On This Day, August 28: The Adventures of Superman and Crisis
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on August…
August 28 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on August 28 across American network radio and audio drama syndication, five epic chapters of The Adventures of Superman across a decade (1941 Grayson Submarine, 1944 Invisible Plane, 1945 Penicillin Black Market, 1946 Candy Meyers Daily Planet Bombing, and 1950 Michael Fitzmaurice pawnshop shakedown), and Himan Brown's psychological sci-fi chiller Crisis (1941–1975):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Grayson Submarine (Part 4)" | Mutual (WOR) 1941-08-28 5:15 PM EDST |
Sustaining Juvenile Serial |
Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander | Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster | ["Superhero", "Action", "Adventure", "Sci-Fi", "Serial"] |
Clark Kent races to prevent saboteurs from launching a stolen experimental military submarine aimed at Atlantic shipping lanes. |
| "Ghosts of the Air (Part 10) — The Invisible Plane" | Mutual (WOR) 1944-08-28 5:15 PM EWT |
Kellogg Co. Kellogg's Pep Cereal |
Bud Collyer, Jackie Kelk | Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster | ["Superhero", "Action", "Adventure", "Sci-Fi", "Serial"] |
Superman tracks the cloaked radar emissions of the phantom aircraft to an underground hangar hidden in the Appalachian mountains. |
| "The Black Market (Part 3)" | Mutual (WOR) 1945-08-28 5:15 PM EWT |
Kellogg Co. Kellogg's Pep Cereal |
Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander | Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster | ["Superhero", "Action", "Adventure", "Crime", "Serial"] |
Clark Kent uncovers a syndicate hoarding rationed wartime penicillin and life-saving surgical medicines in a condemned harbor warehouse. |
| "Candy Meyers' Big Story (Part 5)" | Mutual (WOR) 1946-08-28 5:15 PM EDT |
Kellogg Co. Kellogg's Pep Cereal |
Bud Collyer, Candy Meyers | Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster | ["Superhero", "Action", "Adventure", "Detective", "Serial"] |
Private investigator Candy Meyers and Superman pursue an escaped jewel thief who planted explosives inside the Daily Planet press room. |
| "The Crime at a Bargain" | ABC (WJZ) 1950-08-28 5:15 PM EDT |
Sustaining Superhero Adventure |
Michael Fitzmaurice, Joan Alexander | Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster | ["Superhero", "Action", "Adventure", "Crime", "Mystery"] |
Clark Kent investigates a suspicious pawn shop owner offering cut-rate prices on stolen heirlooms to extort desperate citizens. |
| "Anything the Mind Can Conceive" | Syndicated Drama 1975-08-28 |
Sustaining Mystery Theater |
Syndicated Dramatic Cast | Himan Brown (Director) | ["Sci-Fi", "Psychological Thriller", "Mystery", "Drama", "Anthology"] |
An ambitious psychologist's experimental subconscious projection machine causes a patient's suppressed violent phobias to materialize physically. |