Feb 15
Stuntman Tom Steele as The Masked Marvel, the eponymous hero of the 1943 Republic Piuctures film serial.
This serial was a change from the usual formula where the hero spent all the chapters trying to find out the true identity of the Big Bad. Instead, the Marvel's true identity was unknown, although there were four different characters who were considered likely candidates.
At the end of the last chapter The Masked Marvel is revealed to be Bob Barton, portrayed by actor David Bacon. Bacon peels off The Marvel's mask, but it's painfully obvious that it was moulded for Steele's face, not his.
It's also quite obvious that Bacon doesn't have the height or build of The Masked Marvel, but as the serial is over by that point no one really cares.
