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Byron, the traitor, has lured Professor Davidson's expedition into the catacombs at Zoloz. The Phantom tries to rescue them, but fears it may be too late. Dr. Bremmer lurks above them in the tunnels, and plans to blow the place up.

Eager to reach the lost city of Zoloz before any of the other, Byron sneaks away from Professor Davidson's expedition in the dead of night. The Phantom and his loyal dog pick up Byron's trail, which leads directly into Dr. Bremmer's hideout! Later, Byron has a discussion with Dr. Bremmer.

TarTar's men capture Diana and bring her to his castle in the mountains. To gain her freedom, the Phantom agrees to fight Brutus, the savage gorilla. TarTar and his men watch with anticipation as the Phantom prepares to battle against the vicious beast. The Phantom notices something crucial hanging around the gorilla's neck and the stakes are raised even higher.

A military intelligence officer and a pretty reporter try to find a mad scientist whose bizarre inventions can destroy the world.

A military intelligence officer and a pretty reporter try to find a mad scientist whose bizarre inventions can destroy the world.

A military intelligence officer and a pretty reporter try to find a mad scientist whose bizarre inventions can destroy the world.

A military intelligence officer and a pretty reporter try to find a mad scientist whose bizarre inventions can destroy the world.

A military intelligence officer and a pretty reporter try to find a mad scientist whose bizarre inventions can destroy the world.

A military intelligence officer and a pretty reporter try to find a mad scientist whose bizarre inventions can destroy the world.

Eccentric scientist Dr. Alex Zorka (Bela Lugosi) is carrying on various experiments in his secret laboratory with the aid of his assistant Monk (Jack C. Smith). Zorka has invented many strange weapons of warfare, including a devisualizer belt which renders him invisible; a terrifying, eight-foot tall robot (Edwin "Bud" Wolfe). He also has a deadly meteorite fragment from which he extracts an element that can induce suspended animation in an entire army. Foreign spies, operating under the guise of a foreign language school (great cover), are trying to buy or (mostly) steal the meteorite element, while his former partner, Dr. Fred Mallory (Edwin Stanley), miffed that Zorka will not turn his inventions over to the U.S. Government, blows the whistle on him to Captain Bob West (Robert Kent) of the Military Intelligence Department. Tired of answering the door and saying no to the spies and the government, Zorka moves his lab and but when his beloved wife (Dora Clement) is killed, Zorka swears eternal vengeance against society, and decides to use his inventions to make himself world dictator. And he would have if not for his assistant Monk, an escaped convict virtually enslaved by Zorka, who is cowardly, treacherous and totally incompetent, and whose accidental or deliberate interference with Zorka's efforts repeatedly frustrates his master's grand schemes.

Eccentric scientist Dr. Alex Zorka (Bela Lugosi) is carrying on various experiments in his secret laboratory with the aid of his assistant Monk (Jack C. Smith). Zorka has invented many strange weapons of warfare, including a devisualizer belt which renders him invisible; a terrifying, eight-foot tall robot (Edwin "Bud" Wolfe). He also has a deadly meteorite fragment from which he extracts an element that can induce suspended animation in an entire army. Foreign spies, operating under the guise of a foreign language school (great cover), are trying to buy or (mostly) steal the meteorite element, while his former partner, Dr. Fred Mallory (Edwin Stanley), miffed that Zorka will not turn his inventions over to the U.S. Government, blows the whistle on him to Captain Bob West (Robert Kent) of the Military Intelligence Department. Tired of answering the door and saying no to the spies and the government, Zorka moves his lab and but when his beloved wife (Dora Clement) is killed, Zorka swears eternal vengeance against society, and decides to use his inventions to make himself world dictator. And he would have if not for his assistant Monk, an escaped convict virtually enslaved by Zorka, who is cowardly, treacherous and totally incompetent, and whose accidental or deliberate interference with Zorka's efforts repeatedly frustrates his master's grand schemes.

Eccentric scientist Dr. Alex Zorka (Bela Lugosi) is carrying on various experiments in his secret laboratory with the aid of his assistant Monk (Jack C. Smith). Zorka has invented many strange weapons of warfare, including a devisualizer belt which renders him invisible; a terrifying, eight-foot tall robot (Edwin "Bud" Wolfe). He also has a deadly meteorite fragment from which he extracts an element that can induce suspended animation in an entire army. Foreign spies, operating under the guise of a foreign language school (great cover), are trying to buy or (mostly) steal the meteorite element, while his former partner, Dr. Fred Mallory (Edwin Stanley), miffed that Zorka will not turn his inventions over to the U.S. Government, blows the whistle on him to Captain Bob West (Robert Kent) of the Military Intelligence Department. Tired of answering the door and saying no to the spies and the government, Zorka moves his lab and but when his beloved wife (Dora Clement) is killed, Zorka swears eternal vengeance against society, and decides to use his inventions to make himself world dictator. And he would have if not for his assistant Monk, an escaped convict virtually enslaved by Zorka, who is cowardly, treacherous and totally incompetent, and whose accidental or deliberate interference with Zorka's efforts repeatedly frustrates his master's grand schemes.

"The Phantom Creeps" was Universal's 44th sound-era serial (between "The Oregon Trail" and "The Green Hornet")and was re-issued to theatres in 1949 by Commonwealth Pictures Corporation, a distribution set-up handling primarily Universal re-issues. Commonwealth had no hand at all in the production of this serial (as incorrectly shown on site) as they were a distribution company only. Some sources mistakenly identify them as the serial producer because all of the 1949 re-issue prints (and the 16mm prints sold to television circa 1952) show "Commonwealth Pictures Corp. Presents" above the title.There is a whole lot of difference between "presenting" and "producing", a fact that some sources appear to not know or don't care. The serial is of interest to some collectors as it re-unites Bela Lugosi and Edwin Stanley from 1931's "Dracula", and the crater-discovery of the meteorite fragment by Zorka (Bela Lugosi)in the serial is stock footage from Universal's 1936 "The Invisible Ray." The stock footage of an explosion and avalanche used in Chapter 11 comes from Universal's 1934 serial, "The Vanishing Shadow." Plot finds eccentric scientist Dr. Alex Zorka (Bela Lugosi)carrying on various experiments in his secret laboratory with the aid of his assistant Monk (Jack C. Smith). Zorka has invented many strange weapons of warfare, including a devisualizer belt which renders him invisible; a terrifying, eight-foot tall robot (played by stuntman Edwin "Bud" Wolfe and not circus giant Bud Wolff), and he also has a deadly meteorite fragment (which he found in a 1936 movie with Boris Karloff)from which he extracts an element which can induce suspended animation in an entire army. Foreign spies, operating under the guise of a foreign language school (great cover), are trying to buy or (mostly) steal the meteorite element, while his former partner, Dr. Fred Mallory (Edwin Stanley), miffed that Zorka will not turn his inventions over to the U. S. Government, blows the whistle on him to

In this Sci Fi Channel remake of the classic comic book, Ryan Carnes will star as The Phantom and Isabella Rossellini as Lithia.

In this Sci Fi Channel remake of the classic comic book, Ryan Carnes will star as The Phantom and Isabella Rossellini as Lithia.