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Superman Radio Series - Story Reviews

In conjunction with our "Superman on Radio" Episode List, the reviews presented on this page are designed to give you the Superman Homepage reviewer's opinion on each Superman radio series story from the 1940s.

NOTE: Stories marked with an * indicate that recordings of episodes within the story are either missing or incomplete, preventing us from reviewing it.

1940

February 12 - March 1: The Origin of Superman
Incorporating episodes: The Baby From Krypton/Clark Kent, Reporter/Keno's Landslide/Kent Captured by the Wolfe/Locomotive Crew Freed/The Silver Clipper/The Atomic Beam Machine/Fuel/Threat to the Planet Building
March 4 - March 15: The North Star Mining Company Mystery
Incorporating episodes: Fire in the Sterling Tower/The Stabbing of June Anderson/The North Star Mining Company/The Steamship Madison/The Plane To Canyon City/Left To Be Killed
March 18 - March 29: The Mystery of Dyerville
Incorporating episodes: The Prison Riot/The Steam Plant/The Wolfe Versus The Yellow Mask/The Yellow Mask Escapes/The Mystery of Dyerville (2 parts)
April 1 - April 12: The Emerald of the Incas
April 15 - April 26: Donelli's Protection Racket
April 29 - May 10: Airplane Disasters at Bridger Field
May 13 - May 24: Buffalo Hills
May 27 - June 7: Alonzo Craig Arctic Explorer
June 9 - June 21: Horace Morton's Weather Machine
June 24 - July 5: Hans Holbin's Doll Factory
July 8 - July 19: Happyland Amusement Park
July 22 - August 2: Lighthouse Point Smugglers
August 5 - August 9: Pillar of Fire at Graves End
August 12 - August 23: The Mayan Treasure
August 26 - September 20: Professor Thorpe's Bathesphere
September 23 - October 4: The Curse of Dead Man's Island
October 7 - November 8: The Yellow Mask and the Five Million Dollar Jewel Robbery
November 11 - November 22: The Invisible Man
November 25 - December 11: The Five Million Dollar Gold Heist

1941

December 13, 1940 - January 13: The Howling Coyote
January 15 - February 7: The Black Pearl of Osiris
February 10 - March 3: The Dragon's Teeth
March 5 - April 18: The Last of the Clipper Ships
April 21 - May 9: The Nitrate Shipment
May 12 - May 23: The Grayson Submarine
May 26 - June 21: Doctor Deutch and the Radium Mine
June 23 - July 9: The White Plague
July 11 - July 23: Fur Smuggling
July 25 - August 29: Doctor Roebling and the Voice Machine
September 1 - October 3: Metropolis Football Team Poisoned
October 6 - October 27: Crooked Oil Association
October 29 - November 12: The Silver Arrow
November 14 - December 17: The Pan-Am Highway

1942

December 19, 1941 - January 9: The Mechanical Man
January 12 - February 6: Lita The Leopard Woman
February 9 - February 25: The Ghost Car
February 27 - March 9: A Mystery For Superman
August 31: Superman Comes to Earth
September 1: Eben Kent Dies in a Fire, Clark Goes to Metropolis
September 2 - September 16: The Wolfe*
September 17 - September 29: The Tiny Men*
September 30 - October 13: Mystery in Arabia*
October 14 - October 26: The Black Narcissus*
October 27 - November 20: The Headless Indian
November 23 - December 9: The Midnight Intruder*
December 10 - December 22: Lost Continent of Atlantis*
December 23 - December 31: The Mystery Ship*

1943

January 4 - January 22: The Tin Men*
January 25 - February 4: Trouble in Athabascus*
February 5 - February 19: Island of Ghost Ships*
February 22 - March 15: The Model Plane Mystery*
March 17 - March 22: Dr. Cameron's Helicopter*
March 23 - April 13: The Vulture and The Thunderbolt Express*
April 14 - April 29: The Bainbridge Disaster*
April 30 - May 19: Master of the Dream World*
May 20 - June 2: The Ghost Squadron*
June 3 - June 11: The Meteor From Krypton*
June 14 - July 5: Society of the Flamingo*
July 6 - July 21: Mr. Prim and the Dragonfly Adventure*
July 22 - August 2: The Genie in the Bottle*
August 3 - August 17: The World of the Future*
August 18 - September 6: The Civil Air Patrol*
September 7 - September 16: Penrose Salvage Company*
September 17 - September 22: Mystery of the Death Plane*
September 23 - October 1: Adventures in the Capitol City*
October 4 - October 13: German Submarine Menace*
October 14 - October 28: The New German Weapon*
October 29 - November 17: The Mystery of Prince Philip*
November 18 - December 9: Military Espionage*
December 10 - January 3: Stolen War Information*

1944

January 4 - January 13: Lois and Jimmy Disappears*
January 14 - January 26: The Green Death*
January 27 - February 11: The Mystery of the $100,000 Stamp*
February 14 - February 21: Mystery of the Transport Plane Crashes*
February 22 - March 1: Lighthouse Point*
March 2 - March 7: The Rocket Plane*
March 8 - March 27: The Mystery of Clifftown*
March 28 - April 25: The Mystery of the Golden Pigeon*
April 26 - May 24: Mystery of Desert Springs and The Birdmen*
May 25 - June 9: The Hurdy-Gurdy Man*
June 12 - June 30: The North Woods Story*
July 3 - July 13: The Seagull, North Pacific Adventure*
July 14 - July 28: The Mystery of the Aviation Freight Lines*
July 31 - August 14: The Society of the Crimson Robe*
August 15 - August 28: Ghosts of the Air*
August 29 - September 8: The Scorpion*
September 11 - September 27: Der Teufel's Atomic Pistol*
September 28 - October 26: The Mystery of the Mummy Case*
October 27 - November 8: Dr. Roebling and the Voice Machine*
November 16 - December 4: Planet Utopia*
December 5 - December 19: Lois' Uncle John and the Missing Plans*
December 20 - December 27: The Missing Santa Claus*

1945

December 28 - January 12: The Man in the Velvet Shoes*
January 15 - February 9: The Mystery of the Sleeping Beauty*
February 12 - February 27: The Space Shell*
February 28 - March 15: The Mystery of the Waxmen*
March 16 - April 2: The Mystery of the Golden Nail*
April 3 - April 13: The Ghost Car*
April 16 - April 26: The Boy King of Moravia*
April 27 - May 16: Lair of the Dragon*
May 17 - May 30: The Mystery of the Counterfeit Money*
May 31 - June 13: Valley of the Giants*
June 14 - July 10: The Desert Adventure*
July 11 - August 6: The Underseas Kingdom*
August 7 - August 15: The Flood*
August 24 - September 3: The Black Market*
September 4 - September 21: Doctor Blythe's Confidence Gang
September 24 - September 25: The Meteor of Kryptonite
September 26 - October 10: The Scarlet Widow
October 11 - November 6: The Atom Man
November 7 - December 3: Atom Man in Metropolis

1946

December 4 - January 8: Looking For Kryptonite
January 9 - January 28: The Talking Cat
January 29 - February 14: Is There Another Superman?
February 15 - March 14: The Radar Rocket
March 15 - March 28: The Mystery of the Dragon's Teeth
March 29 - April 15: The Story of the Century
April 16 - May 20: The Hate Mongers Organization
May 21 - June 7: Al Vincent's Corrupt Political Machine
June 10 - July 1: The Clan of the Fiery Cross
July 2 - July 19: Horatio F. Horn: Detective
July 22 - July 31: The Super Sleuth
August 1 - August 21: The Secret Menace Strikes
August 22 - September 2: Candy Meyers' Big Story
September 3 - September 25: George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss
September 26 - October 16: The Dead Voice
October 17 - November 5: Counterfeit Money
November 6 - November 22: The Disappearance of Clark Kent
November 25 - December 3: The Secret Letter
December 4 - December 13: The Phony Song Publishing Company
December 16 - December 26: The Phony Housing Racket

1947

December 27 - January 8: The Phony Restaurant Racket
January 9 - January 20: The Phony Inheritance Racket
January 21 - February 11: Drought in Freeville
February 12 - February 25: The Monkey Burglar
February 26 - March 17: Knights of the White Carnation
March 18 - April 8: The Man Without a Face
April 9 - April 25: The Mystery of the Lost Planet
April 28 - May 13: The Phantom of the Sea
May 14 - June 27: Superman Versus Kryptonite
September 29 - October 23: The Secret Rocket
October 24 - November 26: The Ruler of Darkness
November 27 - December 26: Pennies for Plunder

1948

December 27 - January 13: Hunger, Inc.
January 13 - February 2: Dead Man's Secret
February 3 - February 17: Batman's Great Mystery
February 18 - March 9: The Kingdom Under the Sea
March 10 - April 1: The Mystery of the Stolen Costume
April 2 - April 14: The Skin Game
April 15 - May 3: The Crossword Puzzle Mystery
May 4 - May 18: The Ghost Brigade
May 19 - June 11: The Mystery of the Sleeping Beauty
June 14 - July 6: The Secret of Meteor Island
July 7 - July 30: The Voice of Doom
August 2 - August 13: The Secret of the Genie
August 16 - August 30: The Mystery of the Letter
August 31 - September 14: The Mystery of the Silver Buffalo*
September 15 - October 7: The Secret of Stone Ridge*
October 8 - November 1: The Mystery of the Unknown*
November 2 - November 15: Murder Scores a Touchdown*
November 16 - December 2: The Riddle of the Mystery Message*
December 3 - December 17: The Vanishing Killers*
December 20 - December 29: Superman's Secret*

1949

December 30 - January 20: The Return of the Octopus*
January 21 - February 4: The Mystery of the Spellbound Ships*
February 7: The Frozen Death*
February 9: The Mystery of the Golden Eagle*
February 11: The Riddle of the Chinese Jade*
February 14: The Curse of the Devil's Creek*
February 16: The Lost Civilation*
February 18: The Mystery of the Voice Machine*
February 21: The Mystery of the Little Men*
February 23: The Story of Marina Baum*
February 25: Death Rides the Roller Coaster*
February 28: The Mystery of the Singing Wheels*
March 2: The Case of the Poisoned Town*
March 4: The Mystery of the Ten Thousand Dollar Ghost
March 7: The Mystery of the Flying Monster
March 9: The Case of the Double Trouble
March 11: Superman's Mortal Enemy*
March 14: The Mystery of the Disappearing Diamonds*
March 16: The Cat as Big as an Elephant*
March 18: The Mystery of the Walking Doll*
March 21: The Return of Terror*
March 23: How Time Stood Still*
March 25: The World's Greatest Secret*
March 28: Crime by the Carload*
March 30: Fangs of Fury*
April 1: The Mystery of the Citadel of Doom*
April 4: The Mystery of the Death Train*
April 6: Terror Under the Big Top*
April 8: The Man of a Thousand Faces*
April 11: The Lost King*
April 13: The Mystery of Skull Cave*
April 15: (Untitled Story)*
April 18: The Secret of the Sahara*
April 20: A Voice from the Grave*
April 22: The Deadly Double*
April 25: The Adventure of the Impractical Joker*
April 27: An Experiment in Danger*
April 29: The Mystery of the Phantom Fleet*
May 2: The Triangle of Crime*
May 4: The Mystery of the Vibrating Death*
May 6: The Mystery of Butte Valley*
May 9: The Eye of Balapur*
May 11: The Horsemen of Doom*
May 13: The Mystery of the New Face*
May 16: The Vengeful Ghost*
May 18: The Mystery of the Flaming Forest*
May 20: The Winged Horse*
May 23: Death on the Diamond*
May 25: The Riddle of the Tapestry*
May 27: The Mystery of the Singing Wheels*
May 30: The Speedway of Terror*
June 1: Crime at a Bargain*
June 3: The Vanishing Ships*
June 6: The Case of the Double Double Cross*
June 8: The Portrait of Satan*
June 10: The Ghost of Shipwreck Island*
June 13: Eleven for Death*
June 15: Forecast for Crime*
June 17: Murder on the Midway*
June 20: The Borrowed Corpse*
June 22: Killer at Large*
June 24: The Mystery of the Frozen Monster*
October 27: The Case of the Courageous Cobbler*
October 29: The Mystery of the Walking Dead
November 12: The Million Dollar Mystery*
November 19: One Minute to Death
November 26: Puzzle of the Poison Pomegranate
December 3: Death Rides the Roller Coaster
December 10: Mystery of the Mechanical Monster
December 17: The Diamond of Death
December 24: Highway To Murder*
December 31: Mystery of the Little Men

1950

January 7: The Ghost of Billy Baker
January 14: Voices of the Dead
January 21: Dead Men Tell No Tales
June 5: The Wall of Death*
June 7: The Plunging Planet*
June 12: The Riddle of the Chinese Jade*
June 14: The Mystery of the Golden Eagle*
June 19: The Lost Civilization*
June 21: The Man of a Thousand Faces*
June 26: An Experiment in Danger*
June 28: The Mystery of the Flaming Forest*
July 3: The Mystery of the $10,000 Ghost*
July 5: The Borrowed Corpse*
July 10: Superman's Mortal Enemy*
July 12: The Adventure of the Impractical Joker*
July 17: The Winged Horse*
July 19: The Deadly Double*
July 24: A Voice From the Grave*
July 26: The Mystery of the Disappearing Diamonds*
July 31: The Vengeful Ghost*
August 2: The Mystery of Butte Valley*
August 7: The Triangle of Crime*
August 9: The Portrait of Satan*
August 14: Eleven for Death*
August 16: The Mystery of the New Face*
August 21: The Eye of Balapur*
August 23: The Curse of Devil's Creek*
August 28: The Crime at a Bargain*
August 30: The Mystery of the Vibrating Death*
September 4: The Speedway of Terror*
September 7: The Case of the Double Double Cross*
September 12: How Time Stood Still*
September 14: The Cat as Big as an Elephant*
September 19: The Lost King*
September 21: Crime by the Carload*
September 26: The Mystery of the Phantom Fleet*
September 28: Death on the Diamond*
October 3: The World's Greatest Secret*
October 5: The Ghost of Shipwreck Island*
October 10: The Riddle of the Mysterious Tapestry*
October 12: The Case of the Double Trouble*
October 17: Forecast for Crime*
October 19: The Horsemen of Doom*
October 24: The Vanishing Ships*
October 26: The Mystery of the Fortress of Fear*
October 30: Killer at Large*
November 2: Terror Under the Big Top*
November 7: The Mystery of Skull Cave*
November 9: The Return of Panic*
November 14: The Frozen Death*
November 16: The Mermaid's Ghost*
November 21: Murder on the Midway
November 23: The Story of Marina Baum
November 28: The Swiss Clock Killers*
November 30: The Secret of the Sahara*
December 5: The Achilles Heel*
December 7: Napoleon's Death Head*
December 12: The Mystery of the Voice Machine*
December 14: Glass Diamonds Spell Death*
December 19: The Case of the Precious Papers*
December 21: The Mystery of the Fabulous Fortune*
December 26: The Mystery of the Madcap Monkey*
December 28: Death in Disguise*

1951

January 2: Fangs of Fury*
January 4: The Mystery of the Walking Doll*
January 9: Murder with Music*
January 11: The Case of the Mysterious Midgets*
January 16: The Mystery of the Stolen Costume*
January 18: Operation Danger*
January 23: The Mystery of the Reasoning Robot*
January 25: The Lizard Men*
January 30: The Ghost of Johnny Johnson*
February 1: The Counterfeit Murderers*
February 6: The Mystery of the Singing Wheels*
February 8: Death Sells a Picture*
February 13: The Diamond of Doom*
February 15: The Murder Trap*
February 20: Ride of Death*
February 22: The Diamond Pigeon*
February 27: The Marked Witness*
March 1: The Mystery of the Prehistoric Monster*

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