American comics: You're asked to fish, but you catch a Superman template?

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Unsurprisingly, super predictions in the positive world have also decreased dramatically.

The range described as being as high as ten kilometers has been reduced to one kilometer, and even the level of prediction has been changed from real-time prediction to a 0.9-type dead lake sensing.

Of course, discovering a new ability is always a good thing.

At the newspaper, Xu Fu experimented with the effects of superprediction, and then focused his efforts on creating a new story for the radio drama.

The airing of The Incredibles further increased Superman's popularity.

Meanwhile, the radio drama continues from the Kryptonian baby to the third episode, "The Farmer's Youth Clark," which is also the first episode in which Superman speaks on the radio. In the previous episode, "The Glorious Farmer Couple," Superman is still in his infant form, primarily voiced by Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent, who are Superman's adoptive parents.

Through their conversation, it becomes clear that Superman, as an outsider, is different from ordinary people.

Chapter 655 is correct.

The names of Superman's adoptive parents were also confirmed for the first time in the radio drama. It is foreseeable that as the radio drama "The Adventures of Superman" airs, the background story of the Superman world will become more and more complicated. This is actually one of the reasons why most readers listen to the radio drama on schedule.

At the beginning of this comic, Xu Fu, in order to keep readers interested, gave a smooth and concise description of the story of Superman's formation, making him a superhero known to the public since his debut.

This approach is undoubtedly correct.

Now, as the image of Superman becomes more and more popular, readers are looking to explore Superman's origin story, to understand how such a powerful superhero came to be, what the mysterious planet Cretton was that gave birth to Superman, and how Superman spent his childhood.

CBS also keenly recognized this from listener letters during this period, and thus made appropriate plot requests during discussions with Xu Fu. Xu Fu was also sympathetic to this, and wrote the second episode of the radio drama, "The Kind Farm Couple," which told the story of Superman's childhood, as well as the third episode, "Farm Youth Clark," which he wrote at the time, depicting the life of the 11 Supermen on a farm before they went to Metropolis.

Judging from listener comments provided by CBS, people have an extremely strong curiosity about this episode about the kind farm couple in Superman's childhood.

This also inspired Xu Fu, even though in the radio drama about Superman's adventures, the story he wrote jumped to Superman's youth.

However, this does not mean that he cannot retell the story of Superman's childhood.

In fact, if Xu Fu remembers correctly, Superman also published a comic book called *Superboy & Superteen*, which tells the story of Superman's adventures in a small town when he was a teenager. While such a series doesn't really help reveal Xu Fu's abilities, it certainly enriches Superman's biography and might even help him find some kind of faith.

Even because the Superboy storyline predates the Superman series, all his powers in the comics must be weaker than Superman from Metropolis.

As for creating Superboy, Xu Fu already has an idea. He plans to hire a new cartoonist to serialize the story and put it in the "Messenger" comic book.

With its book sales continuing to rise, Messenger Comics has become the number one comic book market in New York City.

Moreover, unlike comic book publishers such as Chimei Comics, Messenger Comics has its own history of comic book creation, rather than relying on a collection of other comic book content on the market.

Meanwhile, Jack Borowitz was searching for publishers in various cities across the United States and successfully helped open up markets in states outside of New York, where Superman stories were most popular. As an agricultural state, Kansas audiences felt a strong connection to Superman's identity as an agricultural youth.

"A wonderful story!"

CBS, New York radio station.

The dubbing studio for the radio drama "The Adventures of Superman".

Members of the Mercury Theatre, led by Orson Welles, were deeply impressed when they saw the third installment of Xu Fu's "Clark Youth Farm".

Mercury Theatre has a strong background in voice acting, successfully portraying Superman's parents and adoptive parents in the first two episodes of The Incredibles.

Now, it's finally Superman's turn; he serves as the spokesperson for the protagonist throughout the entire adventure story.

Looking at the script and Superman's lines, Orson Welles was quite excited. He would have been happy too, if it weren't for the fact that he was going to be the voice actor for Superman in the radio drama. After all, he had been a loyal reader of Superman comics for a long time.

At present, all that remains is to abandon this work and hand it over to other voice actors in the theater.

"Mr. Xu Fu, what are your requirements for Superman's voice?"

As the creator of the Superman comics and the author of the radio show "The Adventures of Superman," Orson Welles clearly did not overlook Xu Fu's contributions.

In fact, Mercury Theater also sought opinions before adjusting and selecting the voice actors for the first few episodes.

"During this period, Clark had not yet decided to focus his energy on saving others, nor did he portray himself as Superman."

Faced with Orson Welles' question, Xu Fu did not press further, but then made his own request, saying, "So, judging from his expression, he is still just an ordinary farm boy."

Orson Wells nodded to Xu Fu and turned to the young theater troupe member behind him, who hurriedly began to imitate lines from Clarke's play "The Farm Boys".

“You know, Jonathan, I’m capable of doing the most, so leave the rest to me.”

Listening carefully to the lines in the voice-over, Xu Fu thought for a moment, then opened his mouth to correct himself: "Clark should sound more confident, like you know, Jonathan, I do."

Having the opportunity to voice Superman in a radio drama is clearly an extremely important task for the members of the Mercury Theatre. Even within the theatre, several members have been eyeing the opportunity to voice Superman.

Therefore, the other party took it very seriously, simulating the effect Xu Fu needed word by word. He didn't want to lose this important voice acting job because of his carelessness and dislike of Xu Fu.

"Very good, continue like that."

After all, this was just a voice-over for a radio drama, and Xu Fu did not require Mercury Theatre to complete it with superb skills. So, after only establishing the general way Clark spoke in the series, Xu Fu completed his training.

On the other hand, this idea suddenly popped into Orson Welles' head after he watched Xu Fu train voice actors.

"I was wondering if Mr. Xu Fu would be interested in providing the voice for Superman's first appearance in the radio drama? As the creator of Superman, if you could provide some of Superman's lines for this radio drama, it would bring extraordinary value to the series."

"I believe that listeners of the 'Superman Adventures' radio program will also be happy about this."

Orson Wells was never a conventional person, as evidenced by his broadcasting style on CBS.

In fact, Orson Welles' most notable work at CBS was the later Martian invasion.

At the time, in order to achieve realism, Orson Welles deliberately changed the location of the Martian landing in the radio drama from the Eagle Kingdom in H. Wells' Star Wars to New Jersey, and used the real names of all the places and streets in the drama.

Orson Wells did this to give the radio drama a more clinical feel.

However, it unexpectedly caused public panic; it was rumored that many listeners who turned on the radio fainted from fright. Large numbers of people took to the streets, remembering to bring handkerchiefs, because the program claimed that Martians would release poison gas.

Chapter 656: Voiceover for Radio Broadcast

Despite the fact that, in the story's opening, at the fortieth minute, and in the final part, Orson Welles, as the announcer, reminds everyone that "this is a radio drama, it's all fiction," during the role-playing exercise.

But the vast majority of the American public, gripped by panic, did not hear these words.

On the night of the Martian invasion, many American families stayed up all night in panic.

The truth didn't come out until the next morning, and people realized it was all a radio drama, as revealed on the front page of The New York Times.

"Mars Invasion" ended with host Orson Welles apologizing.

This incident later became a classic example of American-American exchange, and it also brought Orson Welles notoriety, becoming a stepping stone to his success at Holliday Hall, where he directed the later well-known classic film "Citizen Kane".

Orson Welles became a cinematic genius thanks to Citizen Kane.

However, the genius's later years were not entirely satisfactory, especially due to his struggle with Holliday.

Xu Fu recalled Orson Welles in his mind. He looked up at the slightly young but already energetic man standing in front of him.

“I’m not a professional voice actor. My involvement in radio dramas might affect the overall atmosphere of the script.”

Faced with Xu Fu's expressed concerns, Orson Welles seemed particularly confident: "You don't need to worry, Mr. Xu Fu. You just need to be yourself in the radio drama. In fact, your instructions to the troupe's actors just now were very much like Superman in the script."

"Furthermore, as the creator of Superman, all the filming was simply to match your vision for this work."

This dialogue reveals that Orson Welles is clearly creator-oriented.

This may also explain why he later acted in films, more than 90% of which he wrote and directed himself.

"Well, if you insist."

Xu Fu did express his interest in providing voice acting for "The Adventures of Superman" on several occasions.

So after Orson Welles coaxed him for a few minutes, he nodded in agreement.

In addition, a small apology was offered to the other actor who originally voiced Superman, but he clearly did not have the guts to follow Xu Fu's lead.

Furthermore, Xu Fu's voice acting in "The Adventures of Superman" is more like a minor interlude than a cameo, and the voice acting was done by the actor afterward, so it doesn't pose a major problem.

Standing in the CBS dubbing booth, Xu Fu made a slight gesture to Orson Welles to pack his things, then turned his gaze to the script in his hand and began to read the first line of the radio drama he had written himself: "Good morning, Jonathan, good morning, Martha."

On Tuesday night at 8 p.m., countless American Americans turned on their radios as usual to listen to CBS radio dramas.

Announcer: "He possesses incredible and unbelievable adventurous characteristics, is faster than a missile, stronger than a locomotive, and even exploding bombs cannot penetrate his tough skin."

Passerby A: "Look at the sky!"

Passerby B: "Is that a bird?"

Passerby C: "Is that a glass window?"

Passerby A: "That's a superman!"

"It's Superman!"

In a cramped two-bedroom apartment in New York City.

Stanley and his newborn brother Larry squeezed into the remaining space in the living room, listening to Superman's adventure stories on the radio, and exclaimed in amazement.

Next to him was his younger brother Larry, who knew nothing yet. His father was sitting on a folding recliner, cutting clothes, and his mother was buttoning them.

Due to the Great Depression, Stanley's father, a tailor, saw his income plummet, and the family struggled to make ends meet.

As the eldest son of a poor family, Stanley read mystery and adventure stories from a young age.

The CBS radio drama series "The Adventures of Incredibles" became his favorite series.

Even after the radio drama aired, Stanley wrote several short stories about Superman, which circulated among his classmates.

The radio drama featuring Superman left a deeper impression on Stanley's young mind.

At the same time, it was in "The Adventures of Incredibles" that he first learned the name of this superhero.

For some reason, Stanley apparently couldn't get the superhero's name out of his mind for a long time after he first learned it.