176 Last Of The Clipper Ships Pt 10.mp3
41-03-28 0177 Last Of The Clipper Ships Pt 11.mp3
41-03-31 0178 Last Of The Clipper Ships Pt 12.mp3
41-04-02 0179 Last Of The Clipper Ships Pt 13.mp3
41-04-04 0180 Last Of The Clipper Ships Pt 14.mp3
41-04-07 0181 Last Of The Clipper Ships Pt 15.mp3
41-04-09 0182 Last Of The Clipper Ships Pt 16.mp3
41-04-11 0183 Last Of The Clipper Ships Pt 17.mp3
41-04-14 0184 Last Of The Clipper Ships Pt 18.mp3
41-04-16 0185 Last Of The Clipper Ships Pt 19.mp3
41-04-18 0186 Last Of The Clipper Ships Pt 20.mp3
41-04-21 0187 The Nitrate Shipment Pt 01.mp3
41-04-23 0188 The Nitrate Shipment Pt 02.mp3
41-04-25 0189 The Nitrate Shipment Pt 03.mp3
41-04-28 0190 The Nitrate Shipment Pt 04.mp3
41-04-30 0191 The Nitrate Shipment Pt 05.mp3
41-05-02 0192 The Nitrate Shipment Pt 06.mp3
41-05-05 0193 The Nitrate Shipment Pt 07.mp3
41-05-07 0194 The Nitrate Shipment Pt 08.mp3
41-05-09 0195 The Nitrate Shipment Pt 09.mp3
41-05-12 0196 The Grayson Submarine Pt 01.mp3
41-05-14 0197 The Grayson Submarine Pt 02.mp3
41-05-16 0198 The Grayson Submarine Pt 03.mp3
41-05-19 0199 The Grayson Submarine Pt 04.mp3
41-05-21 0200 The Grayson Submarine Pt 05.mp3
41-05-23 0201 The Grayson Submarine Pt 06.mp3
41-05-26 0202 Dr Deutch And The Radium Mine Pt 01.mp3
41-05-28 0203 Dr Deutch And The Radium Mine Pt 02.mp3
41-05-30 0204 Dr Deutch And The Radium Mine Pt 03.mp3
41-06-02 0205 Dr Deutch And The Radium Mine Pt 04.mp3
41-06-04 0206 Dr Deutch And The Radium Mine Pt 05.mp3
41-06-06 0207 Dr Deutch And The Radium Mine Pt 06.mp3
41-06-09 0208 Dr Deutch And The Radium Mine Pt 07.mp3
41-06-11 0209 Dr Deutch And The Radium Mine Pt 08.mp3
41-06-13 0210 Dr Deutch And The Radium Mine Pt 09.mp3
41-06-16 0211 Dr Deutch And The Radium Mine Pt 10.mp3
41-06-18 0212 Dr Deutch And The Radium Mine Pt 11.mp3
41-06-20 0213 Dr Deutch And The Radium Mine Pt 12.mp3
41-06-23 0214 The White Plague Pt 01.mp3
41-06-25 0215 The White Plague 02 of 08.mp3
41-06-27 0216 The White Plague 03 of 08.mp3
41-06-30 0217 The White Plague 04 of 08.mp3
41-07-02 0218 The White Plague 05 of 08.mp3
41-07-04 0219 The White Plague 06 of 08.mp3
41-07-07 0220 The White Plague 07 of 08.mp3
41-07-09 0221 The White Plague 08 of 08.mp3
41-07-11 0222 Fur Smuggling 01 of 06.mp3
41-07-14 0223 Fur Smuggling 02 of 06.mp3
41-07-16 0224 Fur Smuggling 03 of 06.mp3
41-07-18 0225 Fur Smuggling 04 of 06.mp3
41-07-21 0226 Fur Smuggling 05 of 06.mp3
41-07-23 0227 Fur Smuggling 06 of 06.mp3
41-07-25 0228 Dr Roebling and the Voice Machine.mp3
41-07-28 0229 Dr Roebling and the Voice Machine.mp3
41-07-30 0230 Dr Roebling and the Voice Machine.mp3
41-08-01 0231 Dr Roebling and the Voice Machine.mp3
41-08-04 0232 Dr Roebling and the Voice Machine.mp3
41-08-06 0233 Dr Roebling and the Voice Machine.mp3
41-08-08 0234 Dr Roebling and the Voice Machine.mp3
41-08-11 0235 Dr Roebling and the Voice Machine.mp3
41-08-13 0236 Dr Roebling and the Voice Machine.mp3
41-08-15 0237 Dr Roebling and the Voice Machine.mp3
41-08-18 0238 Dr Roebling and the Voice Machine.mp3
41-08-20 0239 Dr Roebling and the Voice Machine.mp3
41-08-22 0240 Dr Roebling and the Voice Machine.mp3
41-09-01 0244 Metropolis Football Team Poisoned Pt 01.mp3
41-09-03 0245 Metropolis Football Team Poisoned Pt 02.mp3
41-09-05 0246 Metropolis Football Team Poisoned Pt 03.mp3
41-09-08 0247 Metropolis Football Team Poisoned Pt 04.mp3
41-09-10 0248 Metropolis Football Team Poisoned Pt 05.mp3
41-09-12 0249 Metropolis Football Team Poisoned Pt 06.mp3
41-09-15 0250 Metropolis Football Team Poisoned Pt 07.mp3
41-09-17 0251 Metropolis Football Team Poisoned Pt 08.mp3
41-09-19 0252 Metropolis Football Team Poisoned Pt 09.mp3
41-09-22 0253 Metropolis Football Team Poisoned Pt 10.mp3
41-09-24 0254 Metropolis Football Team Poisoned Pt 11.mp3
41-09-26 0255 Metropolis Football Team Poisoned Pt 12.mp3
41-09-29 0256 Metropolis Football Team Poisoned Pt 13.mp3
41-10-01 0257 Metropolis Football Team Poisoned Pt 14.mp3
41-10-03 0258 Metropolis Football Team Poisoned Pt 15.mp3
41-10-06 0259 Crooked Oil Association Pt 01.mp3
41-10-08 0260 Crooked Oil Association Pt 02.mp3
41-10-10 0261 Crooked Oil Association Pt 03.mp3
41-10-13 0262 Crooked Oil Association Pt 04.mp3
41-10-15 0263 Crooked Oil Association Pt 05.mp3
41-10-17 0264 Crooked Oil Association Pt 06.mp3
41-10-20 0265 Crooked Oil Association Pt 07.mp3
41-10-22 0266 Crooked Oil Association Pt 08.mp3
41-10-24 0267 Crooked Oil Association Pt 09.mp3
41-10-27 0268 Crooked Oil Association Pt 10.mp3

These old-time radio episodes are all in the public domain.