The Spider's Web (1938)

Superman battles Lex Luthor who is using a teleportation device and a new identity as Atom Man in his criminal plans.

Columbia's 12th serial of 57 total (following 1940's "Deadwood Dick" and ahead of 1941's "White Eagle") is another of director's James Horne's "classics" where he evidently figured that the... See full summary »

The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is trying to take over the world with his death ray.

Superman comes to Earth as a child and grows up to be his home's first superhero with his first major challenge being to oppose The Spider Lady.

To protect a magic talisman from being used for evil, a boy is given the power to become an adult superhero with a single magic word.

Japanese spymaster Prince Daka operates a covert espionage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo which turns American scientists into pliable zombies.

A wealthy publisher uses a disguise and calls himself the Green Hornet to fight crime in his city.

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.

Jeff King in his experimental rocket suit battles the evil Dr. Vulcan.

Columbia's 7th serial (between Flying G-Men and Overland With Kit Carson)was based on the King Features newspaper comic strip created by Lee Falk and Phil Davis, Mandrake the Magician, the ... See full summary »

The evil and masked "Gargoyle" is sabotaging all of America's industrial plants. It is up to the Spider to save the country.