Basil Dickey

Mandrake, The Magician (1939)

Mandrake, The Magician (1939)
Rating: ★★
Jan 17, 2023Serial/Comic-Book Magician Superhero
The first screen appearance of the famous newspaper comic-strip stage magician superhero in a serial adaptation that strips out all his illusion-casting abilities and reduces him to a mundane crimefighter
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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
Rating: ★★★
Feb 12, 2005Serial/Space Opera
The third of the Flash Gordon serials, not quite at the heights of the previous two but with a colour and exoticism that was head and shoulders above the other serials of the era
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Captain America (1944)

Captain America (1944)
Rating: ★★
Aug 30, 2013Comic-Book Superhero/Serial
Captain America's first screen appearance was this 15 chapter serial, although about the only common element with the comic is the costume. On the plus side, the action and cliffhangers are good, while Lionel Atwill chews scenery in grand style as the villain
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Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945)

Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945)
Rating: ★★★
May 10, 2009Serial/Resurrected Pirate Villain
A fifteen chapter serial about a villain who uses an atomic device to transform into a dead pirate captain. Filled with some wonderfully exciting action set-pieces and cliffhangers
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