Commando Cody è un ricercatore e inventore civile con vari dipendenti al suo servizio. Ha inventato un casco aerodinamico e uno zaino a razzo sonico che egli utilizza con una tuta volante in pelle. Cody ha anche costruito un razzo in grado di raggiungere la Luna. Quando gli Stati Uniti vengono attaccati da una forza misteriosa che può spazzare via intere basi militari e complessi industriali, Cody ipotizza - correttamente - che l'attacco proviene dalla Luna, che raggiunge quindi a bordo del suo razzo. Lì si confronta con il dittatore della Luna, Retik, che annuncia con spavalderia i suoi piani per conquistare la Terra e quindi trasferirvi l'intera la popolazione della Luna utilizzando delle astronavi.
Prof. Millard pretends to be dead and helps Jeff King ferret out Vulcan, the evil traitor at the science academy. Donning his Rocket Man costume King goes from one hair raising rescue to the next in order to keep the newly invented Decimator out of the clutches of Vulcan and his minions.
Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device capable of destroying buildings by sound vibrations.
Disaster seems imminent when scientists discover that the planet Mongo is about to crash into Earth. Luckily, heroic young Flash Gordon is on hand to lead an investigative mission into outer space and onto the speedily approaching planet. There, he and his best girl, Dale, who is along for the ride, learn that Ming, the devious ruler of Mongo, has purposely put the planet on a collision course with Earth, and only Flash can stop him.
This 15-chapter serial pits Batman and Robin against The Wizard, who uses a device that allows him to control machinery to hold the city hostage.
A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide.
A villain named Marlof attempts to set up secret missile bases inside Canada so he can launch missiles at the U.S. The Canadian Mounted Police dispatch agents to try to stop him.
Truffatore, ladro e ipnotizzatore, il dottor Mabuse, proprio grazie a quest'ultima dote, è diventato incredibilmente ricco. La polizia lo scopre e circonda la sua casa: a quel punto Mabuse s'arrende e, definitivamente folle, si lascia rinchiudere in manicomio. Sarà davvero in condizioni di non nuocere più?
A group of street kids battle a terrorist gang led by a Japanese spy.
The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world. His nemesi, Dr. Nayland Smith and his associates fight to keep the evil doctor from getting his hands on the keys. In 1943 the serial was edited together into a feature movie also called Drums of Fu Manchu.
Crash Corrigan, a recent graduate of Annapolis, and Diana, a go-getting reporter, join Professor Norton for a search for the source of a string of earthquakes, Atlantis. They ride Prof. Norton's rocket submarine searching the sea and little Billy Norton, the professor's son stows away, of course. When they find Atlantis they are caught in a war between peaceful Atlanteans, note their white capes, and war-monging Atlanteans, note their black capes. After many harrowing moments for Crash, Diana, Prof. Norton and Billy, they barely get away with their lives when they escape a tower of Atlantis raised to the surface for the sole purpose of dominating or destroying the Earth (Which one depends on the compliance of the upper world dwellers.)
In Africa, a deceased medical missionary's daughter in Africa carries on her father's work. Before long, she finds herself in danger from crooks and a local witch doctor.
Un guerrigliero del deserto, con scimitarra lampeggiante, si oppone a un principe tirannico e sposa la figlia del califfo.
Constable Ward is assigned to track down a mysterious villain known only as The Leader. Trying to locate a secret gold mine, The Leader pits the Indians against the Mounties, whom he blames for creating trouble.
A mad scientist named Dr. Satan plots to steal key pieces of technology to enable him to build an army of robots based on his prototype to conquer America. The only one standing in his way is Bob Wayne, who fights Satan as the enigmatic Copperhead. Mysterious Doctor Satan is a 1940 film serial named after its chief villain. Doctor Satan's main opponent is the masked mystery man, "The Copperhead", whose secret identity is Bob Wayne, a man searching for justice and revenge on Satan for the death of his step-father. The serial charts the conflict between the two as Bob Wayne pursues Doctor Satan, while the latter completes his plans for world domination.
A gang of land-grabbers tries to prevent safe passage of the Foster Stage Company through frontier territory.
Calvin Drake employs a group of low-lifes to drive away land owners along the path of a new railroad; Red Ryder opposes this strategy.
Prior to the United States' involvement in World War II, the masked vigilante Spy Smasher fights Nazi agents operating within the US, led by the treacherous sabotage leader codenamed The Mask.
Western che ha per protagonista Jesse James, il Robin Hood del Missouri. Si rifà più alla leggenda che alla storia. Braccato dalla polizia, il fuorilegge capita in una fattoria e ha generosa ospitalità da parte dei coloni. Li ripagherà scoprendo il petrolio nel loro terreno e difendendoli da uno speculatore.
Un film muto francese che segue le gesta dell'arcicattivo Fantômas, che commette crimini sfuggendo all'instancabile persecuzione dell'ispettore Juve.