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Hi! I’m Gail Nobles and today I’m going to share with you Captain America 1944 Republic black-and-white serial film loosely based on the Timely Comics (today known as Marvel Comics) character Captain America. It was the last Republic serial made about a superhero. This is chapter 1 of Captain America titled, The Purple Death.

It’s about suspicious suicides among scientists and businessmen, all holding a small scarab. There was a hypnotic chemical called “Purple Death” responsible for the suicides. It’s a mystery. Captain America steps in to intervene to solve it. …

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