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Capes, Crooks & Cliffhangers: Heroic Serial Posters PF The Golden Age
- By Leonard Maltin
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- December 9, 2009 3:44 AM
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By John E. Petty and Grey Smith;
foreword by Noel Neill
I’ve always been nutty about serials; if you feel the same way you’ll want this book in your library. Although its raison d’etre is to show off a gallery of posters, there is ample text that chronicles the history of the genre from the silent era to its demise in the 1950s. The authors don’t pretend to be comprehensive; this is more a survey than a history, and the emphasis is on famous heroes and superheroes (Superman, Batman, The Green Hornet....
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