DVD : Adventures of Captain Marvel

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- Captain Marvel... Shazam!
The Adventures of Captain Marvel is as entertaining to watch today as it was when first shown on the silver screen more than sixty long years ago.
The origin of this popular 1940's comic book hero is given in the first of twelve exciting chapters in rich black and white.
Captain Marvel battles the mysterous Scorpion and his evil henchmen as they attempt to steal six optical lenses that transforms common stones into precious gold.
I won't ruin the climax of this wonderful cliffhanger by removing the hood from the Scorpion in this review... But, I will hint that while great thinks are generally portrayed puffing on their smoking pipes, evil villians commonly smoke an awful lot of stinky cigarettes!
This is a Marvelous motion picture serial.
As Gomer Pyle would exclaim to express his satisfaction...Shazam!

Rating:

- Not quite Superman
Actually this was the Earth's answer to Kryptonian Superman. Everything is there except for the x-ray eyes and that freezing breath. A rip off? Would have been, except they beat Superman to the punch, by being the first Super-Hero serial and doing an excellent job of it. I even used to wish that later Superman tv and serials were more like this. Where as Suppie used to just stand there and let the bullets bounce off him, Captain Marvel would get teed off and after succesfully beating them up reall well would actually throw the bad guys out of rooftops and even mountain sides. Now that's crime & punishment! That was probably one of my favorite scenes! Tom Tyler was also the first Phantom(that's Ghost who Walks for you interns!)in that succesful serial. I originally bought my video years ago when they were quite expensive. This Amazon price gives you no excuse. It's a must. Considereing the time period the special effects are excellent. That's right kids, there were no computers to make life easy for you.

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- The Adventures of Captain Marvel- shazam it
SHAZAM! What Republic could have done with Superman is proven in "The Adventures of Captain Marvel"! What grace and super style does To Tyler have in the role. You can see why Superman and DC feared the "big red chesse".I liked the actress Maria Sponza as the tempress. (God I need a life! She is hot!)

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- SHAZAM rules!
You will understand where the ideas for Indiana Jones came from after watching this! Being the 40's, the props are authentic, ha ha.Give it a minute or two and try to relate to this era and you will enjoy this serial. I love the politically incorrectness of some scenes,raw action, a B&W film during a time when things WERE black & white.(you Liberals, please watch Teletubbies or something.)This is a must see for comic book fans.

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- Capt. Marvel - One of the 3 Best Ever Serials
With "The Lone Ranger" and "Daredevils of the Red Circle", the Adventures of Captain Marvel absolutely the best ever serials produced. The Lydeckers and David Sharpe aid and abet the Tom Tyler characterization of the super hero spun out of Billy Batson. I heartily suggest that if you have never seen this serial, you do not have a clue as to what you have been missing. Now is the time to treat yourself to something truly special.

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