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Ahead of its time
From his Stealth aircraft, the Lightning, in his Darth Vader garb, declares in Chapter Two that he will dictate his "will to the fools down below with their armies, their battleships and their guns."
Sound familiar? I saw this film when we were two weeks into the Gulf War, and the parallel to George Bush Senior is irresistable.
And the Marines in this serial are opposed to the Lightning.
The movie is a protest against American foreign policy.
Chapter One begins with the words "Armaments", "Munitions" "War" flashing as a building is demolished. I could not help but think of the Persian Gulf as I saw the film during that military campaign.
Remember too that the Marines are portrayed and comport themselves as gentlemen. The civility in the film stands in contrast to the way we abuse each other in present everyday life.
It's fun, campy, and relevant.

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Contains one of my favorite chapter endings...
Ah yes, Chapter 11, one of the two "economy" chapters, provided what I consider to be one of the very best chapter endings of all time. Beyond this, there are several memorable scenes...not just the chapter endings, but scenes in the middle of some chapters. For instance, there's the bad guy blithely throwing grenades from the back of the truck. Another aspect making this one of the greatest is that it has great scenes "on the land, on the sea, and in the air." The Lightning, and yes, he could well be the inspiration for Darth Vader, and his hunchbacked deranged acting scientist accompolice make for one of the most memorable pairs of villains in serial history. I consider this a must in any collector's essential serial collection.

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Two Marines versus The Lightning
Lee Powell and Herman Brix (later, Bruce Bennett) had been the last of five "suspects" as being the Lone Ranger in Republic's first serial featuring that radio hero. Here they team up again as a pair of Marines fighting a mad scientist called The Lightning, whose overblown manner is fun and whose headpiece may have been the prototype for Darth Vader (but I predict you'll have trouble guessing his identity). The cliffhangers keep both heroes in dire peril throughout.