Superhero Radio Shows

>>95295495
>Are there any modern audio dramas in the superhero genre?
Though technically not capeshit, Big Finish does some audio for old characters like Captain Scarlet and Dan Dare.

>>95297003
Cool. I don't know either of those characters, but I'll check them out, and then listen to the audio.

I'd really love a podcast series based on the old Spider pulps, with the same ultra-violent style as the books. Sadly, only the first twelve issues are in the public domain.

>>95295495
Not really modern, but Superman had one and had guest stars like Batman & Robin show up from time to time. As for Marvel, they had a short-lived Fantastic Four show with young Bill Murray as The Human Torch, and one (now lost) episode of a Howard The Duck show with Jim Belushi.

>>95297238
Damn, I wish that kind of thing would make a comeback. I'd pay a monthly subscription for a Netflix-like service with weekly episodes about my favorite superheroes and shit.

Assuming the quality was good.

Let's see... The Lone Ranger (although he doesn't have superpowers), The Green Hornet (again, no powers), The Green Lama (started as a comic character), and Blue Beetle (the DC one).

>>95295495
Honestly most cartoons are horrid enough that I rip audio and listen to them as radio shows, do that with OK KO. Story is nice enough but the art makes me physically ill

>>95297544
I wouldn't expect that to work for most cartoons because they're written with visual elements in mind, whereas radio shows are written with the limitations in mind so that things are conveyed through sound and speech that might otherwise be conveyed visually.

>>95295495
The Adventures of the Scarlet Cloak. A knock-off Zorro show that kept telling sponsors "This series is gonna be so big, we'll get a TV show soon, so don't put all your money into the radio version!" and then never got more than like, 20 episodes and the show was forgotten about.

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Not modern (I think this kind of program is pretty much dead nowadays) but

The Green Hornet
https://archive.org/details/TheGreenHornet

The Blue Beetle (not too many episodes)
https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Blue_Beetle_Singles

The Lone Ranger
https://archive.org/details/The_Lone_Ranger_Page_01

Scarlet Pimpernel
https://archive.org/details/The_Scarlet_Pimpernel

Zorro
https://archive.org/details/AdventuresOfZorro

The Avenger
http://www.oldradioworld.com/shows/Avenger.php

The Whisperer
https://archive.org/details/TheWhisperer_420

The Spider is available on ebook and on audio books from radioactive.com
And of course you can find episodes of The Shadow easily.

>>95298339
>I think this kind of program is pretty much dead nowadays
If you mean superhero-themed audio dramas, you're right. If you mean the medium in general, it's experiencing a huge resurgence, especially in the form of docudramas, true crime stuff, fan-series, etc.

>>95298403
I meant this kind of dramatized serial focused on a specific hero. I don't know of any shows around that do this anymore.
I'm aware radio itself is still going strong, just in different ways

>>95298670
Check out the website Decoder Ring Theatre. They have The Red Panda, which is about a Canadian superhero (cheesy as hell, but in a fun way) and Black Jack Justice, which is kind of a somewhat-but-not-all-that-toned-down-for-radio hardboiled detective series. Both are modern productions inspired by old radio shows.

https://decoderringtheatre.com/shows/black-jack-justice/season/1

Here's where I'd start, since I think Black Jack Justice is significantly better.

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I made these a little while back.

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