History Radio / TheAdventuresOfSuperman

* ClarkKenting: Bud Collyer shifted vocal registers to differentiate between Clark and Superman.

* TakeCareOfTheKids: In this version of Franchise/TheDCUTheDCU, Robin's father asked Bruce Wayne to take care of his son.

* CanonForeigner
** Jimmy Olsen, who later [[CanonImmigrant immigrated]].

** The names "Daily Planet" (for Clark's newspaper) and "Perry White" (for its editor), which quickly made their way to the pages of the comic.

* TakeCareOfTheKids: In this version of TheDCU, Robin's father asked Bruce Wayne to take care of his son.

* TheWatson: {{Jimmy|Olsen}} was created so Superman could have someone to discuss the plot with.

''The Adventures of Superman'' was comprised of five different radio series which ran consecutively from 1940-1951, all produced by Robert J. Maxwell. Most of the episodes starred [[Series/BeatTheClock Clayton 'Bud']] [[Series/ToTellTheTruth Collyer]] as Franchise/{{Superman}}, Joan Alexander as LoisLane, Julian Noa as Perry White and Jackie Kelk as JimmyOlsen. Aired for the majority of its run on the Mutual Broadcasting System.

** Kryptonite. ''Not'' created to give Collyer a vacation, despite [[CommonKnowledge the myth]] -- it was actually because Collyer was sick.

Technically comprised of five different radio series which ran consecutively from 1940-1951, all produced by Robert J. Maxwell. Most of the episodes starred [[Series/BeatTheClock Clayton 'Bud']] [[Series/ToTellTheTruth Collyer]] as Franchise/{{Superman}}, Joan Alexander as LoisLane, Julian Noa as Perry White and Jackie Kelk as JimmyOlsen. Aired for the majority of its run on the Mutual Broadcasting System.

** [[RetCanon Kryptonite]]. ''Not'' created to give Collyer a vacation, despite [[CommonKnowledge the myth]].

* TheWatson: Jimmy was created so Superman could have someone to

* TheWatson: Jimmy was created so

* BeamMeUpScotty: The phrase, "Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound," was often misremembered as, "Able to leap tall buildings '''in''' a single bound." Notably, when the phrase was used in an episode of ''Series/WheelOfFortune'', two of the contestants tried to guess the phrase while the letters "A", "I", "N", and "T" had not been uncovered, while the third declined to guess. Neither of the two guesses were right.

* RealitySubtext: Stories would occasionally completely shift focus to Batman and Robin in order to give Collyer a little time off.

* WeatherControlMachine: One of these was made by Lois Lane's uncle. He decided that TheWorldIsNotReady after criminals use the device to create storms so they can loot.

Technically comprised of five different radio series which ran consecutively from 1940-1951, all produced by Robert J. Maxwell. Most of the episodes starred [[BeatTheClock Clayton 'Bud']] [[ToTellTheTruth Collyer]] as {{Franchise/Superman}}, Joan Alexander as LoisLane, Julian Noa as Perry White and Jackie Kelk as JimmyOlsen. Aired for the majority of its run on the Mutual Broadcasting System.

* CowboysAndIndians: Legend has it that this trope was ingeniously invoked to discredit the UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan. A journalist who'd infiltrated the KKK gave details of secret meetings, passwords, titles etc. to the show's writers to use in a Supes vs. the KKK storyline. Soon enough, there were kids running around neighborhoods all over America dressed in pillowcases, being beaten up by their friend with the Superman pyjamas. The truth of all this is uncertain but there ''was'' such a storyline on the show, which Stetson Kennedy claimed responsibility for in his book [[http://stetsonkennedy.com/klan.htm I Rode With The Ku Klux Klan]].

* TheKlan: Thinly disguised as The Clan of the Fiery Cross.

* WorldWarII: ''All'' of the characters were active participants in the war effort.

* CowboysAndIndians: Legend has it that this trope was ingeniously invoked to discredit the UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan. A journalist who'd infiltrated the KKK gave details of secret meetings, passwords, titles etc. to the show's writers to use in a Supes vs. the KKK storyline. Soon enough, there were kids running around neighborhoods all over America dressed in pillowcases, being beaten up by their friend with the Superman pyjamas. The truth of all this is uncertain but there ''was'' such a storyline on the show.

* EvilSoundsDeep: Inverted. Collyer's Superman voice was deeper than his voice for Clark.

* CowboysAndIndians: Legend has it that this trope was ingeniously invoked to discredit the [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic Ku Klux Klan]]. A journalist who'd infiltrated the KKK gave details of secret meetings, passwords, titles etc. to the show's writers to use in a Supes vs. the KKK storyline. Soon enough, there were kids running around neighborhoods all over America dressed in pillowcases, being beaten up by their friend with the Superman pyjamas. The truth of all this is uncertain but there ''was'' such a storyline on the show.

* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: The Clan of the Fiery Cross, a thinly-disguised Ku Klux Klan.

--> Yes, it's Superman! Strange visitor from the planet Krypton, who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal
--> men. Superman, who can leap tall buildings in a single bound, race a speeding bullet to its target, bend steel in his bare hands!
--> And who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never-ending battle for truth
--> and justice!

** "Great Caesar's Ghost!"

Technically comprised of five different radio series which ran consecutively from 1940-1951, all produced by Robert J. Maxwell. Most of the episodes starred [[BeatTheClock Clayton 'Bud']] [[ToTellTheTruth Collyer]] as {{Franchise/Superman}}, Joan Alexander as LoisLane, Julian Noa as Perry White and Jackie Kelk as Jimmy Olsen. Aired for the majority of its run on the Mutual Broadcasting System.

** JimmyOlsen, who later [[CanonImmigrant immigrated]].

* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: The Guardians of America, a thinly-disguised Ku Klux Klan.

* CowboysAndIndians: Legend has it that this trope was ingeniously invoked to discredit the Ku Klux Klan. A journalist who'd infiltrated the KKK gave details of secret meetings, passwords, titles etc. to the show's writers to use in a Supes vs. the KKK storyline. Soon enough, there were kids running around neighborhoods all over America dressed in pillowcases, being beaten up by their friend with the Superman pyjamas. The truth of all this is uncertain but there ''was'' such a storyline on the show.

* RealitySubtext: Many plots revolved around WorldWarII during the war years. After the war the program launched a campaign against intolerance; one plotline specifically focused on a thinly-disguised KKK. Also, stories would occasionally completely shift focus to Batman and Robin in order to give Collyer a little time off.