![]() Though Superman comics of the time sold literally millions of copies, it was the radio show that brought the character to adults as well as children, and firmly entrenched him as a household name.Įarly Superman was always a left-leaning, populist rabble-rouser, and as World War II wore on, his opposition to fascism and bigotry became more pronounced. ![]() In brief, it ran from 1940 to 1951, with over two thousand episodes to its name, and created crucial aspects of Superman’s mythology, from Jimmy Olsen to kryptonite to Superman’s power of flight. I’ve written before about The Adventures of Superman, the wildly popular radio serial starring Bud Collyer and Joan Alexander. Not to ruin the book or movie for anyone, but this is one of my favorite real-life stories about Superman, so I’m very happy to have an excuse to talk about it. the Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate, which is surprisingly almost exactly what it sounds like. ![]() This spring, Deadline announced a forthcoming movie adaptation of Rick Bowers’ YA nonfiction book Superman vs. ![]()
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