The Adventures of Superman (radio series)
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The Adventures of Superman is a long-running radio serial that originally aired from 1940 to 1951 featuring the DC Comics character Superman.
![]() National (DC) Comics publisher Harry Donenfeld (left) with Bud Collyer and Joan Alexander | |
Other names | "Superman" |
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Genre | |
Running time | 15 min, 30 min |
Country of origin | United States |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | WOR-AM |
Syndicates | Mutual Broadcasting System, Citadel Media |
Starring | Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander |
Announcer | Jackson Beck |
Written by | George Putnam Ludlam |
Recording studio | New York |
Original release | February 12, 1940 – March 1, 1951 |
No. of episodes | 2,088 |
Sponsored by | Kellogg's Pep Cereal |
Podcast | Stream from Archive.org |
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. In all, 2,088 original episodes of The Adventures of Superman aired on American radio.[1]