Episode Transcript
Presenting Superman.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Up in the sky.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
Look, it's a word in plain.
Speaker 4 (00:09):
It's Superman and now Superman. When we last left Superman,
he arrived in Denver as Clark Kent news reporter to
investigate a strange and deadly plot against the railroads of
the West. He had been able to prevent the Continental
Limited from being swept into a canyon by a rock slide,
but now the unknown force is directed against the Silver
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Clipper crack train of the West Coast Railway. Mysterious messages
have warned the Clipper, due to leave Denver at sundown,
will never arrive in Salt Lake City. Morning newspapers have
carried Kent's story of the rock slide, and while railroad
officials and government men search desperately for clues, Kent himself
walks briskly towards the Great Central Station for a conference
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with the division superintendent. Meanwhile, the plot moves on in
a secret hiding place overlooking the railroad yard, the man
called the Wolf talks with his subordinate KENO listen.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
So very fine.
Speaker 5 (01:12):
At last, the unbelieving fools begin to take me seriously.
You have read the stories, Qino, I read him?
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Well, why so sullen.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Well, I don't understand it.
Speaker 5 (01:23):
I tell you that track was blocked for a hundred feet,
and yet five minutes later in the continent that went
right on through. Next time my friend pleased to observe
more accurately. Obviously, the track was not blocked for one
hundred feet. It was not blocked at all, But I
tell you it was. You should join forces with a
conductor of the train. He swears that a tremendous figure
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in blue tights and a red cape appeared from nowhere,
replaced the missing rails, cleared away twenty tons of rock,
and made a safe passage for the train, all in
a matter of minutes. Oh yes, yes, And he is
now confined to the city hospital that conductor for observation.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Yeah, well, I tell you I've seen the same thing myself.
Speaker 5 (02:05):
My friend, we have no time for pipe dreams. You
were deceived by shadows, and now listen, there's work we do.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
I'm listening.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
I note that this story is signed by that newspaper
man Clark Kent, the one who was on the train. Well,
I told you I should like to be better informed.
That fellow seems to know a great deal how he
knows I have no idea, but he does also.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
I have checked up on him. He was assigned to.
Speaker 5 (02:34):
Cover the story back east and seems to have arrived
out here incredibly soon. Must have flown, undoubtedly, But that's
neither here nor there. Do you know where he is now?
Speaker 1 (02:45):
I did what you told me. I trailed him. He
left his hotel to go see the divisional superintendent of
the railroad.
Speaker 5 (02:51):
Did he How lucky, lucky, We'll kill two birds with
one stone. We've got them on the run. They worried,
Keno and frightened.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
I hope you're right.
Speaker 5 (03:02):
I don't know which way to turn up to believe
they'd like to keep the Silver Clipper in Denver to night.
But they don't dare They don't dare, Keno. They can't
admit they're terrified, and wait till they get my telegram.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Telegram.
Speaker 5 (03:18):
Can you dress up like a messenger Keno uniform and
so on? Oh sure, excellent, excellent. You will put on
your fake uniform and take this wire also fake to
the superintendent now at once. If you have luck, you'll
find him with mister Clark Kent. You will also find
I think that he is trying to locate a missing engine, keno,
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missing engine, just so if he finds it, I'll eat it. Humhm,
never mind, it's your uniform on Keno. Deliver the telegram
personally and bring back as much of a conversation as
you can. Do you understand now? Now there's that conductor's story.
Quite the funniest bleeding i've seen this week. A superman,
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ah appearing out of the nut Where where?
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Hello as the superintendent? Speed? What? Trace it again? Trace
it from both ends.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Of the line, ah, nuts, don't tell me you can't
find it. Do you think a locomotive and tender could
vanish into thin air? Check every's station master and call
me back.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
I'm sorry. Oh that's that's quite a rush, stupid idiot.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Look here, we sent a stair engine intended on the
line last night, and now they can't tell.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Me where it is?
Speaker 3 (04:39):
What on the main line?
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Certainly, never mind, let's get back to this business the.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Continental Any more?
Speaker 3 (04:46):
News of that conductor?
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Oh not so far? Poor fellows out of his mind?
Speaker 6 (04:51):
What do you suppose he thought he saw all that
business about a superman? Is?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
I only wish to heaven they'd never printed it. I
didn't report that, Believe me. I know, And I look here, Kemp,
I've checked with your paperbagies and they tell me that
it's all right, that you're here to do what you can.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Now, what do you want to know?
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Well? First of all, have you any idea what's back
of this trouble.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
On the railroads? Not the slightest If you ask me,
there's a lunatict. Lie, don't you believe it?
Speaker 1 (05:18):
What else can I believe? It's too senseless? Utterly? Man?
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Who you had warnings here's which we ignored, and we
get them all the time from cranks and nuts.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
But these warnings came true.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
So out of it?
Speaker 3 (05:30):
Do you still think they came from cranks and nuts?
Speaker 1 (05:32):
All right, Kent? What do you think?
Speaker 6 (05:35):
I think that one man or a group of men
is trying to paralyze the country with fear?
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Is? But why?
Speaker 3 (05:42):
I'm afraid we'll find that out later unless we can
stop them.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Good Lord, We've got to stop them. This can't go on, Kent.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
I will do what we can.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
What do you suggest? I suggest that you don't.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Let the Silver Clipper leave Denver tonight?
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Oh, Ken, she's got to leave.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Can you imagine what reaction would be if she didn't
you're taking a chance and we can't help that.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
She's got to go.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
Then we must work fast. If they haven't this evening,
I have one more idea.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Yes, what is it? Well?
Speaker 3 (06:11):
If you read my story carefully, you'll see that I
am bye. I know more than I print here.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
As I did.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Notice that I don't do you not yet, but I
expect to how the people back of this, particularly the
man called the Wolf.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
We'll want to know just what I do know and
where I got it.
Speaker 6 (06:28):
Well, I propose to show myself around until he catches
up with me, will he?
Speaker 3 (06:33):
I think so I was shadowed this morning on my
way here.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
Good luck you were. So.
Speaker 6 (06:39):
I think he and his friends are just waiting their chance,
and I'm going to give it to them.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Oh, kimp, don't do it.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Why if they'd wreck a train where they wouldn't think
twice about about.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
Putting me out of the way.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Yes, don't worry, But why what's the idea?
Speaker 2 (06:52):
While they're finding out how much I know, I may
be finding out one or two little items about.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Them, and I only hope here. How long have you
been standing there? Messenger?
Speaker 6 (07:03):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (07:03):
I just come boss you the divisional superintendent telegram?
Speaker 1 (07:07):
Yes, sir, er for you personally. They told me to
bring it right in. I seen the door was open,
so I awoke.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
They've found that engine. Well that's all messenger, get out? Yes, no, wait, hey,
where'd you get this wire?
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Huh? Why the office give it to me? Set to
bring it right over? All right?
Speaker 2 (07:27):
All right, go on close the door behind you. Hey, ken,
listen to this. Yes, where an engine is now, a
train will be tomorrow. The silver clepper will vanish like smoke,
never to be seen by the eyes of living men.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Hell well, sounds like black magic.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
I don't believe it. Why they never dare? Oh they dare?
All right?
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Is that telegram signed?
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Yes, it's signed the Wolf? The wolf?
Speaker 6 (07:54):
Okay, mister Superintendent. Huh that tuttles it? Had that wire checked?
Find out who sat it and when and from where?
If you can, I guess is you'll discover it's fate.
I wish we'd held that messenger, Kemp, what are you
going to do? Just what I said I'd do. Put
myself in the hands of the wolf and see who wins.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Superintendent speaking what what? Why? Look here, that's not possible.
It can't be matter of life.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Think what you're saying, now, look here, you tell that
ruder report here in my office.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
At once I got prison that I've found out something,
anything new. Why, it's the silliest thing I have heard.
Wait that telegram? What an engineer is?
Speaker 1 (08:33):
Now? I don't believe it. I don't believe it for
a minute. What is it, Kent? That look motive intended?
It passed through Kington eleven fifteen. Yes, and it passed
through Richville eleven fifty.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Well, it should have reached Louisbourg at twelve forty, just thirty.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
Minutes later, and it didn't. It wasn't on time, on time.
I had never got that all. Well, that's easy. It
left the rail somewhere in between. Yes, you'd think so.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
But listen to this. A crew left Richville and a
crew left Louisbourg. They met we're in between just now
on broad day life, and neither crew had seen the
sign of that engine anywhere. That's not possible. No, No,
it isn't. Is it black magic? Isn't that what you
call it?
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Kent? I think I'm going mad like that conductor? Well,
what are you going to do?
Speaker 2 (09:16):
I'm going out to hunt wolves.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
Anybody looking now?
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Quick? Out of these clothes.
Speaker 7 (09:25):
Now that window. Goodbye the Clark Kent temporarily. The Superman's
turn now to find out where those devils are hiding.
And so listen while they tell me what they know
up up over the yards, circle around a bit. Hah,
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there goes that messenger. Watch him, watch him.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
I land on that roof. Look down in the street.
Speaker 7 (09:58):
There he goes, the messenger into that house with the
broken railing.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
All then, I think I'll.
Speaker 5 (10:03):
Become Clark Kent again, respectable representative of the daily Planet.
Speaker 7 (10:08):
I just walk casually down that street and see what
happens down we go.
Speaker 5 (10:17):
So he thinks he'll find out one or two little
items about us. Sock you know, Yeah, that's what he
said before they saw me standing there. I think I
should like to question that young man on various angles
of the so interesting story he wrote this morning's paper.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
What are you doing by the window? Hey? Hey, down
there down there in the street. Look what is it? It's
him walking right into the house. What that is that
Clark Kent? How did he know where to find me?
Who told him? I don't know. I don't look at
me like I.
Speaker 5 (10:46):
Already know which way to take to get here he's
search me.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Boy knows too much? How does he know? Quick? You downstairs? Hey, boss,
what are you gonna do with him as a fault
below us? You know?
Speaker 5 (10:55):
Steal lined and sound proof with various devices to bring
out information. You're gonna up there for a time for
a little conversation, my friend.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
Stop, stop to the people. Is he coming here? Right
this way? Hey?
Speaker 3 (11:07):
Wait a minute, is anyone else in the alley?
Speaker 5 (11:08):
No, it's empty. Here he comes. We'll jump out and
clip hunt. Be ready with your black jack.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
Now, hey, where are you going? Quick? You know? Let
him happen here?
Speaker 3 (11:16):
What are you big idea?
Speaker 1 (11:16):
Wait? Jump boss inside inside with him? Quick? Come on
you no, hang it back?
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Good work, you know, good work down the iron stairway,
quick quick.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
Someone may have heard us out trying to hang back out?
Fixed up? Hit me up, shop inside now close it.
Speaker 5 (11:32):
Off now then, mister Clark Kent, the time has come
for a little talk. Keino, my friend, you may prepare
the aids to conversation.
Speaker 4 (11:48):
Clark Kent in the power of the wolf or is
the wolf all unknowing? In the power of Superman? And meanwhile,
where is the missing engine? Excitement thrills suspect. Tune in
and follow the story, and remember, be with us again
for the next thrilling installment of Superman.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
Up the Sky. Book It's Burnt, it's a plain, It's Superman.
Speaker 4 (12:16):
Superman is a copyrighted feature appearing in Action Comics magazine
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