Chapter 261 Robin and Advertising (1/2)

"Fisher-Pre (Fisher) Toy Manufacturing Factory Sponsored - "Adventures of Superman"."

The invitation sent by Colin did not get an answer immediately. This tough guy needed time to think.

Also, the next day at 8 p.m. on CBS.

Amid announcer Kang's passionate advertising, the radio drama "Adventures of Superman" aired a new episode as scheduled.

Announcer: "He possesses the characteristics of incredible adventure. He is faster than a flying bullet and more powerful than a locomotive. Even exploding bombs cannot penetrate his tough skin."

Passerby A: "Look at the sky!"

…

"It's Superman!"

Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, a great superhero."

Announcer: "Today, Batman's young sidekick Robin will appear for the first time to tell Superman why he so desperately needs his help, but before we join him on his exciting adventure, let's hear from Herman ·What Fisher said, well get started, Herman."

Herman Fisher: "Friends, one day I met a familiar customer. He came to my factory to visit our toy production process. When he saw our toys, he proposed a groundbreaking idea. Why can’t we create a toy that is more free and arbitrary?”

Herman Fisher: "Yes, that familiar guest is Colin Looper, the creator of "Superman," and the toy he talks about as he pleases is Lego."

Herman Fisher: "The Superman LEGO series launched by Fisher-Price Toy Factory has reached its latest generation, adding 'Giant Ape' and 'Lois', two new characters that allow you to perfectly copy the comics. In the scene where the giant ape captures Lois, the new series of Superman Lego will be sold in all major toy stores with windows tomorrow. If you don’t want to miss this classic design worth collecting, hurry up. Time to buy.”

Herman Fisher: “Remember, you can only buy the latest Superman Lego bricks in a toy store with a window display!”

Herman Fisher: "Regular toys produced by the Fisher-Pre (Fisher) toy manufacturing factory."

…

Announcer: "Now, The Adventures of Superman begins."

Announcer: "Due to a suspicious presence in a mysterious letter addressed to Superman, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen chartered a boat and sailed to North Bay..."

The character of Jimmy Olsen was just a passer-by when he first appeared in "Superman", so Colin did not spend much time coming up with a name for him.

But after the broadcast of "Adventures of Superman", in order to accurately distinguish the names of various characters on the broadcast, Orson Welles made suggestions to Colin, and the latter also adopted this suggestion for this comic book. A reporter from The Courier Journal who appeared briefly was given a name.

It's just that Colin was a little lazy in it. The name Jimmy Olsen obviously came from the newsboy Jimmy.

He just took the other person's name and added a new surname at the end, and he became a character in the comic. ….

Although the process was a bit lazy, he obviously didn't think so about Newsboy Jimmy. When he saw his name appearing in the comics, he immediately went to the Courier Newspaper office to express his gratitude to Colin and said that this was the first time he had been a child. The most precious gift I have ever received.

It was also at that time that Colin learned the full name of the newsboy.

Jimmy Carter is a somewhat surprising name.

…

Announcer: "They found an unconscious boy in the wreckage of the machine in North Bay. As they were taking the boy back to the shore, a speedboat suddenly came towards them and rammed them, threatening to drown them. When the time came, Superman appeared in time and saved them."

Announcer: "At the doctor's house, the boy woke up and said his name was Dick Grayson. He said the situation was serious and had given the note to Superman, but he refused to speak to anyone except Superman.

Never discuss this with anyone. "

Dick Grayson, or Robin, also made his first appearance in "Adventures of Superman", and unlike Batman, this character is also one of the rare characters to appear in a radio drama without any comic image design.

Even Lois and Clark's colleague Jimmy Olsen used his own image in the comics.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Batman comics do not have a specific publication. As a superhero who appears in the "Superman" story and is active in Gotham City, this superhero has not yet had his own personal publication.

But even so, Batman's popularity is not low now. Many fans even wrote letters to the Courier newspaper urging the newspaper to publish exclusive comics and even Lego toys for "Batman". Readers can't wait to know about this Gotham City. The story behind the superhero.

Considering the current development of "Messenger Comics", Jack has made suggestions to Colin more than once to separate Batman's story from "Superman".

Colin already has an idea for this, but the specific method will have to wait until he upgrades his [Bronze Seal] to [Silver], otherwise he is worried that the rash creation of the origin of "Batman" will affect the subsequent [ Belief] Collect to make an impact.

Of course, he could also hand this story over to other painters in the publishing house, such as Charles Adams.

However, considering Charles Adams' unique creative style, the Gothic style does complement the image of Batman.

But this also requires a complete origin. Otherwise, Colin is worried that if he gives this story to Charles Adams to design without any restrictions, it is very likely that Batman's style will go astray.

Imagine that in Charles Adams's pen, Batman becomes a Gothic superhero who sleeps in a coffin and is accompanied by skeletons all day long.

Although it is very interesting, it is obviously not the image of a superhero that most readers want to see.

A good superhero story is based on a specific origin context. Once the image of Batman is preconceived as a Gothic character written by Charles Adams, it will be much more troublesome for Colin to reverse this image. ….

Therefore, it is better to wait for a while.

During this period, although Batman's story could not appear in the form of a specific comic book, Colin more or less responded to readers' expectations and created it as a radio drama and broadcast it.

...

Announcer: "Clark Kent took Dick to his apartment, then he left for a while and reappeared as Superman. He told Dick that he saw the cape under his coat and the red uniform with the letter R on it, and the boy also told Superman that he was Batman's new companion Robin."

Robin: "You must help me, Superman, you must help me!"

Superman: "If I can, I will help you."

Robin: "You are the only one who can help me."

Superman: "That sounds serious."

Robin: "Indeed, this is the worst thing that has ever happened to me!"

Superman: "That's a strong statement, Robin."

Robin: "It's true, you see."

Superman: "YESIR..."

Robin: "Batman is missing!"

Superman: "What?!"

Robin: "Yes, Batman is missing."

Superman: "Oh my God! Where? When?"

Robin: "I don't know, he left me in Queens across the bay In the cabin..."

Superman: "Then what?"

Robin: "He asked me to wait there. He said he would be back before the evening, but he didn't."

Superman: "He didn't. When did this happen? I mean when did he leave?"

Robin: "It was yesterday.

Batman left after lunch. He said he would be back in a few hours."

Superman: "Did he say where he was going?"

Robin: "No, he just said he was busy with the most important case of his life, and he would solve the case that afternoon."

Superman: "Did he give you any hints about the case?"

Robin: "I asked him, but he refused to tell me what happened. He said it was too dangerous and even I couldn't get involved. He just told me that the fate of the whole world depended on this."

Superman: "The fate of the whole world?"

Robin: "Yes, you have to find him, Superman!"

In the radio play, through the conversation between Superman and Robin, the listeners in front of the radio learned that Batman mysteriously disappeared because of an important case. Although it was just a conversation between Superman and Robin, the secrets hidden behind it made people eager to listen to it.

They wanted to know what kind of secret had put Batman in crisis, and what was the fate of the world in Robin's mouth.

In Robin's account, Superman knew that after Batman left, suspicious people with guns appeared around the house where he was at the time, and the butler Alfred Pennyworth reminded Robin of this. They cut the telephone wires and lurked near the house with bad intentions.

Bang bang bang——

Ding, ding, ding ding——

Alfred: "The doorbell rang."

Robin: "What should we do now? There are too many of them, I can't handle it alone."...

Alfred: "I can handle it a little bit."

Robin: "No, they have too many guns, Alfred."

Accompanied by the rapid knocking and doorbell ringing in the radio play, the listeners in front of the radio seemed to be in Robin's dangerous environment at the time.

Afterwards, Robin took Alfred to the secret tunnel of the house and hid for a night. However, these people did not leave the house. In order to find out the reason for Batman's disappearance, Robin asked Alfred to go first and deliver the note to the "Messenger Daily" in Metropolis, while he stayed there to hold these guys.

Superman: "Wait a minute, when you opened the trap door of the house, you heard someone say who they received money from, what's his name?"

And Superman also found some clues from Robin's memories.

Robin: "It's a strange name, it sounds like Zoltans."

Telling Superman the name he heard, Robin narrated the story of his fight with this group of people, and then he grabbed a rowboat to escape, and then was shot and fainted.

Superman: "This explains your head wound, I guess they thought they had killed you."

Robin: "I think so too."

Robin: "I passed out and didn't wake up until I was in the doctor's room with Mr. Clark Kent, Ms. Lois Lane, and Mr. Jimmy Olsen."

Superman: "You may not know that the wreckage of the yacht has been drifting in the sea for a while, so Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen found you, and then you were attacked by that group of people. They were all Good company, okay Robin, I have work to do now."

Robin: "Are you going to find Batman now?"

Superman: "In a way, yes, listen Robin, Clark Kent might be coming before, um, I come back, and if he does come, trust him and go with him, okay?"

Robin: "Okay? But what can Mr. Clark Kent do?"

Facing Superman's arrangement, Robin was obviously a little confused.

Superman: "About as much as I can do. Goodbye, Robin. Maybe I'd better get used to calling you Dick."

Robin: "Where are you going?"

Superman: "Get out of this window..."

Robin: "I know, but what about Batman?"

Superman: "From now on

For now, let me worry about Batman, hope to see you again soon, up, up, take off! "

Because of the radio drama, the audience could not see Superman flying, because the voice actor in the drama would make a flying cry every time Superman took off.

Announcer: "Superman jumped into the darkness and left quickly. Where was he going?"

Announcer: "We'll get back to the climax of today's show later, but first, I have a question for you..."

Herman Fisher: "Friends, you know how many types of Superman Lego have been produced so far, except for the original image of Superman..."

With the popularity of radio dramas, advertisers have become more and more demanding.

From the very beginning, advertising lines were placed at the end of radio dramas. Nowadays, more and more radio dramas have become accustomed to inserting advertisements at the beginning and middle of the broadcast. Although not the vast majority of listeners accept this, but for their own enjoyment radio drama, they were also forced to accept the advertiser's promotional lines.

This is only in its initial stages. It is said that radio dramas with the largest number of advertisements, such as those sponsored by soap manufacturers, will have advertising lines interspersed with them every five minutes. Even so, there are still a large number of housewives who are willing to abide by them. Listening to the radio drama in front of the radio.

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Stealing the Heart on the Moon

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