chapter 180 part 2
As expected, [Super-Precognition] was also significantly weakened in the Main World.
The ten-kilometer range mentioned in the text description was directly compressed to about one kilometer, and even the degree of precognition was reduced from instant foresight to a vague sensation.
Of course, no matter what, unlocking a new power was ultimately a good thing.
Inside the Newspaper Office, Colin tested the effects of [Super-Precognition] for a moment before retracting the power and focusing his attention on creating the new radio drama story.
With the broadcast of *The Adventures of Superman*, Superman's popularity had been further enhanced.
The content of the radio drama had progressed from the initial *Baby from Krypton* to the third episode, *Farm Youth Clark*. This was also the first episode in which Superman spoke in the radio drama. In the previous episode, *Good-hearted Farm Couple*, Superman was still in his baby state, and the main voice acting was for his adoptive parents, Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent.
Through their dialogue, Superman's other-worldly nature as an alien baby was showcased.
At the same time, Superman's adoptive parents' names were established for the first time through the radio drama. It was foreseeable that as *The Adventures of Superman* radio drama continued to air, the background of Superman's world would become more and more complete. In fact, this was one of the reasons why most readers tuned in to the radio drama on time.
In the early stages of the comic's serialization, in order to capture the readers' interest, Colin had quickly and roughly skipped over Superman's growth story, making him the well-known superhero he was from his very first appearance.
This approach was undoubtedly correct.
It allowed *The Messenger Newspaper* to gain a large number of readers and support from the very beginning of its serialization. Now, as Superman's image became more deeply ingrained in people's hearts, readers were beginning to explore Superman's origin story. They wanted to know what the past of such a powerful superhero was like, what the mysterious planet Krypton that birthed Superman was, and how Superman spent his childhood.
From the listener mail for the radio drama during this period, CBS had also keenly noticed this and therefore proposed related plot requests in their discussions with Colin. In response, Colin graciously created the second episode of the radio drama, *Good-hearted Farm Couple*, which mentioned Superman's childhood performance, as well as the third episode he was currently writing, *Farm Youth Clark*, which touched upon Superman's life on the farm before heading to Metropolis.
According to the listener feedback provided by CBS, everyone showed extremely strong curiosity about Superman's childhood in the episode *Good-hearted Farm Couple*.
This also gave Colin some inspiration. Although the story in his *The Adventures of Superman* radio drama had already jumped to Superman's youth, it didn't mean he couldn't retell the stories of Superman's childhood.
In fact, if Colin remembered correctly, Superman did indeed have a *Superboy* comic, which mainly told the story of Superman's adventures in Smallville during his teenage years. While such a serialized story wouldn't be of great help in unlocking Colin's powers, it would undoubtedly enrich Superman's background experience and could also help him obtain a certain amount of [Faith].
Moreover, because the plot of *Superboy* took place before the stories in the serialized *Superman*, the powers in the comic should be weaker than those of the Metropolis Superman.
Colin already had an idea for the creation of *Superboy* and planned to hire a new comic artist to serialize this story in *Messenger Comics*.
As the sales of the comic book continued to grow, *Messenger Comics* had become the number one comic book in terms of market share in New York City.
Furthermore, unlike comic magazines like *Famous Comics*, *Messenger Comics* had its own original comic stories and didn't need to rely on collecting other comic content from the market.
On another note, Jack Liebowitz had been searching for cooperative publishers in cities across America during this time, successfully helping *Messenger Comics* expand its market to states other than New York. It was said that the story of *Superman* was most popular in Kansas. As an agricultural state, Superman's identity as a farm youth gave the people of Kansas a strong sense of immersion.
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"A brilliant story!"
At CBS, New York Radio Station.
Inside the voice acting studio for the radio drama *The Adventures of Superman*.
The members of the Mercury Theatre, led by Orson Welles, saw the plot of the third episode, *Farm Youth Clark*, written by Colin and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
The Mercury Theatre had rich voice acting experience, and in the previous two episodes of *The Adventures of Superman*, they had successfully portrayed the roles of Superman's biological and adoptive parents.
And now, it was finally time for the voice acting of the protagonist of the entire adventure story, Superman.
Looking at Superman's lines in the screenplay, Orson Welles was eager to try. If not for his role as the narrator, responsible for guiding the entire story of the radio drama, Orson would have gladly taken on the role of Superman's voice actor. After all, he had been a loyal reader of the *Superman* comic for a long time.
Now, he could only reluctantly give up this job and hand it over to the other voice actors in the theatre.
"Regarding Superman's voice, Mr. Collin Roper, do you have any requests?"
As the creator of the *Superman* comic and the scriptwriter for the radio drama *The Adventures of Superman*, Orson Welles obviously wouldn't ignore Colin's opinion.
In fact, for the voice acting in the previous episodes, the Mercury Theatre had adjusted and confirmed the voices only after consulting with him.
"At this stage, Clark hasn't fully made up his mind to devote his powers to saving others. He doesn't see himself as Superman yet."
Facing Orson Welles's question, Colin didn't hesitate and immediately stated his request: "Therefore, in terms of tone and expression, he is still an ordinary farm youth."
In front of Colin, Orson Welles nodded and turned to motion to a young-looking member of the troupe behind him. The latter immediately spoke up, imitating the lines from the *Farm Youth Clark* script.
"You know, Jonathan, I have strength to spare, so just leave the rest to me."
After listening carefully to the voice actor's lines, Colin thought for a moment and corrected, "Clark's tone should be more confident, like 'You know, Jonathan, I have...'"
To be able to serve as Superman's voice actor in the radio drama was clearly an extremely important job for the members of the Mercury Theatre. Even within the theatre, many members coveted this role.
Therefore, the actor was extremely serious, imitating the effect Colin wanted word for word. He didn't want to lose this important voice acting job due to his own negligence, which might earn Colin's displeasure.
"Very good, maintain that way of speaking."
After all, it was just voice acting for a radio drama, so Colin didn't demand that the Mercury Theatre achieve perfection. Thus, after confirming the general way Clark would speak in the episode, Colin concluded his instruction.
On the other side, after witnessing Colin's guidance of the voice actor, a thought suddenly sprouted in Orson Welles's mind.
"I wonder if Mr. Collin Roper would be interested in doing the voice-over for Superman's initial lines in the radio drama? As the creator of *Superman*, if you could lend your voice for a few lines for Superman in this radio drama, it would give this episode's broadcast an extraordinary significance."
"I believe the listeners who tune in to *The Adventures of Superman* radio drama will also be delighted by this."
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(end of chapter)