Radio Retropolis

Clark and Lois cover the Metropolis Football game for the Daily Planet when Clark notices the players are collapsing on the field.  Commentary on Clark and Lois' relationship.

Duke Renard learns that Clark and Perry escaped the fire and now makes plans to do away with Bensen's car by rigging the drawbridge.  Kent plans to be in the sheriff's car disguised as a deputy but has no clue what's coming up or that the time to leave was switched earlier. Commentary on the disappointment in the big villain here as we compare this person to a similar villain in Dragnet.

A middle-aged robber wearing a black mask has hit a string of supermarkets with one locking the market employees in the deep freezer!  Also, a rare and final interview with NBC announcer Bill Roddy who was Jack Webb's roommate early in their careers.

The last we heard, Kent as Superman saved Perry White from the burning building set by Renard to kill them both.  Will Kent be able to intercept Renard's plan of murder in time? Commentary on the continuing wavering belief in Superman from characters in the story.

DA Warren learns of Kent's message to Dr. Roebling while Lois is accusing him of collusion by using his office for criminal deeds. Meanwhile Clark tells a nervous Renard exactly what he knows about his plans. 

Kent and White were captured by Duke Renard's group after thinking they were riding with the police to meet up with Bensen who Renard was planning to kill at 9pm that night.  But Kent has one Hail Mary pass and that is to contact Dr. Roebling whom Kent hopes is tuning in.  Commentary on the realities of such a voice machine and how this would never really work.

While waiting to make a narcotics buy, Sergeants Friday and Smith overhear a man tearfully admit that he had committed murder. Listen for the interrogation scene.  Plus lots of Jack Webb trivia!

Thanks to Dr. Roebling's machine tipping Kent off, he plans to catch Duke before he kills Bensen who is scheduled to be transferred to the state prison that night. Commentary on enjoying the great Julian Noa as Perry White plus a comment on what was missed when Duke struck Clark.

Last time, Clark preferring to stay in jail to find out who is planning to murder Benson, shared his plan with Lois while only to discover that his cell had been bugged.  Commentary on the humor between Clark and Perry and why after a year and a half Superman is still an enigma.

A burglary in a dry goods store is the latest in a series of similar crimes. The burglar has a most unusual secret!  Commentary on the hilarious sidebar with the two women in scene one.  Plus actors Gwen Delano and Paul Richards.  Also, the rise and fall of Michelob Beer.

As Roebling's machine was picking up a crime syndicate's plans with Clark Kent as a witness, the police barge in and arrest Kent much to his shock.  More commentary on Perry White and Lois Lane plus a quick history on the Dictograph.

Roebling's unscrupulous nephew shot his wife and destroyed the voice machine for the insurance money before Superman was able to stop him.  Can the doctor rebuild or is it a hopeless cause?

The co-owner of a pawn shop has been found murdered in the back room. A laundry mark on a shirt provides the only clue. Commentary on star Olan Soule including parts of a rare 1990 interview.

Roebling's unscrupulous nephew shot his wife and destroyed the voice machine for the insurance money before Superman was able to stop him.  Can the doctor rebuild or is it a hopeless cause. Commentary on a new twist in the plot line.

Because Clark, aka Superman, prevented Jack from stealing Dr. Roebling's voice machine, Dr. Roebling, in return, granted Clark, Lois and Perry White an exclusive demonstration of the machine itself!  Commentary on the reality of such a machine and a special look at the Gettysburg Address which is the focus of the machine.

Jack was able to get his uncle to sign the rights to the valuable voice machine in which he and his wife Chickee make their getaway.  What they didn't know is that Lois and Clark spotted the car and decided to give chase.  Commentary on the great Superman no-nonsense action and if this episode lived up to "the most thrilling episode" as promised.

A florist has been found strangled to death in an alley for no viable reason whatsoever.  Commentary on actor Eddie Firestone and Carolyn Jones who would later go on to play Morticia Addams in The Addams Family.

In our last episode, the devious nephew of Dr. Roebling has drugged the good doctor into signing over the voice machine's interests to him since he found out this discovery is worth $10 million. With Clark in an accident and Lois trapped in the hotel.  Commentary on why Lois Lane seemingly gets into trouble when Clark is around.

The trail to find Dr. Roebling leads to a local hotel that gets him closer to the truth of who Mr and Mrs. Jack Smith is in room 514.  What will he find?  Commentary on newly remastered recordings of The Adventures of Superman through the Smithsonian Institute.

Sergeant Friday goes undercover as a buyer of heroin from San Francisco to break up a narcotics gang.  Commentary on the similarities with this episode and The Big Red.  Plus, Lee Marvin makes a brief appearance which is capped here in an exclusive rare interview with actor Mitchell Ryan who talks of his and Marvin's alcoholism.

Sure that the man on the train is Dr. Roebling, Clark goes to the man's cabin to check on him after he collapsed in the dining car only to find he's not there.  Commentary on having both Perry White and Lois Lane back on the show front and center.

Clark and Jimmy embark on another mystery in which they find a threatening note left behind from a man Clark is sure is Dr. Roebling and one that the man has strongly denied.  Commentary on the events of these days that perpetuating the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese.

A woman is found murdered in a closet and the trail leads to a freighter in San Francisco.  Commentary on Peter Leeds, June Whitley and our host Hal Gibney.

Jimmy and Batiste are about to be killed by an angry bear with Superman racing to rescue them. Plus, a new exciting serial begins! Commentary on the the cliffhanger style of storytelling for this series and the welcome return to Metropolis for our next serial.

Jimmy and Batiste are in dire straits as they are trapped in a cave with bear ready to lash out. Commentary on why Kent let's his inner Superman personality surface with repeatedly in front of witnesses when he should conceal it.