Radar Men from the Moon

Radar Men from the Moon is a 1952 blackandwhite Republic Pictures 12chapter movie serial, the first Commando Cody serial starring newcomer George Wallace as Cody, Aline Towne as his sidekick Joan Gilbert, and serial veteran Roy Barcroft as the evil Retik, the Ruler of the Moon. The director was Fred C. Brannon, with a screenplay by Ronald Davidson, and special effects by the Lydecker brothers. This serial recycles the flying sequences from Republics earlier 1949 serial King of the Rocket Men. It was later released by Republic in 1966 as the 100minute television film Retik the Moon Menace.

Commando Cody George Wallace is a civilian researcher and inventor with a number of employees. He uses a streamlined helmet and a sonicpowered rocket backpack attached to a leather flying jacket. Cody also uses a rocket ship capable of reaching the Moon. When the U. S. finds itself under attack from a mysterious force that can wipe out entire military bases and industrial complexes, Cody surmises correctly that the Earth is coming under attack from our own Moon. He then flies his rocket ship there and confronts the Moons dictator, Retik Roy Barcroft, who boldly announces his plans to both conquer Earth and then move the Moons entire population here using spaceships.During the nextserial chapters, Cody, now back on Earth, and his employees battle an elusive lunar warrior named Krog Peter Brocco and his gang of human henchmen, hired to steal and stockpile various supplies for the coming invasion. ........

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