Superman (radio)

The Adventures of Superman, adapted from the DC Comics character created in 1938 (see Superman), came to radio as a syndicated show on New York City's WOR on February 12, 1940. It then aired on Mutual from August 31 1942 to June 17 1949, followed by a run on ABC from November 5 1949, to March 1 1951.

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Introduced

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• Perry White
• Jimmy Olsen
• Inspector William Henderson
• The Daily Planet
• Kryptonite
• "Faster than an airplane!
  More powerful than a locomotive!
  Impervious to bullets!
  Up in the sky! Look!
  It's a bird!
  It's a plane!
  It's Superman!"
• Superman's power of flight