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February 6, 2024 12 mins
Adventures of Superman - The Atomic Beam
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Presenting Superman up in the sky.Look, it's a bird, it's a
plain, It's Superman. And nowSuperman, amazing figure from another world with
powers and abilities never before realized bymortal men. When we last saw Superman

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in his disguise as young Clark Kent, reporter for the Daily Planet, he
and his editor Perry White, hadjust received a warning telephone message from a
mysterious voice which identified itself as theYellow Mask. In exactly twenty four hours,
said the Mask, the Daily Planetwould be blown to a thousand fragments.
Horror stricken, Cant and his chiefsstared at each other in the Honey

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office. Then pandemonium sirens wailed inthe streets. Fully searched the building for
bombs. Today, as our storyopens, we find ourselves far from the
doomed offices of The Daily Planet.Doctor Sven Dhalgren shows an unexpected visitor about
his laboratory, explaining its wonders andalso explaining his latest invention. Listen,

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please please do not touch that windowframe. So it does not clean.
Perhaps it looks clean, oh,he is quite clean. But it is
wired. It carries a powerful electriccharge. Most interesting are you also experimenting
in electricity. Doctor Dalgren, youhave come to see my latest discovery,
have you not, Professor Schmidt deed, and so have others. You are
not the first. Others would notonly like to see it, but gain

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possession of it. No, Icannot believe it. Oh, it's quite
true, I assure you. Forweeks past, ever since word got out
of what I was doing, I'veI've been annoyed, even threatened, threatened,
Doctor Delgren, by whom I don'tknow, queer voices over the telephone,
mysterious visitors in the dead of night. Yes, that is why I
had the laboratory wired. But whatdo they want? They want my invention.

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They realize that whoever owns it controlsa practically unlimited power. Unlimited power,
is that true? Certainly, Professorshim it unlimited power for destruction,
which is why I am determined tokeep the discovery a closely guarded secret.
In the world today, my friend, there is destruction. Enough men are
at one another's throats like God's gonemad. No, I will never be

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a party to war and bloodshed.Ah, But come, I I waste
time into this room, Professor,don't brush against the metal work there it
is on the table, Professor.That is the machine so small, my
latest development, small, light,compact, but deadly. Now then please

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stand exactly where you are. Watchclosely what happens to that glass on the
edge of the table. Watch it'samazing. The glass was shattered. Now
watch that small steel ball. Whywhile it's gone vanished into atomic dust.

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Then it's true. I didn't believe, but it's truth. Certainly it's true.
Based on the power of atomic force, everything in the universe has a
certain vibration point, Professor Schmidt,My machine focuses a beam of vibrating infragamma
rays wherever I choose to direct it, and then any object in the path

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of the beam begins to vibrate ata certain point depending on the object.
Atomic force is overcome, and theobject simply disappears, explodes if you like,
into nothing, Doctor, you say, any object, any object whatsoever,
at distances up to a mile.Unbelievable, My dear doctor, let
me be the first to congratulate you. Thank you, thank you. You

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have done me a great service.Doctor. You have placed in my hands
an instrument of destruction that will atlast give me what I have been seeking
absolute control of the world and everyliving thing in it. What what do
you mean you have been horribly mislid, doctor dul I am not Professor Schmidtehothorn
University. Mere. Men who workunder me know me by quite another name.

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I am destined to become supreme rulerof the universe. And with this
deadly machine, get out of mylaboratory. Get out before. I won't
do anything, doctor, not ifyou value your life. This gun I
hold in my hand is fully loaded. Take care. You're mad, utterly
mad. How far do you thinkyou'll get with that machine the police?

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Beyond the reach of the police,I ashore you. I have laid my
plans with great care. Doctor.First, I shall destroy the building which
houses one of your great newspapers,because a reporter on that paper foiled my
plans in the west and succeeded injailing two of my men. When that
is done, I will go aboutthe task of creating for myself the precition

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I rightfully deserve emperor of the world. And now I must go put that
machine down. Put it down,I tell you, stop him. No
living thing can stop me. Nowgoodbye, doctor. Don't let him get
away. Michael, doctor, what'shappened to catch him? Michael? Catch

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him doctor? What's the matter?You're pale? He got away with the
atomic beam? Michael. Do youknow what this means? That lunatic he
has in his hands the power oflife and death. He is a walking
symbol of death. Where is ClarkKent? Many he gets back? Send
the men, Oh can't, can't? Where have you been down? And
Marcella helping the police turn up anything? And he signed up a bomb?

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Not a thing so white. Wecombed the building from top to bottom.
Anything turn up here? Not sofar? What's the time? It's four
o'clock. That fellow really meant business. We've only got about two hours to
go. Call on your office,mister wyeh thanks Ellis. Oh, by
the way, can I don't thinkyou know? Miss Lane Lois, this
is Clark Kent. You're wait hereto like it back? Well? The

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boy wonder huh why I'm miss Slaine? What do you mean? Tell me?
I talked yourself into a job,went out west and came back with
the biggest story of the month,all in less than a week. Well,
I guess I was pretty lucky.I'll say you were lucky, are
you the white haired boy? I'mafraid I don't quite understand. Got the
old man hypnotized? He thinks yourhorror is Greeley. I'm afraid I do.

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Oh, don't act so dumb.All this nonsense about a time bomb
in the cellar. What's the bigidea, Miss Slaine? I only wish
I knew. You mean to tellme you didn't make it up out of
your head. I certainly did not. I don't believe it. Well,
now, what's the matter of this. Don't you hear something? I hear
the prices and the base. No, no, outside, pardon me a

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minute. Come to the window.Now, don't you hear anything? Do
you think you hear a plane?There's a plane out there flying low?
Well? All big? Now,look, mister Kent, this is a
big town. You'll find que Ihad a few planes flying around here all
day and all night. It bothersyou. You better go back to the

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farm. Oh no, really,I yes, really, I mean it
too. Tell the old man aboutyour big discovery. Here he comes now.
Well, well anything new? Yes, you're a star reporter. Heard
a plane? It was flying prettylow, mister white What of it?
Oh? I got a job foryou, lost, Yeah, a good
job. No, go out aninterview with scientist human interest Up. Who
is he? And where the doctorSven Dogwin got his own laboratory out on

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Haven Avenue. Look the number upin the book? Who is he?
Mister White? What's on his mind? Leading American investigator in the field of
atomic energy? Mustweach you? Yeah? Come on, get going, lost,
Get going. This paper's always beentied in with science. We've been
after Dogwin for a long time,and now he comes to us. Why
well, he said, somebody stolea new machine he embedded. I couldn't
make much sense out of it,but he seemed pretty worried. Wanted me

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to rush a story into print.Oh what's the matter with the police?
I suggested that, but he saidhe needed more than the police. Sounds
cracked, but it may make ayarn on your way. Guardy all right,
if you say so, mister wI'll get right out there along,
mister star reporter, you'll come withme. Can't into the office. I
can't stand much more of this,I know, mister White. It's nerve

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wracking, this yellow mask business.Worse than that. I don't know whether
to believe it or not. Ifwe could only get a leave narrowly,
I wouldn't give it a second thought, just another crank. And I don't
know, can't I swear, Idon't know. What's the time now?
Five after four? Don't keep thinkingabout the time, mister White. I'm
found with what else can I thinkof? Two hours more and we may

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get blown to glory? What doyou think about the yellow Mask? Can
he do what he says? Andlet's hope he can't, mister White,
But you're afraid he can. Andthe devil of it is so am I.
Now it hadn't been for that businessout west, well, maybe you
ought to empty the building. No, no, you want us to be
the laughing stock of the city.Suppose nothing happens. On the other hand,

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suppose something does. They can't intimidateme. If the Yellow Mask means
business, he'll find us right hereat six o'clock city. Wrong White,
mister White, this is doctor Dogrens. Yes, yes, doctor Dogwren,
one of our best people is onthe way to your laboratory right this minute.
No, no, no, thatis not why I call. I
wanted to tell you. Yes,yes, the man who stole my atomic

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beam machine mentioned the newspaper, hesaid, he said, yes, what
did he say something about destroying anewspaper? What's that again? Listen doctor
Hello? Hello, Hello, Dolgrin, Hello, Hello. I was cut
off. Get me doctor Dogwren athis laboratory quick. We were cut off.
No, he was cut off.I'm sure of it. You heard

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all that, mister White, thatscientist. What was he working on.
I don't know, some kind ofa gadget to release atomic force, a
machine, I imagine. So whydon't you see, mister White, there's
our lead. The man who brokein and robbed him was the yell mask
Kent. I think you're right.Dogwin just said the burglar mention destroying a
newspaper, and I must be right. Hell, look here, we've searched

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the building and haven't found a thing, no packages, no wires. If
the Daily Planet is going to beblown up, it's got to be done
outside. Maybe up above that airplaneairplane was flying too low for a transport,
mister White, that plane was spyingout the lay of the land,
and at six o'clock with doctor Dahlgren'smachine, they'll come back again. Hello,
Dolgren, can't you hear that Dogwrensline is dead cut. That settles

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a chief. I'll be seeing youlater and can't Where are you going after
miss Lane? Something's wrong with Dogrens. If it's the Mask, well,
there's not much time to stop him. So long, Hey kid, weren't
you hurry? Da? I gotanother front paste? Goof can oh?
Thank keV? The locker room's emptyquickly, now out of these clothes.
Superman's turn now, Oh, someone'scoming the window out and up up.

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Not much time left. Got tofind miss Lane, find out what's happened
to Dolgrens, and stop the blaMask. Higher we go higher, and
pastor pastor past. Deadly peril hangsover the offices of the Daily Planet.

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Already the Yellow Mask is in possessionof a mighty and terrible weapon. Time
is growing short, but Superman ison the way, powerful form streaking through
the night sky, red cap whistlingin the wind. Can he arrive in
time? And what new unforeseen dangeris already creeping in on the laboratory of
doctor Dahlgren, with Lois Lane aboutto enter all unknowing. Tune in next

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time and follow the story. Rememberbe with us again for the next Startling
transcribed installment of Superman Up in thesky. Look it's a bird, It's
a plain Bit's Superman. Superman isa copyrighted feature of appearing in Action Comics magazine
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