Republic Serials Superheroes Volumes 3 + 4 (1938-1949) Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Crime, Western (12 x DVD)

Collection of Six Complete Republic Movie Serial Cliffhangers

The Fighting Devil Dogs (1938)
12 Chapters
Directed by: John English, William Witney.
Starring: Lee Powell, Bruce Bennett, Eleanor Stewart.
In the late 1930s, U. S. Marines Tom Grayson (Lee Powell) and Frank Corby (Herman Brix) are the sole survivors of an attack by a strange electrified torpedo on a fort in China. Soon after, a Chinese consul secretly tells them about a scientific mastermind known as The Lightening, who's attempting world domination by using the mysterious weapon. When the consul is killed, Tom and Frank race to unearth a plot that includes attacks on naval ships and steel factories and a stash of stolen gold.

The Masked Marvel (1943)
12 Chapters
Directed by: Spencer Gordon Bennet.
Starring: William Forrest, Louise Currie, Johnny Arthur.
In the The Masked Marvel, a hero dressed in a business suit and a face mask fights the Japanese saboteur Sakima and his espionage organization. The hook of the story is that, in a reversal of the common serial "Masked Mystery Villain" stock character, the audience doesn't know who the hero is until the final reel - all the audience is told is that The Masked Marvel is one of a group of special investigators (the same plotline is used in the Republic serial The Lone Ranger).

The Crimson Ghost (1946)
12 Chapters
Directed by: William Witney, Fred C. Brannon.
Starring: Charles Quigley, Linda StirlingBarcroft, Clayton Moore.
A criminologist (Charles Quigley) nabs a skull-faced figure out to short-circuit Earth with Cyclotrode X.
The Crimson Ghost (1946) is a Republic film serial directed by Fred C. Brannon and William Witney with Charles Quigley and Linda Stirling playing the leads. This was Witney's last serial, after a career that left him one of the most praised of all serial directors. The serial was re-released as a six-episode television series in the 1950s and as a television film called Cyclotrode "X" in 1966.

Drums of Fu Manchu (1940)
15 Chapters
Directed by: John English, William Witney.
Starring: Henry Brandon, William Royle, Robert Kellard.
Fu Manchu attempts to conquer the world by acquiring the sceptre of Genghis Khan, which will unite the people of Asia under his rule. Allan Parker allies himself with the traditional British literary nemeses of Fu Manchu, Sir Denis Nayland Smith and his associate, Dr. Flinders Petrie after his father is kidnapped and killed by Fu Manchu's dacoits.

Zorro's Black Whip (1944)
12 Chapters
Directed by: Spencer Gordon Bennet.
Starring: George J. Lewis, Linda Stirling, Lucien Littlefie.
In Zorro's Black Whip the word Zorro never occurs, but a female who behaves like Don Diego in Idaho fights a cabal of corrupt politicians as "The Black Whip" after her brother (the original Black Whip) is killed.

King of the Rocket Men (1949)
12 Chapters
Directed by: Fred C. Brannon.
Starring: Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, Don Haggerty.
King of the Rocket Men is a 1949 12-chapter black-and-white Republic movie serial, produced by Franklin Adreon, directed Fred C. Brannon, that stars Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, Don Haggerty, House Peters, Jr., James Craven, and I. Stanford Jolley.
This serial is notable for starring the only serial character who is actually called "Rocket Man", a misnomer fannishly applied to other Republic rocket-powered-suited heroes in serials that followed: Radar Men from the Moon (1952), Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952), and Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (1953).

Contained in: Two Standard Sized 6-Way DVD Cases.

Format: Either PAL or NTSC (depending on world location), Region 0 (Multi-Region/Worldwide).