Adventures of Captain Marvel: Curse of the Scorpion (Chapter 1)

[peephalk]

Shazam!! With one simple word and a puff of smoke, young Billy Batson transforms from an awkward dork with his pants up around his rib cage to a slightly older, doughier dork with his pants up around his rib cage. Yes folks, it’s another black and white superhero serial that appears to have been filmed during the Harding administration!

An American archaeological expedition has traveled to the Far East in order to respectfully aid local scientists in preserving a sacred site. Just kidding! They’re going Tomb Robbin’! Unfortunately, they’re shocked when their efforts result in a terrible curse: their story will be told in glacially-paced, poorly-acted, low-budget serial episodes!

Only Captain Marvel can rid the world of the Curse of the Scorpion. Unfortunately, he’s still figuring out this whole “superpower” thing, and you know what? A few innocent people are gonna die while he’s getting his sea legs. Fortunately, there’s a dozen of these things, so he’s got plenty of time to figure it out! Maybe Gabe can help…

Join Mike, Kevin, and Bill for this Giant-Size first episode of Adventures of Captain Marvel!


High (TV) (572.29 MB)  30 min.

https://mega.nz/file/xvICWDgA#lOd4EKS2T0...9e0uQqVsKU

[Zatteen]

oh god, they're doing the whole 3+ hours. much like the batman one there's just so much filler.

[JetJaguar73]

Shazam!!

Join Mike, Kevin, and Bill for this Giant-Size first episode of Adventures of Captain Marvel!
https://mega.nz/file/xvICWDgA#lOd4EKS2T0...9e0uQqVsKU

I love old serials as an oddity.  I really want to be able to enjoy them on their own merits, but they're such an artifact of their time & function that I just cannot.

But riffed? Hot diggity dog, riffed is the way to enjoy these.  Like the Phantom Creeps and the Batman before, these will be a real gas! Those Rifftrax geezers sure have some real moxie to take on The Big Red Cheese!

That kid Peephalk sure is aces in my book!

[Torgo]

Thanks peephalk!  If this series is anywhere near as good as the Batman serial (one of my favs) this should be great.

[penguin44]

Thanks! Loved Batman now this!

[evilmojo]

Thanks, peephalk. I remember this one from back in the day. Well, not BACK in the day. It was well before my time by many decades, but what I always found funny about this serial (and I guess... spoiler alerts?) is Captain Marvel/now Shazam at one point finds a machine gun turret and gleefully mows down his enemies in true superhero fashion.

That's actually the only thing I remember about it, so I'm looking forward to this.

[ClockworkApocalypse]

Thanks for this. I've had the serial for years, and always hoped it would get the RiffTrax treatment

[Miss Martian]

One of the two best serials ever made. Guest Writers GAIL SIMONE & MATT FRACTION! (they write comic books)

[NotRichBatman]

Thank you thank you!

[1500cc]

Thanks, looking forward to watching the whole series!