The Adventures of Superman

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American radio program radio drama series

The Adventures of Superman was a popular mid-20th-century American radio drama series that brought the comic-book superhero Superman to life for nationwide audiences.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Adventures of Superman 6
The Adventures of Superman canonical 2
Adventures of Superman (1950s TV series) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American radio program ⓘ
radio drama series ⓘ
basedOn DC Comics character Superman ⓘ
Superman ⓘ
broadcastFrequency daily serial ⓘ
catchphrase Up, up and away! ⓘ
characterPortrayed Superman ⓘ
surface form: Clark Kent

Superman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distributor American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
Mutual Broadcasting System ⓘ
endTime 1951 ⓘ
featuredCharacter Superman ⓘ
surface form: Clark Kent

Jimmy Olsen ⓘ
Lex Luthor ⓘ
Lois Lane (fictional character) ⓘ
surface form: Lois Lane

Perry White ⓘ
Superman ⓘ
featuredVoiceActor Bud Collyer ⓘ
firstBroadcastDate 1940-02-12 ⓘ
format radio serial ⓘ
genre action ⓘ
adventure ⓘ
children's radio series ⓘ
superhero ⓘ
hasMediaType audio ⓘ
influenced later Superman television adaptations ⓘ
medium radio ⓘ
notableFor early mass-media adaptation of a comic-book superhero ⓘ
popularizing Superman to nationwide radio audiences ⓘ
openingLine Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork ABC Radio Network ⓘ
surface form: ABC Radio

Mutual ⓘ
Mutual Broadcasting System ⓘ
partOf Superman mythos ⓘ
surface form: Superman franchise
producer Allen Ducovny ⓘ
Robert J. Maxwell ⓘ
setIn Metropolis ⓘ
starred Bud Collyer ⓘ
startTime 1940 ⓘ
syndication transcription discs ⓘ
targetAudience children ⓘ
family ⓘ
themeMusicComposer Sammy Timberg ⓘ
timePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
writer Ben Peter Freeman ⓘ
George Ludlam ⓘ
Richard Fielding ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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Mutual Broadcasting System → notableProgram → The Adventures of Superman ⓘ
Mutual → notableProgram → The Adventures of Superman ⓘ
subject surface form: Mutual Broadcasting System
Bronson Canyon → featuredIn → The Adventures of Superman ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Adventures of Superman (1950s TV series)
Robert Shayne → notableWork → The Adventures of Superman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adventures of Superman
Robert Shayne → appearedIn → The Adventures of Superman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adventures of Superman
Perry White → firstAppearance → The Adventures of Superman ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Adventures of Superman radio series
Kryptonite → appearsIn → The Adventures of Superman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Superman radio serials
Kryptonite → firstAppearedIn → The Adventures of Superman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Superman radio show
Noel Neill → notableWork → The Adventures of Superman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adventures of Superman
Noel Neill → appearedIn → The Adventures of Superman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adventures of Superman
Phyllis Coates → notableWork → The Adventures of Superman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adventures of Superman
Phyllis Coates → appearedIn → The Adventures of Superman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adventures of Superman
James Olsen → notableAdaptation → The Adventures of Superman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adventures of Superman (1950s TV series)