Return of Captain Marvel Ch 02

The Return of Captain Marvel, a 1953 re-release of the 1941 Republic Pictures 12-chapter serial Adventures of Captain Marvel. Chapter Two: The Guillotine Produced by Hiram S. Brown, Jr. Directed by John English and William Witney Starring Tom Tyler as Captain Marvel Frank Coghlan, Jr. as Billy Batson. William Benedict as Whitey Murphy Louise Currie as Betty Wallace Robert Strange as John Malcolm John Davidson as Tal Chotali The serial was adapted from the then-popular comic book character, Captain Marvel, then appeared in the Fawcett Comics publications Whiz Comics and Captain Marvel Adventures. The character is now owned by DC Comics and is known as Shazam. Adventures of Captain Marvel was the 21st of 66 film serials produced by Republic and their first comic book character adaptation (not counting comic strips). It is considered the first comic book superhero movie. Authors Jim Harmon and Donald F. Glut claim that Adventures of Captain Marvel is "unquestionably one of the finest movie serials ever made, possibly the best with the exception of the three Flash Gordon epics" Quentin Tarantino called Tyler's Marvel "the most homicidal berserker superhero of cinema".

The Return of Captain Marvel: Chapter One

 

The Return of Captain Marvel, a 1953 re-release of the 1941 Republic Pictures 12-Chapter serial Adventures of Captain Marvel.

Chapter One: Curse of the Scorpion

Produced by Hiram S. Brown, Jr.

Directed by John English and William Witney

Starring Tom Tyler as Captain Marvel

Frank Coghlan, Jr. as Billy Batson.

Nigel De Brulier as Shazam

William Benedict as Whitey Murphy

Louise Currie as Betty Wallace

Robert Strange as John Malcolm

John Davidson as Tal Chotali

The serial was adapted from the then-popular comic book character, Captain Marvel, then appeared in the Fawcett Comics publications Whiz Comics and Captain Marvel Adventures. The character is now owned by DC Comics and is known as Shazam.

Adventures of Captain Marvel was the 21st of 66 film serials produced by Republic and their first comic book character adaptation (not counting comic strips).

It is considered the first comic book superhero movie.

Authors Jim Harmon and Donald F. Glut claim that Adventures of Captain Marvel is "unquestionably one of the finest movie serials ever made, possibly the best with the exception of the three Flash Gordon epics"

Quentin Tarantino called Tyler's Marvel "the most homicidal berserker superhero of cinema".

 

Return of Captain Marvel (Trailer)

The Return of Captain Marvel, a 1953 re-release of the 1941 Republic Pictures 12-chapter serial Adventures of Captain Marvel. Produced by Hiram S. Brown, Jr. Directed by John English and William Witney Starring Tom Tyler as Captain Marvel Frank Coghlan, Jr. as Billy Batson. Nigel De Brulier as Shazam William Benedict as Whitey Murphy Louise Currie as Betty Wallace John Davidson as Tal Chotali The serial was adapted from the then-popular comic book character, Captain Marvel, then appeared in the Fawcett Comics publications Whiz Comics and Captain Marvel Adventures. The character is now owned by DC Comics and is known as Shazam. Adventures of Captain Marvel was the 21st of 66 film serials produced by Republic and their first comic book character adaptation (not counting comic strips). It is considered the first comic book superhero movie. Authors Jim Harmon and Donald F. Glut claim that Adventures of Captain Marvel is "unquestionably one of the finest movie serials ever made, possibly the best with the exception of the three Flash Gordon epics" Quentin Tarantino called Tyler's Marvel "the most homicidal berserker superhero of cinema".