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''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 [[Character/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]], Julian Noa as Perry White and Jackie Kelk as [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]]. Aired for the majority of its run on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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''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 [[Character/SupermanLoisLane [[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]], Julian Noa as Perry White and Jackie Kelk as [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]]. Aired for the majority of its run on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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''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 ComicBook/LoisLane, Julian Noa as Perry White and Jackie Kelk as ComicBook/JimmyOlsen. Aired for the majority of its run on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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''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 ComicBook/LoisLane, [[Character/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]], Julian Noa as Perry White and Jackie Kelk as ComicBook/JimmyOlsen.[[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]]. Aired for the majority of its run on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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* NoHonorAmongThieves: As the BigBad of the Clan of the Fiery Cross arc discovers, most of Clansmen aren't interested in hurting innocents when there's actually a danger of getting caught. Once a list of Clan members ends up in police hands, the racists quickly cut off all ties with the organization, leaving Matt Riggs to his VillainousBreakdown.
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* NoHonorAmongThieves: As the BigBad of the Clan of the Fiery Cross arc discovers, most of the Clansmen aren't interested in hurting innocents when there's actually a danger of getting caught. Once a list of Clan members ends up in police hands, the racists quickly cut off all ties with the organization, leaving Matt Riggs to his VillainousBreakdown.
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* StrawHypocrite: In "The Clan of the Fiery Cross", the Grand Imperial Mogul is shown, near the end of the serial, to be one of these. In his own words, "Don't tell me you actually believe that 'pure American' hogwash! Riggs, I thought you were smarter than that." He just saw running Clan as a business that dealt in "one of the oldest and most profitable comedies on Earth, hate" and the members of the Clan were nothing more than suckers to wring money out of.
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* StrawHypocrite: In "The Clan of the Fiery Cross", the Grand Imperial Mogul is shown, near the end of the serial, to be one of these. In his own words, "Don't tell me you actually believe that 'pure American' hogwash! Riggs, I thought you were smarter than that." He just saw running the Clan as a business that dealt in "one of the oldest and most profitable comedies on Earth, hate" and the members of the Clan were nothing more than suckers to wring money out of.
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** The titular villains like to subject their victims to TarAndFeathers. This is noted to be very dangerous, as the tar is stated to be extremely hot, and one of the intended victims is a only a boy and might die from it.
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** The titular villains like to subject their victims to TarAndFeathers. This is noted to be very dangerous, as the tar is stated to be extremely hot, and one of the intended victims is a only a boy and might die from it.
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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The Guardians of America, the Knights of the White Carnation, 'Uncle' Ed Clayton and his men... After the war, such enemies often sprang up to oppress people on religious or racial grounds.
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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: AnAesop: The Guardians of America, the Knights famous "[[TheKlan Clan of the White Carnation, 'Uncle' Ed Clayton Fiery Cross]]" storyline perhaps pulled this trope off with more material success than any other. The story laid out the dangers of the Klu Klux Klan, emphasized that minorities and his men... After immigrants ''were'' trustworthy Americans to the war, such enemies often sprang up white audience, and even portrayed Klan leaders as con-men more interested in manipulating racists for financial gain, rather than for racist ideals. The result was a show that helped lead to oppress people on religious or racial grounds.the disbandment of the Klan in the face of overwhelming ridicule from the entire nation.
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** [[ArcVillain Matt Riggs]] tries to kill Jimmy Olsen and Perry White for speaking out against the Clan. After Superman rescues them and apprehends all the Clan members present besides Matt, none of them want anything to do with Matt since he's made himself and the Clan targets for the police. When he does manage to find a member who will help, he almost runs away when Matt proposes a plan to shoot Jimmy right in front of the police.
** The titular villains like to subject their victims to TarAndFeathers. This is noted to be very dangerous, as the tar is stated to be extremely hot, and one of the intended victims is a only a boy and might die from it.
** Matt Rigs tries to snip three targets at a baseball game. He has to get all three targets in quick succession since people will be alerted to his presence if he tries to pick them off individually, and quickly finds that getting three quick, clear shots at a baseball game is anything but easy. By the time he gets the first shot off, Superman realizes what is going on and thwarts his attempt.
** The titular villains like to subject their victims to TarAndFeathers. This is noted to be very dangerous, as the tar is stated to be extremely hot, and one of the intended victims is a only a boy and might die from it.
** Matt Rigs tries to snip three targets at a baseball game. He has to get all three targets in quick succession since people will be alerted to his presence if he tries to pick them off individually, and quickly finds that getting three quick, clear shots at a baseball game is anything but easy. By the time he gets the first shot off, Superman realizes what is going on and thwarts his attempt.
** [[ArcVillain Matt Riggs]] tries to kill Jimmy Olsen and Perry White for speaking out against the Clan. After Superman rescues them and apprehends all the Clan members present besides Matt, none of them want anything to do with Matt since he's made himself and the Clan targets for the police. When he does manage to find a member who will help, he almost runs away when Matt proposes a plan to shoot Jimmy right in front of the police.
** The titular villains like to subject their victims to TarAndFeathers. This is noted to be very dangerous, as the tar is stated to be extremely hot, and one of the intended victims is a only a boy and might die from it.
** Matt Rigs tries to snipe three targets at a baseball game. He has to get all three targets in quick succession since people will be alerted to his presence if he tries to pick them off individually, and quickly finds that getting three quick, clear shots at a baseball game is anything but easy. By the time he gets the first shot off, Superman realizes what is going on and thwarts his attempt.
** The titular villains like to subject their victims to TarAndFeathers. This is noted to be very dangerous, as the tar is stated to be extremely hot, and one of the intended victims is a only a boy and might die from it.
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* RealityEnsues: Several examples from "The Clan of the Fiery Cross":
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: "Clan of the Fiery Cross" sees a boy named Chuck Riggs manipulated by his uncle Matthew into claiming a boy named Tommy Lee intentionally throw assaulted him at a meeting of the titular clan. To his horror this leads to the Clan trying to frighten Tommy's family out of Metropolis, and later attempts to [[TarAndFeathers tar and feather him]], something Chuck knows could be fatal.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: "Clan of the Fiery Cross" sees a boy named Chuck Riggs manipulated by his uncle Matthew into claiming a boy named Tommy Lee intentionally throw assaulted him at a meeting of the titular clan. To his horror this leads to the Clan trying to frighten Tommy's family out of Metropolis, and later attempts to [[TarAndFeathers tar and feather him]], something Chuck knows could be fatal.
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* RealityEnsues: "The Clan of the Fiery Cross" has [[ArcVillain Matt Riggs]] try to kill Jimmy Olsen and Perry White for speaking out against the Clan. After Superman rescues them and apprehends all the Klan members present besides Matt, none of the Clan members want anything to do with Matt since he's made himself and the Klan targets for the police. When he does manage to find a member who will help, he almost runs away when Matt proposes a plan to shoot at Jimmy right in front of the police.
** The titular villains like to subject their victims to TarAndFeathers. This is noted to be very dangerous with the tar stated to be extremely hot, and with it being noted that one of the intended victims was a only a boy and wouldn't die from it.
** Matt Rigs tries to snip three targets at a baseball game. He has to get all three targets in quick succession since people will be alerted to his presence if he tries to pick them off individually, and quickly finds that getting a clear shot three targets in one place at a baseball game is anything but easy. By the time he gets the shot off, Superman realizes what is going on and thwarts his attempt.
** The titular villains like to subject their victims to TarAndFeathers. This is noted to be very dangerous with the tar stated to be extremely hot, and with it being noted that one of the intended victims was a only a boy and wouldn't die from it.
** Matt Rigs tries to snip three targets at a baseball game. He has to get all three targets in quick succession since people will be alerted to his presence if he tries to pick them off individually, and quickly finds that getting a clear shot three targets in one place at a baseball game is anything but easy. By the time he gets the shot off, Superman realizes what is going on and thwarts his attempt.
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* RealityEnsues: Several examples from "The Clan of the Fiery Cross" has Cross":
** [[ArcVillain Matt Riggs]]try tries to kill Jimmy Olsen and Perry White for speaking out against the Clan. After Superman rescues them and apprehends all the Klan Clan members present besides Matt, none of the Clan members them want anything to do with Matt since he's made himself and the Klan Clan targets for the police. When he does manage to find a member who will help, he almost runs away when Matt proposes a plan to shoot at Jimmy right in front of the police.
** The titular villains like to subject their victims to TarAndFeathers. This is noted to be verydangerous with dangerous, as the tar is stated to be extremely hot, and with it being noted that one of the intended victims was is a only a boy and wouldn't might die from it.
** Matt Rigs tries to snip three targets at a baseball game. He has to get all three targets in quick succession since people will be alerted to his presence if he tries to pick them off individually, and quickly finds that gettinga three quick, clear shot three targets in one place shots at a baseball game is anything but easy. By the time he gets the first shot off, Superman realizes what is going on and thwarts his attempt.
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** The titular villains like to subject their victims to TarAndFeathers. This is noted to be very
** Matt Rigs tries to snip three targets at a baseball game. He has to get all three targets in quick succession since people will be alerted to his presence if he tries to pick them off individually, and quickly finds that getting
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* StrawHypocrite: In "The Clan of the Fiery Cross", the Grand Imperial Mogul is shown, near the end of the serial, to be one of these. In his own words, "Don't tell me you actually believe that 'pure American' hogwash! Riggs, I thought you were smarter than that." He just saw running Clan as a business that dealt in "one of the oldest and most profitable comedies on Earth, hate" and the members of the Clan were nothing more than suckers to ring money out of.
* StupidEvil: "The Clan of the Fiery Cross." The Grand Scropion Matt Riggs finds the Clan getting bad press from Perry White and tries to threaten, and later kill him along with Jimmy after they see his face. After Superman apprehends a number of Clan members, Riggs flees to meet with his boss, the Imperial Grand Mogul to kill Jimmy Olsen and Perry White. And his boss tells him that going after someone important like Prerry White was a mistake thanks to all the attention hurting the Clan's profits. After killing his boss, Matt tries to gather help to kill his nephew Chuck, Olsen and White to keep them from tetsifying against them, even though going after them is what got Superman involved. Since he's already gotten members of the Clan arrested and testifying against its other members, none of his associates want anything to do with him. Despite that, he still swears to kill Olsen and White. When he finds he can't break into Jimmy's house with the police guarding it, he initially plans to [[TooDumbToLive shoot him when he walks out even with the police watching]], only dropping the plan because he learns about a place to plan to appear at a baseball game, even though the police are still gaurding his targets.
* StupidEvil: "The Clan of the Fiery Cross." The Grand Scropion Matt Riggs finds the Clan getting bad press from Perry White and tries to threaten, and later kill him along with Jimmy after they see his face. After Superman apprehends a number of Clan members, Riggs flees to meet with his boss, the Imperial Grand Mogul to kill Jimmy Olsen and Perry White. And his boss tells him that going after someone important like Prerry White was a mistake thanks to all the attention hurting the Clan's profits. After killing his boss, Matt tries to gather help to kill his nephew Chuck, Olsen and White to keep them from tetsifying against them, even though going after them is what got Superman involved. Since he's already gotten members of the Clan arrested and testifying against its other members, none of his associates want anything to do with him. Despite that, he still swears to kill Olsen and White. When he finds he can't break into Jimmy's house with the police guarding it, he initially plans to [[TooDumbToLive shoot him when he walks out even with the police watching]], only dropping the plan because he learns about a place to plan to appear at a baseball game, even though the police are still gaurding his targets.
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* StrawHypocrite: In "The Clan of the Fiery Cross", the Grand Imperial Mogul is shown, near the end of the serial, to be one of these. In his own words, "Don't tell me you actually believe that 'pure American' hogwash! Riggs, I thought you were smarter than that." He just saw running Clan as a business that dealt in "one of the oldest and most profitable comedies on Earth, hate" and the members of the Clan were nothing more than suckers to ring wring money out of.
* StupidEvil: "The Clan of the Fiery Cross." The GrandScropion Scorpion Matt Riggs finds the Clan getting bad press from Perry White and threatens him, then tries to threaten, and later kill him along with and Jimmy after when they see his face. After Superman apprehends a number of Clan members, Riggs flees to meet with his boss, the Imperial Grand Mogul, to enlist his aid. The Mogul to kill Jimmy Olsen and Perry White. And his boss tells him that going after someone important like Prerry Perry White was a mistake thanks to because all the attention hurting will hurt the Clan's profits. After killing his boss, Matt tries to gather help to kill his nephew Chuck, Olsen Jimmy and White Perry to keep them from tetsifying testifying against them, the Clan, even though going after them is what got Superman involved. Since he's already gotten members of the Clan arrested and testifying against its other members, none of his associates want anything to do with him. Despite that, he still swears to kill Olsen Jimmy and White. Perry. When he finds he can't break into Jimmy's house with the police guarding it, he initially plans to [[TooDumbToLive shoot him when he walks out out, even with the police watching]], only dropping the plan because he learns about a place decides to plan to appear target them at a baseball game, game instead, even though the police are still gaurding guarding his targets.
* StupidEvil: "The Clan of the Fiery Cross." The Grand
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* TarAndFeathers: In "The Clan of the Fiery Cross", the Clan attempts to tar and feather a child. The series does not present this are harmless and notes that the hot tar could kill the victim. TruthInTelevision as taring and feathering someone is '''NOT''' harmless.
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* TarAndFeathers: In "The Clan of the Fiery Cross", the Clan attempts to tar and feather a child. The series does not present this are as harmless and notes that the hot tar could kill the victim. TruthInTelevision as taring tarring and feathering someone is '''NOT''' ''not'' harmless.
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* TakeThat: The Clan of the Fiery Cross is one long jab at the Ku Klux Klan, using a thingly vieled pastiche who is repeatedly derided as [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] and [[GodwinsLaw compared to the Nazis]]. To top it all off the head of the entire organization is shown to be nothing more than a con man who is suckering the Clan's members out of their money.
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* TakeThat: The Clan of the Fiery Cross is one long jab at the Ku Klux Klan, using a thingly vieled thinly veiled pastiche who is repeatedly derided to mock the KKK for its illegal activities, while deriding them as [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] cowards]] and repeatedly [[GodwinsLaw compared comparing them to the Nazis]]. To top it all off the head of the entire organization is shown to be nothing more than a con man who is suckering the Clan's members out of their money.Nazis]].
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: "Clan of the Fiery Cross" sees a boy named Chuck Riggs manipulated by his uncle Matthew into claiming a boy named Tommy Lee intentionally throw assaulted him at a meeting of the titular clan. To his horror this leads to the Clan trying to frighten Tommy's family out of Metropolis, and later attempts to [[TarAndFeathers tar and feather him]], something Chuck knows could be fatal.
* RealityEnsues: "The Clan of the Fiery Cross" has [[ArcVillain Matt Riggs]] try to kill Jimmy Olsen and Perry White for speaking out against the Clan. After Superman rescues them and apprehends all the Klan members present besides Matt, none of the Clan members want anything to do with Matt since he's made himself and the Klan targets for the police. When he does manage to find a member who will help, he almost runs away when Matt proposes a plan to shoot at Jimmy right in front of the police.
** The titular villains like to subject their victims to TarAndFeathers. This is noted to be very dangerous with the tar stated to be extremely hot, and with it being noted that one of the intended victims was a only a boy and wouldn't die from it.
** Matt Rigs tries to snip three targets at a baseball game. He has to get all three targets in quick succession since people will be alerted to his presence if he tries to pick them off individually, and quickly finds that getting a clear shot three targets in one place at a baseball game is anything but easy. By the time he gets the shot off, Superman realizes what is going on and thwarts his attempt.
** The titular villains like to subject their victims to TarAndFeathers. This is noted to be very dangerous with the tar stated to be extremely hot, and with it being noted that one of the intended victims was a only a boy and wouldn't die from it.
** Matt Rigs tries to snip three targets at a baseball game. He has to get all three targets in quick succession since people will be alerted to his presence if he tries to pick them off individually, and quickly finds that getting a clear shot three targets in one place at a baseball game is anything but easy. By the time he gets the shot off, Superman realizes what is going on and thwarts his attempt.
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* StrawHypocrite: In "The Clan of the Fiery Cross", the Grand Scorpion is shown, near the end of the serial, to be one of these. In his own words, "Don't tell me you actually believe that 'pure American' hogwash! Riggs, I thought you were smarter than that."
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* StrawHypocrite: In "The Clan of the Fiery Cross", the Grand Scorpion Imperial Mogul is shown, near the end of the serial, to be one of these. In his own words, "Don't tell me you actually believe that 'pure American' hogwash! Riggs, I thought you were smarter than that." He just saw running Clan as a business that dealt in "one of the oldest and most profitable comedies on Earth, hate" and the members of the Clan were nothing more than suckers to ring money out of.
* StupidEvil: "The Clan of the Fiery Cross." The Grand Scropion Matt Riggs finds the Clan getting bad press from Perry White and tries to threaten, and later kill him along with Jimmy after they see his face. After Superman apprehends a number of Clan members, Riggs flees to meet with his boss, the Imperial Grand Mogul to kill Jimmy Olsen and Perry White. And his boss tells him that going after someone important like Prerry White was a mistake thanks to all the attention hurting the Clan's profits. After killing his boss, Matt tries to gather help to kill his nephew Chuck, Olsen and White to keep them from tetsifying against them, even though going after them is what got Superman involved. Since he's already gotten members of the Clan arrested and testifying against its other members, none of his associates want anything to do with him. Despite that, he still swears to kill Olsen and White. When he finds he can't break into Jimmy's house with the police guarding it, he initially plans to [[TooDumbToLive shoot him when he walks out even with the police watching]], only dropping the plan because he learns about a place to plan to appear at a baseball game, even though the police are still gaurding his targets.
* StupidEvil: "The Clan of the Fiery Cross." The Grand Scropion Matt Riggs finds the Clan getting bad press from Perry White and tries to threaten, and later kill him along with Jimmy after they see his face. After Superman apprehends a number of Clan members, Riggs flees to meet with his boss, the Imperial Grand Mogul to kill Jimmy Olsen and Perry White. And his boss tells him that going after someone important like Prerry White was a mistake thanks to all the attention hurting the Clan's profits. After killing his boss, Matt tries to gather help to kill his nephew Chuck, Olsen and White to keep them from tetsifying against them, even though going after them is what got Superman involved. Since he's already gotten members of the Clan arrested and testifying against its other members, none of his associates want anything to do with him. Despite that, he still swears to kill Olsen and White. When he finds he can't break into Jimmy's house with the police guarding it, he initially plans to [[TooDumbToLive shoot him when he walks out even with the police watching]], only dropping the plan because he learns about a place to plan to appear at a baseball game, even though the police are still gaurding his targets.
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* TakeThat: The Clan of the Fiery Cross is one long jab at the Ku Klux Klan, using a thingly vieled pastiche who is repeatedly derided as [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] and [[GodwinsLaw compared to the Nazis]]. To top it all off the head of the entire organization is shown to be nothing more than a con man who is suckering the Clan's members out of their money.
* TarAndFeathers: In "The Clan of the Fiery Cross", the Clan attempts to tar and feather achild.
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[[caption-width-right:228:Disguised as Bud Collyer, mild-mannered game show host.]]
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[[caption-width-right:228:Disguised as Bud Collyer, Creator/BudCollyer, mild-mannered game show host.]]
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* NoHonorAmongThieves: As the BigBad of the Clan of the Fiery Cross arc discovers, most of Clansmen aren't interested in hurting innocents when there's actually a danger of getting caught. Once a list of Clan members ends up in police hands, the racists quickly cut off all ties with the organization, leaving Matt Riggs to his VillainousBreakdown.
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-->'''Clark''': If ''VillainOfTheWeek'' gets the kryptonite, then I...I mean Superman will be powerless to stop him!
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-->'''Clark''': If ''VillainOfTheWeek'' ''(VillainOfTheWeek)'' gets the kryptonite, then I...I mean Superman will be powerless to stop him!
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The originator for many longstanding pieces of Superman lore, from the name of the newspaper Clark works for to the members of his cast and even extending as far as his iconic flight and weaknesses. Notable for the first meeting of Superman and ComicBook/Batman. In fact, when Collyer wanted a vacation during the series' run, Batman and ComicBook/{{Robin}} would occasionally be featured in some episodes.
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The originator for many longstanding pieces of Superman lore, from the name of the newspaper Clark works for to the members of his cast and even extending as far as his iconic flight and weaknesses. Notable for the first meeting of Superman and ComicBook/Batman.ComicBook/{{Batman}}. In fact, when Collyer wanted a vacation during the series' run, Batman and ComicBook/{{Robin}} would occasionally be featured in some episodes.
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The originator for many longstanding pieces of Superman lore, from the name of the newspaper Clark works for to the members of his cast and even extending as far as his iconic flight and weaknesses. Notable for the first meeting of Superman and ComicBook/Batman. In fact, when Collyer wanted a vacation during the series' run, Batman and ComicBook/Robin would occasionally be featured in some episodes.
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The originator for many longstanding pieces of Superman lore, from the name of the newspaper Clark works for to the members of his cast and even extending as far as his iconic flight and weaknesses. Notable for the first meeting of Superman and ComicBook/Batman. In fact, when Collyer wanted a vacation during the series' run, Batman and ComicBook/Robin ComicBook/{{Robin}} would occasionally be featured in some episodes.
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The originator for many longstanding pieces of Superman lore, from the name of the newspaper Clark works for to the members of his cast and even extending as far as his iconic flight and weaknesses. Notable for the first meeting of Superman and Batman.
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The series' most famous story, "Clan of the Fiery Cross," is loosely adapted for the ''Superman'' comic, ''ComicBook/SupermanSmashesTheKlan''.
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** Clark: If ''VillainOfTheWeek" get's the kryptonite, than I...I mean Superman will be powerless to stop him!
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** Clark: If ''VillainOfTheWeek" get's the kryptonite, than I...I mean Superman will be powerless to stop him!
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** Clark: "If "villain of the week" gets his hand on the Kryptonite, than I...I mean superman, will be powerless to stop him!"
** Clark: "If "villain of the week" gets his hand on the Kryptonite, than I...I mean superman, will be powerless to stop him!"
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BadLiar: It's something of a running gag that Clark can't lie to save his life
** Clark: "If"villain ''villain of the week" week'' gets his hand on the Kryptonite, than I...I mean superman, will be powerless to stop him!"
** Clark: "If
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: For the franchise as a whole.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: For the franchise as a whole.EarlyAdaptationWeirdness:
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** As part of the 'Secret Superman' conceit, Clark Kent is free to be as brave as he wants, turning him into a figure of terror for members of organized crime in the early days. However, once the gap in the missing episodes is closed, Kent is back to the Golden/Silverage status quo of being a quivering coward so people don't suspect him of being Superman.
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** As part of the 'Secret Superman' conceit, Clark Kent is free to be as brave as he wants, turning him into a figure of terror for members of organized crime in the early days. However, once the gap in the missing episodes is closed, Kent is back to the Golden/Silverage Golden/Silver Age status quo of being a quivering coward so people don't suspect him of being Superman.
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The originator for many longstanding pieces of Superman lore, from the name of the newspaper Clark works for to the members of his cast and even extending as far as his iconic flight and weaknesses. Notable for the first meeting of Superman and Batman.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The Guardians of America, the Knights of the White Carnation, 'Uncle' Ed Clayton and his men... After the war, such enemies often sprang up to oppress people on religious or racial grounds.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Superman spoke directly to the audience on occasions in place of the sponsor ads, usually around Christmas or Thanksgiving.
* BreakTheHaughty: In a rare case of WithFriendsLikeThese, the Daily Planet crew once decided to take Clark down a few pegs by coming up with a totally unsolvable mystery, leading him to believe he was having a psychotic breakdown. Their reasoning: They thought he was getting a little full of himself after solving every previous mystery they'd run across.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Superman spoke directly to the audience on occasions in place of the sponsor ads, usually around Christmas or Thanksgiving.
* BreakTheHaughty: In a rare case of WithFriendsLikeThese, the Daily Planet crew once decided to take Clark down a few pegs by coming up with a totally unsolvable mystery, leading him to believe he was having a psychotic breakdown. Their reasoning: They thought he was getting a little full of himself after solving every previous mystery they'd run across.
* TheCape: Superman, naturally. Batman and Robin as well, in contrast to their modern comic counterparts.
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** [[UpUpAndAway "Up, up and away!"]]
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** [[UpUpAndAway "Up, up and away!"]]away!"]] sometimes paired with "Down... Down!" as he lands.
* TheChessmaster: Many of the overarching villains.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Perry White's wife, Alice, vanishes sometime during the episode gap. When the episodes come back, he's living with a fat rhyming alien.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Perry White's wife, Alice, vanishes sometime during the episode gap. When the episodes come back, he's living with a fat rhyming alien.
* CostumeCopycat: Happens at least twice. Once to Superman and once to Robin. Both times lead to the heroes ConfrontingYourImposter, though Superman's imposter was merely being duped while Robin's was being blackmailed.
* TheCowl: In a bit of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, for the first two years of the show Superman acted as this. Sticking to the shadows, rarely revealing himself, swearing the people he rescues to secrecy, sometimes bullying people into keeping his existence a secret, using fear to keep criminals in line... Eventually he turns into TheCape that we all know and love, but it's an interesting twist at first.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: For the franchise as a whole.
** Superman originally arrives on Earth as a fully grown man and is given the name Clark Kent and the idea of being a reporter by a scientist and his son that he rescues. This isn't changed until two years later in the story 'Superman Comes To Earth', where Clark Kent explains that Superman had been found and adopted by a kindly pair of farmers who died when he was young.
** Superman doesn't just have a secret identity, but he wants the fact that Superman exists at all to be secret! At least for the first few hundred episodes. Jimmy is the only one who knows he exists, and as Clark Kent, Superman goes out of his way to dissuade people from believing in him, even ridiculing Lois Lane for it. It's unknown whether this was quietly phased out or not, as the episodes where he starts appearing are unavailable.
** As part of the 'Secret Superman' conceit, Clark Kent is free to be as brave as he wants, turning him into a figure of terror for members of organized crime in the early days. However, once the gap in the missing episodes is closed, Kent is back to the Golden/Silverage status quo of being a quivering coward so people don't suspect him of being Superman.
** Superman originally arrives on Earth as a fully grown man and is given the name Clark Kent and the idea of being a reporter by a scientist and his son that he rescues. This isn't changed until two years later in the story 'Superman Comes To Earth', where Clark Kent explains that Superman had been found and adopted by a kindly pair of farmers who died when he was young.
** Superman doesn't just have a secret identity, but he wants the fact that Superman exists at all to be secret! At least for the first few hundred episodes. Jimmy is the only one who knows he exists, and as Clark Kent, Superman goes out of his way to dissuade people from believing in him, even ridiculing Lois Lane for it. It's unknown whether this was quietly phased out or not, as the episodes where he starts appearing are unavailable.
** As part of the 'Secret Superman' conceit, Clark Kent is free to be as brave as he wants, turning him into a figure of terror for members of organized crime in the early days. However, once the gap in the missing episodes is closed, Kent is back to the Golden/Silverage status quo of being a quivering coward so people don't suspect him of being Superman.
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* ExpandedUniverseExpandedUniverse: One of the first examples in comics.
* FiveManBand: The Daily Planet crew.
** TheLeader: Clark Kent/Superman. Most often comes up with the plan of action.
** TheLancer: Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen share this most of the time.
** TheSmartGuy: Usually Clark, but any member of the crew can be this.
** TheBigGuy: Perry White. Not in a physical sense, though he tries, but his connections to authority.
** TheChick: When she's not being the Lancer, Lois is this.
** TheLoad: Poco. Or Beany Martin, the Daily Planet copy boy.
* FiveManBand: The Daily Planet crew.
** TheLeader: Clark Kent/Superman. Most often comes up with the plan of action.
** TheLancer: Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen share this most of the time.
** TheSmartGuy: Usually Clark, but any member of the crew can be this.
** TheBigGuy: Perry White. Not in a physical sense, though he tries, but his connections to authority.
** TheChick: When she's not being the Lancer, Lois is this.
** TheLoad: Poco. Or Beany Martin, the Daily Planet copy boy.
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* GuileHero: Clark Kent, of all people, proving that GoodIsNotDumb. When faced with the Machiavellian plans of his enemies, Clark relies on psychology and trickery as much as brute force to solve his problems. His plans don't always work, in fact they often fail due to an unforseen circumstance, but he succeeds often enough that Batman, Perry White, and Inspector Henderson often give his plans the benefit of the doubt.
* HeelFaceTurn: If there is a young character working for the villains, they'll invariably see the error of their ways by the end of the storyline.
* HeelFaceTurn: If there is a young character working for the villains, they'll invariably see the error of their ways by the end of the storyline.
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* LostWillAndTestament: Features in a few stories.
* NonIndicativeFirstEpisode: The first episode is entirely about the destruction of Krypton.
* NonIndicativeFirstEpisode: The first episode is entirely about the destruction of Krypton.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Often used to pad out the plot.
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* RealMenWearPink: Tumbleweed Jones is known for making some fantastic fudge.
* SecretChaser: In stark contrast to the comics, Lois is NOT this. She's convinced of it in one episode by a detective, but when Superman figures out their scheme and causes it to go horribly wrong, Lois is so horrified by the danger they put Clark in that she instantly turns on the detective and never thinks to connect the Kent with Superman again.
* SecretKeeper: Jimmy Olsen acts as one for Superman in the early days, hiding his very existence! Once Superman's existence is public, Batman picks up this role as the only man who knows that Superman and Clark Kent are one and the same.
* SecretChaser: In stark contrast to the comics, Lois is NOT this. She's convinced of it in one episode by a detective, but when Superman figures out their scheme and causes it to go horribly wrong, Lois is so horrified by the danger they put Clark in that she instantly turns on the detective and never thinks to connect the Kent with Superman again.
* SecretKeeper: Jimmy Olsen acts as one for Superman in the early days, hiding his very existence! Once Superman's existence is public, Batman picks up this role as the only man who knows that Superman and Clark Kent are one and the same.
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* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Comanche Joe ends up dead before the sequel to his original story runs.
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* TropeCodifier: For the FlyingBrick. While the animated Fleischer Studios films are often erroneously given credit for Superman's flight, it actually originated in the radio show. Funnily enough, he missed being the UrExample by less than five months. Superman was flying in February of 1940, while the ComicBook/SubMariner took flight in October of 1939.
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* WorldWarII: ''All'' of the characters were active participants in the war effort.
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* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: The introductory narrator in the very early installments announced the show as "the transcription feature, Super... MAN", which seemed to somewhat bury the lede when it came to the character. Everybody else on the show pronounced it the standard way, and within a year the error had been fixed.
