The first adaptation of Superman was as a daily newspaper comic strip, launching on January 16, 1939. The strip ran until May 1966, and significantly, Siegel and Shuster used the first strips to establish Superman's backstory, adding details such as the planet Krypton and Superman's father, Jor-El, concepts not yet established in the comic books. Following on from the success of this was the first radio series, The Adventures of Superman, which premiered on February 12, 1940 and featured the voice of Bud Collyer as Superman. The series ran until March, 1951.
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400916 e0094 ProfessorThorpsBathespherePart10 Superman 400918 e0095 ProfessorThorpsBathespherePart11 Superman 400920 e0096 ProfessorThorpsBathespherePart12 Superman 400923 e0097 CurseOfDeadMansIsland The Superman 400925 e0098 CurseOfDeadMansIsland The Superman 400927 e0099 CurseOfDeadMansIsland The Superman 400930 e0100 CurseOfDeadMansIsland The Superman 401002 e0101 CurseOfDeadMansIsland The Superman 401004 e0102 CurseOfDeadMansIsland The Superman 401007 e0103 YellowMaskAndThe5MillionJewelRobber Superman 401009 e0104 YellowMaskAndThe5MillionJewelRobber Superman 401011 e0105 YellowMaskAndThe5MillionJewelRobber Superman 401014 e0106 YellowMaskAndThe5MillionJewelRobber Superman 401016 e0107 YellowMaskAndThe5MillionJewelRobber Superman 401018 e0108 YellowMaskAndThe5MillionJewelRobber Superman 401021 e0109 YellowMaskAndThe5MillionJewelRobber Superman 401023 e0110 YellowMaskAndThe5MillionJewelRobber Superman 401025 e0111 YellowMaskAndThe5MillionJewelRobber Superman 401028 e0112 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401216 e0133 HowlingCoyote ThePart2 Superman 401218 e0134 HowlingCoyote ThePart3 Superman 401220 e0135 HowlingCoyote ThePart4 Superman 401223 e0136 HowlingCoyote ThePart5 Superman 401225 e0137 HowlingCoyote ThePart6 Superman 401227 e0138 HowlingCoyote ThePart7 Superman 401230 e0139 HowlingCoyote ThePart8 Superman 410101 e0140 HowlingCoyote ThePart9 Superman 410103 e0141 HowlingCoyote ThePart10 Superman 410106 e0142 HowlingCoyote ThePart11 Superman 410108 e0143 HowlingCoyote ThePart12 Superman 410110 e0144 HowlingCoyote ThePart13 Superman 410113 e0145 HowlingCoyote ThePart14 Superman 410115 e0146 BlackPearlOfOsyrus ThePart1 Superman 410117 e0147 BlackPearlOfOsyrus ThePart2 Superman 410120 e0148 BlackPearlOfOsyrus ThePart3 Superman 410122 e0149 BlackPearlOfOsyrus ThePart4 Superman 410124 e0150 BlackPearlOfOsyrus ThePart5 Superman 410127 e0151 BlackPearlOfOsyrus ThePart6 Superman 410129 e0152 BlackPearlOfOsyrus ThePart7 Superman 410131 e0153 BlackPearlOfOsyrus ThePart8 Superman 410203 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