Welcome to episode seven of The Thrilling Adventures of Superman. The show’s mission is to explore the history and development of the Superman in his formative years by chronicling the Man of Steel’s Golden Age adventures in comics, radio and film.

It’s three rings of excitement, adventure and thrills this time out, when Michael takes a look at ACTION COMICS #7. The issue finds Superman setting out to do a good turn for a down-on-his luck circus owner and taking on a roughneck who tries to bully the owner. Meanwhile, Clark Kent confronts a challenge of his own in the form of a co-worker named Curly. Also in this episode, Michael reads an email from a listener and discusses yet another little-known side project bearing a Siegel-Shuster byline.

QUOTABLE:
Superman! — working for me! Oh baby, I’m dreaming — this is too good to be true!
–Jordan, owner of Jordan Circus

The cover to ACTION COMICS #7 by Joe Shuster

Curly: The obnoxious jerk

'I want a dream lover, so I don't have to dream alone'

Joe Shuster experiments the visual stylings of film noir

Links mentioned in the episode:
– ACTION COMICS WEEKLY #630 cover by John Severin, at the Grand Comic Book Database
– Wayne and Shuster biography at the Museum of Broadcast Communications
– Wayne and Shuster Wikipedia entry

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