Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate Highlight

The radio scriptwriters gave Clark and Lois’s newspaper the name the Daily Planet and added the roles of cranky editor Perry White and copyboy Jimmy Olsen. They also came up with the lift off phrase “Up, up, and away!” and dreamed up the deadly green kryptonite—the rocklike substance from Superman’s home planet that drained his powers and left him defenseless.