airdates listed) were all written by Maurice Joachim. Maurice Joachim was an actor and radio scriptwriter, who wrote episodes of the 1940s WMCA-produced Doc Savage series. It is quite likely he also acted on the Avenger, as he was reputed to be a highly versatile actor -– in the mid-1930s he hosted the Majestic Master of Mystery program, and played all the parts himself. Only Joachim and the organist were credited in the script, which had the announcer give the credit “with original music by Dick Ballou”. These directions specified a Morse Code motif for the music, which was echoed in the sound effects. In the scripts earliest scripts, the "Avenger Hum" is mentioned within the episodes, as in them the impression is given that Richard Benson has a radio unit surgically implanted inside him, and thus his entrances are heralded by a carrier wave tone. This somewhat unsettling idea is dropped at some point in the series, with the novels' compact belt radios used instead. The surviving scripts do not include the African American characters, Josuah and Rosabel Newton, nor the young Cole Wilson. References External links A Chronology For The Avenger Dr. Hermes's Reviews for The Avenger Avenger page at International Catalog of Superheroes 1940s American radio programs Characters in pulp fiction DC Comics titles Fictional male detectives Golden Age superheroes Pulp magazines Radio superheroes Street & Smith Wold Newton family