Author Archive: Retro

A new radioactive element is found that is a defense against the atomic bomb. Warmongers go to Pendrang as archaeologists, but they are searching in secret for the element. The United Peace Foundation has an agent following the warmongers to Pendrang.

It is 1865 and the telegraph is heading west. George Crane, wanting to keep law and order out of his territory, is out to stop the construction. The engineer on the job is Ken Mason and he is the grandson of Don Diego Vega (also known as Zorro). As Crane sends his men or Native Americans to stop the work, Mason repeatedly puts on the Zorro costume and rides to the rescue in this twelve-chapter serial.

The invaders come to Earth to create an H-bomb to blast Earth out of orbit so that Mars can take its place.

Evil villain plots to take over the world using an army of invisible soldiers.

The California-Yucatan Railroad, being built for the good of Mexico, is under siege by a gang of terrorists hoping to force its sale; no one can prove their connection to profiteer Marsden. Manuel Vega, aged co-owner, calls in the aid of his nephew James, great-grandson of the original Zorro. Alas, James seems more adept at golf than derring-do; but after he arrives, Zorro rides again! Can one black-clad man on horseback defeat a gang supplied with airplanes and machine guns?

Rance Devlin intends to build his own empire in the American west using his Black Raiders and allied Indians. Only US Army scout Tom Bridger, allied with Pony Express rider Ed Marr and cavalry officer Captain Frank Carter, can stop him.

Murder during film shoot sparks search for a killer.

An unusual radioactive rock on the sea bottom mutates the ocean life into a horrible monster. When charred, radioactive bodies begin to drift ashore a scientist and government agent investigate the phenomenon, and it’s connection to a local marine biology professor.

The Martians kidnap Santa Claus because there is nobody on Mars to give their children presents.