BONUS - Super Summer: Superman vs. Kryptonite (Part 1)
6/10/20261 hr 26 min
Supergirl flies back to the big screen this summer (with a cameo from her cousin from Metropolis), and to celebrate we present an epic radio adventure of the Man of Steel. From the spring and summer of 1947, it's "Superman vs. Kryptonite," a story that begins when an old enemy of Superman's comes into possession of the hero's Achilles heel. We'll hear the first five parts of the story - episodes that originally aired on Mutual between May 14 and May 20, 1947.
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
True to his threat, the mad scientist, whose warnings have held the city in a grip of terror, went on his rampage of destruction on the stroke of midnight. The deadly impact of his mysterious ray smashed the famous Tower Bridge, hurling cars and pedestrians into the river below. The police have warned everyone to remain in their homes.
Speaker 20:18
This looks like a job for Superman.
Speaker 3· Host0:21
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to a bonus episode of Down These Mean Streets, and the start of a special Super Summer series. In just a few weeks, Supergirl flies back to the big screen, and she'll be joined by her cousin, Superman, in this all-new movie adventure. To celebrate their return, over the next few weeks I'll share one of the Man of Steel's epic radio adventures, a 33-part storyline that aired in the spring and summer of 1947, an adventure so big Superman needed the help of his super friends, Batman and Robin, to save the day. In this story, Superman has a rematch against a crooked, racist political