Welcome to episode 18 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 back to the newspapers as Michael looks at the fifth storyline from the daily strip. Five men killed in five days during the construction of a new skyscraper. Is it a curse? A jinx? Or something far worse? Superman battles a sinister menace on the high steel in one of his most exciting and dynamic adventures to date! Also this episode, MIchael gives a Spotlight on early Superman artist, Paul J. Lauretta!

QUOTABLE:
New it’s my turn to get tough!
–Superman

Bullets meet bulletproof

A dynamic save!

Let's play catch!

A job well done

Intertitles for this story:
– What’s Wrong?
– Superman Investigates
– A Clear Coast
– Dirty Work
– A Strange Apparition
– Another Accident.
– Down — Down!
– Made It!
– Orders From the Gang
– Impolite!
– An Insistent Guest
– What’s the Super-Degree?
– The Super-Degree
– Butch Pays the Penalty
– A Warning
– Can Superman Get Through?
– Into the Steel Sanctum
– Arrest Me!
– Another Scoop For the Paper
(Strips 80 through 84 do not have intertitles in the reprints. Not all papers ran the intertitles and the source for these strips was one that did not.)

Links mentioned in the episode:
– The Mighty Shield: A Captain America Podcast, hosted by my “Legends of the Batman” co-host Michael Kaiser, and friend-of-the-show Jon Wilson
– Newspaper dailies at DCComics.com

Special thanks to Beth Safford.

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