"Superman vs. The Atom Man"
Radio script
By: Ben Peter Freeman
Date: November 6, 1946
Source: Freeman, Ben Peter. "The Atom Man—Episode L851." Reprinted in DC Comics, ed., comp. The Superman Radio Scripts. Volume I: Superman vs. the Atom Man. New York: Watson-Guptill, 2001, 78–79.
About the Author: Ben Peter Freeman (1901–1992) wrote for the Saturday Evening Post and The New York Times prior to creating television and radio scripts for the wildly popular Superman series of the 1940s and 1950s. After leaving the program in 1953, he served as a sales manager for a Chicago Construction Company until his retirement. Freeman died on December 11, 1992, at the age of 91.
Introduction
Action Comics #1, which featured the debut of Superman, ushered in a new era of comic book superheroes that quickly spawned series in other media formats, such as novels, cartoons,...
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