Radio and television mirror (Jan-June 1941)

Superman in Radio (Continued from page 33) But he was no longer a baby. He was a full-grown man. He was SUPERMAN! He had been awakened by the voice of his dead father. Superman listened as the sound box, placed in the space ship by Jorel, automatically opened when the rocket touched earth. "My son," said the voice of his father, "when you hear this, your mother and I will already have perished in the destruction of Krypton. We had hoped to go with you, but I am afraid it will be too late. You are now on Earth. It is the only other planet in the world where the atmosphere will allow you to live. You will look just like the Earthmen. But you are different. Krypton produced a race of supermen — men and women advanced to the absolute peak of human perfection. "On Earth, you will be able to leap into the air an eighth of a mile at a single bound — hurdle the tallest building — fly faster than the fastest bird. Nothing will be able to harm you. Your strength will be as nothing that has ever been seen before. But, son, you must use your superhuman powers for Good. You must champion the oppressed and swear to devote your existence on Earth to helping those in need. "Beside you, you will find the blue costume, the cloak and the shield that will distinguish you always as Superman. Honor it! Good-bye!" SUPERMAN listened, then closed the door, sprang from the ground and sped through the air. Hours later, flying over the outskirts of a large middle-western city, he saw, with his telescopic vision, a street-car, out of control, hurtling to disaster. He swooped down eagerly, confident of his supernatural strength. With ease, he ripped the roof off the death-car! He tucked the two terror-stricken occupants— an old professor and his grandson — under each arm and in a few minutes deposited them gently and safely on earth. He asked them only one thing: how best to help other people? Conquering his stunned amazement and gratitude, the professor suggested that Superman assume the identity of Clark Kent and become a newspaper reporter. "Clark Kent— Clark Kent— I like it! And joining a newspaper — that should give me an opportunity to learn the troubles of men — to know whom to help — and when help is needed — I'll do it!" So Superman assumed an earthly disguise — the shy, spectacled personality of Clark Kent. Perry White of the "Daily Planet" hired him as a cub reporter. Superman was on his way! He was in the City Room of the "Planet" when Mike, the star photographer, ran panting up to White. "Say, Chief — just got a phone call. They think there's a girl trapped on the twentieth floor in that four-alarm fire in the Sterling Tower!" "What! — a girl trapped — can't they get her out?" "Nope — they can't reach her!" Superman broke in eagerly: "Mr. White — let me cover that story! Maybe I can do something." "Go ahead, Kent. But if the fire de JANUARY, 1941 partment can't reach her, why do you think you can?" Superman didn't answer. He rushed out of the office with Mike, downstairs to the waiting car. Above the wild screams of the fire sirens and the pulsating motor, Mike told his companion that there was something funny about the Sterling Tower fire. He had been tipped off that some one had set it on purpose. But why? The two men reached the balcony directly across from the blazing inferno. They watched as the giant flames and huge clouds of smoke surged higher and higher toward the heavens. The hungry fire tore at the wall of the building. It cracked — it began to crumble — and then Superman saw the terrified face of the girl trapped in the North Star Mining Co. offices. Alone — 20 stories up — cut off by a sheet of flame and smoke! One second. Superman was standing beside Mike — the next, he was gone! Up, up and away in the sheltering shield of smoke! The flames crackled and spit like things alive as he reached the window. One blow smashed the glass. He dropped into the room. She was not there! He went on — until he was stopped by a locked door. With one push of his hand, he splintered it to bits. Immediately his x-ray vision saw through the thick doors of a closet. There, half-unconscious, lay the girl. He wrapped her in his cloak and held her with his left arm. Dashing back through the fire-engulfed room, he sprang back out of the window to the ledge. The wind cleared the smoke away momentarily. Down below, an astonished crowd looked up and saw Superman, poised like an eagle for flight, stand for a moment. And then, just as the huge wall collapsed and fell with a crash that shook buildings, he leaped out and up with the girl whose life he had saved. k^INUTES later, Clark Kent, "Daily ,vl Planet" reporter, hurried with an ambulance doctor to a secluded spot in an alley near the fire. The doctor was the first to speak: "But Mr. Kent, how did she get here? The Fire Chief told me some fantastic story of a superman who rescued her by flying through the air. But that's absurd — no human being could do that!" And Clark Kent, Superman, smiled in agreement. But as he bent over the girl, there was a light of pride in his eyes. The unconscious girl began to stir. Suddenly, Superman's sharp ears heard the words she mumbled in her delirium: "Oh— don't let them— they'll get away! Catch them! — Stop them! . . . They're in a big car — Oh! STOP — you don't dare— STOP THEM!" What was she trying to say? Was sudden dark mystery to arise from the ashes of the Sterling Tower Building? Superman was suspicious. Who was this girl — why was she trapped in the North Star Mining Co. office — who had to be stopped? Superman didn't know — but Superman would find out! Don't miss next month's instalment of Superman in Radio. 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