Available NOW is a digitally-remastered, magnificent  reproduction of the poster announcing the Star Spangled Avenger's FIRST cinematic appearance  in the most expensive Republic super-hero serial ever!
He doesn't have a shield. 
Or a kid sidekick named Bucky! 
In fact he wasn't even scrawny  recruit Steve Rogers!
He was "two-fisted District Attorney Grant  Gardner"!
(The actor, Dick Purcell, died from the strain of  performing the role! No lie!) 
There was no Red Skull!
(But  the created-for-the-serial villain, The Scarab, was played by  classic b-movie baddie Lionel Atwill at his snarling, sneering, smarmy  best!) 
The heroine, Gail Richards, was played by one of b-movies  hottest ladies, Lorna Gray (who usually played villainesses)!
For more  info about the 1944 serial, we presented a classic behind-the-scenes article about it HERE!
Makes a great gift for the Captain America fan in your life (or yourself, as long as you're not The Red Skull)! 
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