The Planet Man
Volume 2

"Great blazing meteors!"

When we last looked in on Dantro, the Planet Man - intergalactic troubleshooter for the League of Planets, the law enforcement body for peace and justice in the celestial world - he and his faithful sidekick Slats (an Earth engineer who participated in that planet's first rocket expedition) were in a distant galaxy on the planet of the Mardee, seeking assistance in their mission to defeat the unspeakably diabolical Marston, the Martian dictator who has declared himself ruler of the entire solar system. In this second collection, containing the final twenty-six episodes of the whiz-bang space serial "The Planet Man," we find our heroes valiantly trying to defeat their nemesis and encountering new villains as well: Marston's evil female scientist counterpart Gaza, a race of insect men, and a planet of robots that have seized control of civilization from humans.

Produced in about 1950 by Palladium Radio Productions, "The Planet Man" is a serialized return to classic radio kiddie sci-fi shows like "Flash Gordon" and "Buck Rogers." The background on "The Planet Man" is sketchy at best, even with the original discs close at hand. Various sources date its syndicated run around 1952-53, but specific airdate information remains unknown. Palladium transcribed a total of 78 15-minute episodes for afternoon strip, with 76 episodes extant today. (The first and fourth installments, likely contained on a single audition disc, are missing and have never been located.)

The cast of the series also remains shrouded in mystery; only the announcer (Phil Tonken), organist (Jon Gart) and voice of the robot characters (Joseph Boland) have been identified. But though there is still much information to be learned about "The Planet Man," one thing does remain certain: it's great entertainment, offering loads of breezy, golly-jeepers, shoot 'em up fun for old-time radio fans aged eight to eighty.

#53 Dantro and Slats in the Secret Council Chamber
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#54 A Firing Squad on Planeria Rex?
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#55 Gaza Uses a Force Screen to Save the Judge
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#56 Slats Overhears Gaza Talking to Marston
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#57 Transporting Dantro and Slats Back to Alpha
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#58 Going to the Aid of Barrow's Expedition
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#59 Crash Landing on a Mystery Planet
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#60 A Graveyard of Space Ships
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#61 Is Slats Headed for Certain Death?
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#62 Slats Contacts the Mardee for Help
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#63 Landing on the Insect Planet to Rescue Dantro
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#64 Dantro Planning to Destroy the Generator
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#65 Dantro Rushes to the Barracks to Free the Prisoners
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#66 Battling the Insect Men to the End
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#67 A New Adventure Begins: Who is Dantro?
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#68 Prisoners on a Planet with a Robot Civilization
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#69 Slats and Dantro Ride the Transporter to Orientor
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#70 Robot 012 Proclaims 'The Day of the Robot'
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#71 Who is Robot T-21?
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#72 Will T21 Help Dantro to Defeat the Robots?
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#73 Slats is Searching for Dantro
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#74 A Few Days to Plan the Overthrow
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#75 Dantro's Brain is Joined to T21
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#76 Can Slats Keep Control of the Jet?
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#77 Death Coming Closer and Closer
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication

#78 The Adventure Comes to a Conclusion
1950/51 - 15:00 - Palladium Radio Productions syndication