I have to get this post up before I go to bed. Otherwise, I'll get up in the morning and find seven thousand messages in my inbox saying what ten or eleven have so far: "Hey, Evanier! Don't you know that Warner Home Video is bringing out a DVD of the two Kirk Alyn Superman serials on November 28?"
No, I didn't know…and when I searched Amazon earlier to see if it was out on DVD, I somehow missed the relevant page. Here's a link to it in case you'd like to get in an advance order. Before you click, just remember: Between the two serials, you'll be getting thirty chapters that run a total of 518 minutes. There's some wonderful material in there, especially in the interplay 'twixt Alyn and Noel "Lois Lane" Neill…but it's 518 minutes. That's more than eight and a half hours of Superman serial.
If I were Warner Home Video, I'd make it like one of those restaurant deals where they serve you a twelve pound hamburger and it's free if you can eat the whole thing in one sitting.