#radio serials

Captain Midnight, in the style of Darwyn Cooke

In the early days of radio on Australia

We had,

The "crystal set" and " Bakelite" radio days!

Then came the olden golden days of good radio!

Good songs good music and daily radio serials.

None of that annoying "talk back" radio shock jock crap!

Most people didn't even have a telephone!

there was no television or internet! ... William

Big Finish Audio Review: ‘Dctor Who – Short Trips – #HarrySullivan’

In this Short Trip, the Doctor’s foppish military medic companion, Harry Sullivan is made a viral sensation whilst they try to save the lives of those aboard a ship trying to land on a very exclusive planet where a starlet is hiding out.

It is strange to hear Louise Jameson as the narrator of a fourth Doctor adventure where Harry and Sarah Jane are the companions. Obviously the legendary…

D.C. Comics History: “The Adventures of Superman” First Episode Aired 78 Years Ago Today

Superman made his debut on radio on February 12, 1940.

Today in DC Comics history, The Adventures of Superman radio program premiered back in 1940.

The Adventures of Supermanis a long-running radio serial that originally aired from 1940 to 1951 starring the DC Comics character Superman. The parts of Superman and Clark Kent were both played by Bud Collyer, though his identity wasn’t revealed until…

In the eleventh episode of The Pop Culture Lens podcast, Christopher Olson and CarrieLynn Reinhard welcome friend of the podcast Blair Davis of DePaul University to discuss a pulp hero from the radio era, Captain Midnight.

Captain Midnight began as a radio serial in 1938 (which you can listen to here), at the dawn of the age of superheroes, and the character appeared in numerous other media during the 1940s and 1950s. Beginning as a famous aviator tasked to fight crime and nefarious elements, over the years he has been adapted to become more of a superhero, complete with secret lair and advanced technology giving him inhuman abilities. The character was recently revived by Dark Horse Comics, ending its run after two years.

Because of the character's longevity and appearance in numerous media, this episode focuses on the adaptation of the character across these media, and how such adaptation also suggests that Captain Midnight was one of the earlier examples of transmedia storytelling, which is so common in our contemporary world of shared universes (e.g. the Marvel Cinematic Universe).