There's this superman strained visitor from another world who came to Earth with powers and
abilities far beyond those of bottle men. Superman who can change the cause of
mighty wizards, bend the steel in his bare hands, and who the skies
as clock Kent mild manage quarter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never
ending battle for truth, justice and the American Way. But in the American
way. But the jointson appears an important message. They gang. Here's an
exciting story about some flyers who were morooned at an iceberg way up in the
frosty reaches of the Arctic Circle. Their plane had been forced down and they
were deefellows. This time, we're really in a tough spot. We've only
got about enough boot the three days? Is otherbody playing the twain for another
week? Hey fight, you get that radio fixed hit you're flying it.
Matter of three. We'll keep on playing. Maybe we can rake touch up.
For five long icy days and nights, those fires kept the constant watch
for the silver gleam in the sky that might mean rescue. Finally, when
the men were almost resigned to a frozen death, nice I hear something.
It's a plane. I know it's the plane. Never see. I guess
Harry's got out extra al right. For guy, I don't hear anything.
Why say it is a plane? All right? He's DIFFI his wing,
He's say yes. After five days on an iceberg, those fires were finally
rescued and returned to their base. Now, it wasn't just luck that they
came through such an experience as well as they did, no, sir,
because those fliers were in top notch physical condition. They weathered those hardships successfully.
And that brings me to an important bit of information I have for all
you fellas and girls. None of you can expect to grow up really husky
and strong unless you eat right, which includes getting all your vitamins. Though,
I want to tip you off to a mighty swell way to start getting
two very important vitamins D one and D. It's by starting that they were
a bull full of crisp crunchy Kellogg's pap for breakfast. Ask your mother to
get you a package of grand tasting Kellog's pap tomorrow, and remember the name
pep p e P pap is made by Kelloggs in Bavel Creek, Michigan and
now the Adventures of Superman, as you remember, Superman and the guise of
Clark Tent has become involved in a new mystery having to do with Doctor Lee
and the Cameron's invention of a mechanical man. I can see, walk,
talk, and even think for itself. We know the our friends do not
that a new villain has entered upon the scene, a tall, strange looking
man known as the Vulture. In our last episode, we heard doctor Cameron
demonstrate a model of the mechanical man for Clark Tent. When the demonstration was
over, doctor Cameron was shocked to realize that. But wait, let's listen.
In that he tells the story to edit the Perry wife in the latter's
office that they daily slant, and I suddenly realized, Perry, that the
man I thought was clock Kent was another person altogether. Oh impossible, a
modern tackle in hide her inticulars nike a IMMI was there and he started thing
happened. Yeah, that's got fulmster Wine is simply unbelievable, Leander. Couldn't
you do anything to stop him from taking the model of the mechanical man away
with him? No, Perry, you see it all happened so quickly we
were just done. This man who called himself there Virtua heads at bay with
a pearl handled revolver, and then he kicked up the model and control box
and walked out. We came here directly, Perry. This is a horrible
situation to be in. That model is the only one of its kind,
and I couldn't possibly reproduce it. There are in it certain delicate parts that
could only be dishored in Germany. Before the war weremany on Earth. These
delica parts can only be restored in Germany. How do you expect to make
the life size mechanical man? It would have been a simple matteric who copied
the parts in the muddel, but without the model. I'm help you see,
Yes, yes, yes of course. Oh jeez, heard what happened?
I say as quickly as I could, Hicks, Cameron, take amiss,
Hi, I'm wondering if you really are cock? Can you don't want
to be pore to game? No, don't stop changing your face where I'll
jump right out of his skin. Oh yes, yes. When I hear
a man who looked exactly like me and spoke exactly as I do, came
to watch your demonstration of the mechanical man. That's right. And after we
demonstrated the mechanical man model, he held us up at the point of a
guard and walked off with it. Oh well, which he mands me,
ken't you never did show up nor I had a mysterious phone call telling me
to come to a certain address on the other end of town. Whoever it
was promised me a big scoop, and when I got there, I found
there was no such plenty. I'm beginning to see what this is all about.
That voice on the phone must have been the voters. He wanted to
get you out of the way long enough to pull this little tigure his Huh.
Yes, that's obvious. Now it's a very tightening thing to contempate that
mud of the mechanical man being in the hand of the vicious, unscript and
dangerous criminal who'll sell it to the highest bidder. I do not need to
remain do that the mechanical man can do anything from playing it end up guiding
a tank. The axis powers would give untold million to get their hands on
it, and on the fade they will if the boacher had anything to do
with the There's only one thing we can do. And let's to get in
touch with the police at once. Get me inflector hendersman and police like quarters
at once, Doctor Cameron, tell me more about this vulture. What did
he look like? Well, he's told in angling Betty's tennis to looking and
when I really got a good look at him, his past reminded me of
a bird of Birtay by Heaven. It made my stomach turnover, wife thinking,
oh hello, inspect the Henderson say, Inspector, I'd rather not discussed
this matter over the phone, and I think i'd better come down see you
right away. Wait you wait for me, go ahead, be right there.
Now we'd all better go down the police head quarters and get some action
on this at once. Head Where are you going? Are you coming with
us? Oh? Yeah, yes sure, Chief, I'm gonna get my
happing coat. How you right with you? If my happen caught nothing,
this calls for faster work than Clark Kill could accomplish. You with this vacant
room here, turn off in my street clothes here and now to do a
job as superman. Up with this window and now to doctor Cameron's laboratory.
Up up and the word here's the daughter Doctor Cameron's lab lock. Well,
no help for it. I'll have to break in that now to have a
good look around. The Vulture dropped even the slightest clue. I've just got
to find it. And so the stowall figure in red and blue begins to
search up and down the room with incredible swiftness. He moved, searching minutely
every single inch of the floor, the walls, the work benches, everything.
At last, in the corner of the room, Superman's eyes falls on
a small object. Hello, it's this a button torn from an overcoat.
I wonder if this could be of any help. There's the maker's name in
the back of the button, tiny goat Print Letters Limited, the name of
the shop of the overcoat was bought pretty ritzy shot well at Narissa searched down
somewhat now to get the letters for information on all customers who bought overcoats there
in the last year up to that smash door. Now ha ha a.
As Superman heads for the expensive closing shop of Letter Is Limited, the Vulture
himself is busy. He too has lost no time, and in his lavish
penthouse apartment a scene is taking place which may have a far reaching effect on
the American war epist. Listen, mister cumurer sold you are the vulture.
Yes, sit down as gentlemen with your I taking I trust forever. Both
gentlemen are honorable and trusted up, and his ATM good. If you can
offer me the press I want for the model of the mechanical man. You
will pay cash on the line, and understood. It is understood. I
have thought check for five hundred thousand dollars. A check won't do. You
may be honorable and trust ready, but I want cash. You have no
oubcheck to selling this modern wonder to the Japanese government. I object to nothing
that will bring me money. I have no feeling of patriotism. We have
not even seen this mechanical man you stick off. It is here on this
table. Come, I will show it to you and I'll just remove this
par from it. Yeah. Sorry, no, no, no, Nipperton,
you appreciated. I see a man made of metal and only a foot
high. This is the mother Yes, a performance for me. Certainly,
mechanism is warming up. Let me remind you that this is no ordinary robot.
This mechanical man can see, talk, walk, and actually think for
himself. A missing I do not understand how nor the why. But no
more complicated pappens to a scientific mind than our own telephone dining system is simple
to the telephone company, most complicated to me. With this mechanical man,
I will have no trouble winning the war Oncet. I would not give to
see a legion of such mechanical men marching against the Mecca and Marines in the
to pacifics. I don't care how you use it. All I ask is
that you pay my price. And I see the eyes of let up hoey.
Look I the little manoir along. One might say that he is.
But now, gentleman, usual see the most amazing thing of all you shall
see this model of the mechanical man in operation. Little tim man, I
command you to walk at a love you're seeing. He's walking across the table.
No, he won't fall off. See is shapt of his own accord.
I think, I think what it is marclar, miraclar and miraculous.
Perhaps science, after all, is a miracle in it self. This model
of the mechanical man is nothing more than the scientific achievement of the highest caliber.
All right, little tin man, walk to a safe spot. Then
stop. You see what else? Will that do anything it is commanded to
do. However, gentlemen, it is finished performing until I see the color
of your money. Yes, let us discuss that check. We will not
discuss that check, commode. My price is five hundred thousand dollars in cash
and no tricks. Gentlemen, I see you reaching for what is probably a
revolver commoda. Let me warn you that door you came through to enter this
room is made of steve. The door and the windows of this room are
electrically wired on a high tension circuit. Do you know good to kill me
and try to make off with a model since you cannot leave this seal room
without my say so, it's no honor among thieves are saying, goes you
wrong me? Komora has no intention of doing harms. Kuma Milly wished to
secure mechanical man. Your prices are five hundred thousand dollars in cash, so
that's right. It is a creat deal of money. But I believe I
can secure this money within the hour. You will wait. You will not
sell Muddel to another bidder. Now that I parmership, then Komora return within
the hour. It is now five o'clock. I will be here again at
six or the four, at which time the Mechanical Man will become the property
of the Imperial Jaffanese Government. If Comure can secure the cash and take possession
of doctor Cameron's Mechanical Man model within the hour, it will be much trouble
for the United Nations fighting forces, and just a moment will return to the
adventures of Superman. But right now here is another important message for you,
say, Gang, I'll bet you're is interested in good things to eat as
high am, aren't you, So let me tell you about a neat discovery
imate At breakfast time the other day, instead of using plain white sugar on
my bowl of Kellogg's Pep, I tried sprinkling it with brown sugar, and
man alive, what a difference that made. There's something about the combination of
those crisp, golden sweet as a nut flakes with the tempting flavor of moist
brown sugar, all topped off it's plenty of good whole milk that makes a
really a one breakfast treat. And what's more, Gang, pep is mighty
good for you as well as dog gone good eating So if you somehow missed
out on this grand breakfast cereal, my advice to you is, don't put
it off any longer. Ask your mother right now to put down Kellogg's Pep
on her shopping list for tomorrow. And remember now he he get in sets,
make your cereal Kelloggs Pep. And now back to Superman. While the
Vulture is making a deal with a representative of the Japanese government, Superman is
desperately trying to locate the man who masqueraded as Clark Kent. With only an
on which to locate the Vulture, will Superman be in time to prevent the
model of the Mechanical Man from getting into the hands of the Japanese. We
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copyrighted feature appearing in Action Comic Magazine. This is a New twelve welcome back.
I'm pretty sure that the story they talked about in The pre episode commercial
was done on Cavalcade of America as nine Men against the Arctic, which I
played over on the War podcast over at the War dot Great Detectives dot Net.
It was episode one hundred and fifty six, played on April twenty third
of twenty fourteen, Nine Men against the Arctic. It is kind of weird
to see war incidents used to Hawk Breakfast Cereal. I guess it was just
the times. Again, we do see the Vulture continuing to show cunning and
ruthlessness when dealing with everyone. His planning for betrayal by the Japanese agent was
definitely a good move, and I think his demand of five hundred thousand dollars
is a reasonable. While he had said I think it was in the previous
episode that it would be worth millions to the government that got it. It's
still essentially a model and is going to require, as he said, it's
going to require scientific mind looking at it, so it's not the completed product.
Of course, he could have taken doctor Cameron, but that gets a
bit messy. So five hundred thousand dollars for the prototypes and the Japanese government
can go ahead and reverse engineer it. But then they had to go ahead
and bring a check. These sort of transactions are not done by check.
I mean, getting that size of check he's going to raise questions during wartime.
I mean there's very little that they could do to make it more obvious
than handing him a check, other than see we wrote in the memo line
for high treason slash military secrets. I did have something similar in my first
book, Tales of the Damn Night, that was being intentionally goofy. The
only thing I think I'm really confused on in this episode is how the Vulture
toward this button. I didn't recall anything in that episode where he would have
had an opportunity to tear a button he doesn't, you know, and just
for it to happen casually or by accident. He does not strike me as
the type of person who wears clothes with loose buttons, even in wartime.
We'll pick this up. Unfortunately Part nine is one of the lost episodes in
the serial, but we'll get a summary of what happened when we bring you
Part ten on Sunday. In the meantime. If you do have a common
email to me Adam adamsweb dot us rate the show wherever you download your podcast
from, but from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam Graham's
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