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Originally posted by Fremen
Rodney, it sounds like you had some cool teenage years. 
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They had their moments.
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I had heard of the first two serials you mentioned but not Commando Cody.
What were his adventures about?
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You've probably seen some bits of the serials and not realized it. Commando Cody, aka the Rocketman, is the flying man in coveralls with a silver helmet/mask that looks like an old radio, and a couple of knobs on his chest. There were several Republic serials starring this flying hero in the early/mid 50s; although the name of the character, the name of his alter ego, and even the backstory changes from serial to serial, the costume stays the same.
These serials include "King of the Rocket Men" (aka "Lost Planet Airmen," "Radar Men from the Moon" (aka "Retik the Moon Menace"), "Zombies of the Stratosphere," and at least one other. These ultra-low-budget serials put the "cheese" in "cheesey:" for example, the sky is always blue in "outer space," and the evil alien invader's mega-death-machine is an old truck under a plywood shell with lightning bolts painted down each side. But they could be a great deal of fun. If you really want to know more:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/G...622/ccsmou.htm
Commando Cody is at least a partial inspiration for the Rocketeer comic books and movie of the '90s.