Magic Island was a science-fantasy radio serial syndicated in 1935.
He was also a child actor on radio serials, and started writing songs at 13.
They also included a voiceover style reminiscent of a 1950s radio serial.
Edwards was a pioneer of the radio serial in Australia.
During this time, they also recorded a 65-episode radio serial.
He spent much of his time daydreaming, reading comic books, and listening to radio serials.
It ran for a total of 5,795 episodes, and was at one time the world's longest-running radio serial.
Merriwell's adventures continued decades later as a comic book and a radio serial.
The character also appears in numerous radio serials and comic books based on the stories.
"A radio serial is my idea of the square root of nothing."