Chapter Titles:
- 1. Menace from Mars
- 2. The Volcano's Secret
- 3. Death Rides the Stratosphere
- 4. Execution by Fire
- 5. The Living Projectile
- 6. Perilous Mission
- 7. Descending Doom
- 8. Suicidal Sacrifice
- 9. The Funeral Pyre
- 10. Weapons of Hate
- 11. Disaster on the Highway
- 12. Volcanic Vengeance
This 1950 Republic serial was made during the era of the Communist witch hunts in the United States. In the plot, a Martian plans with a former Nazi to bring the world under a "Supreme Leader." In a not too subtle casting decision, the Martian is played by Russian born actor Gregory Gaye.
The filming budget (expected cost) of this serial was $152,640 and the film-negative cost came in at $157,439 making it $745 over the budget (expected cost.) For some strange reason Revisionists have given Budget an entire different meaning than that used by the film-industry people and studios who actually made the films.