Author Archive: Retro

A mysterious detective called The Masked Marvel battles Japanese saboteurs intent on blowing up America.

Wealthy Chinese princess is murdered by a poisoned dart while she seeks the help of the master detective. She has just enough time to scrawl part of a name on Wong’s wall. Dir. William Nigh

A small, sedate British village is shocked when its residents begin receiving hate-filled diatribes, known as “poison pen letters”.

Satanic rituals and supernatural powers control a series of gruesome murders of young women.

A western adventure serial in 12 episodes. Buffalo Bill battles gambler Jim Rodney who is trying to scare off the townspeople so he can gain possession of a gold strike discovered in the area. A nearby Indian tribe is provoked to attack the town and the cavalry is called in.

A man’s heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter.

A Martian spacecraft crash-lands near the observatory of Cyrus Layton, designer of Earth’s first spaceship. The survivor, forerunner of an invasion, can assume the form of any earthman. Calling himself the “purple monster,” the humanoid invader sets about gaining control of Layton’s rocket project. Opposing him is former Secret Service man Craig Foster who, episode by episode, tries to thwart the monster’s attempts to acquire rocket components. Will Craig ever suspect that his closest associate is really the monster?