Blast off... sci fi serials put a rocket under audiences
The producers of movie serials were by the 1930s acutely aware of who their audience was (younger people) and their interests, which beyond the serials included cartoons and comic books. It was something of a ‘no brainer’ for them to tap into comic book stories and comic book characters for their content. It gave them a ready made audience and the kind …
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