The Adventures of Superman (radio) twice a week on June 5, 1950, continuing on ABC until March 1, 1951. In all, 2,088 original episodes of "The Adventures of Superman" aired on American radio. Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the Man of Steel first appeared in "Action Comics" #1 in 1938. The following year, the newspaper comic strip began and four audition radio programs were prepared to sell "Superman" as a radio series. When Superman was first heard on radio less than two years after the comic book appearance, the character took on an added dimension with Bud Collyer in the title role. During
Superman and Lois Lane was killed off by Doomsday in "Superman" #75 (Jan. 1993). After a year of mourning, searching and resurrecting in "The Death and Return of Superman" storyline, Superman returned to the land of the living and the arms of Lois Lane. However, because Clark and Lois on the television series met as strangers when the show debuted in September 1993. DC Comics launched a series of stories designed to keep them apart in the comics, including a broken engagement arc. When Clark and Lois on the television series finally married in October 1996, so did their comic book counterpart in the