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Batman on radio ( 1945 )
It was during Mutual Radios broadcasts of "The Adventures of Superman", starting on September 15, 1945 that Superman and Batman, years before their comic book collaborations, really became a functioning team. The impetus for the pairing was partly novelty, partly a desire to provide promotion for a possible Batman series first proposed in 1943 during the war. A sample premiere episode, "The Case of the Drowning Seal," revised Dick Grayson's origin to make his parents undercover FBI agents murdered by Nazi spies rather than gangsters. It did not make it to the air. Only the script exists. Then in 1950, another attempt was made to get Batman his own series with the "Batman Mystery Club", a weekly "club" in which Batman investigated ghost stories. Although it never aired, one episode of that series, "The Monster of Dumphrey's Hall," was completed and still exists. But largely the team-up of Batman, and Superman provided some time off for an overworked Bud Collyer (Superman). These episodes called for Superman to be occupied elswhere, and the crime fighting would be handled by Batman. Stacy Harris played Batman in this first team-up with the Man of Steel, and Ronald Liss was Robin. Batman and Robin returned several times over the years, usually with Matt Crowley as Batman (although Stacy Harris often played Batman, sometimes substituting for Crowley even in the middle of a storyline). Ronald Liss always played Robin.
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Return to the Bat Cave.
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