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outlaws led secretly by stage-line owner Hammond (played with expertise by film veteran Francis McDonald). A respected member of the community, Hammond is out to stop the territory of Idaho from entering the Union, having built up a veritable empire of crime. When a government official is murdered by Hammond henchmen Baxter and Harris, federal agent Vic Gordon enters the case, working with Barbara Meredith, publisher of the local newspaper. Her brother had been killed by the heavies while he was the Black Whip. Now Barbara has continued his work, both editorially and in the Whip costume, shooting up the bad guys or battering them around with her educated whip. Needless to say, at the end of 12 episodes the outlaws didn’t have a chance (particularly with the script writers working against them). Linda Sterling gave ample proof why she had become so popular with fans in what was only her second epic. She would star in four more chapter-plays before marrying screen-writer Sloan Nibly and settling down to a comparatively tamer career of wife and mother. George J. Lewis was personable as agent Vic Gordon, but it is possible that fans found him difficult to accept as a full-fledged “good guy.” Lewis’ main contribution to chapter-play history was as a villain, turning in some superlative jobs of screen skullduggery in “Spy Smasher,” “G-Men Vs. the Black Dragon” and “Captain America” where he gave a fine, cold-blooded portrayal of Lionel Atwill’s chief trigger-man. Lewis would also give a polished performance as the dapper, ruthless master criminal Jim Belmont in “Federal Operator 99” (1945). Francis McDonald was downright evil as Hammond, switching from hypocritical civic-mindedness to ruthless gang leader with ease and his two henchmen veteran players Hal Taliaferro and John Merton were as nasty as you could find ’em. For the “comedy relief,” veteran player Lucien Littlefield popped up as Tenpoint, Linda Sterling’s hypochondriac typesetter. Spencer G. Bennet and Wallace Grissel directed with Yakima Canutt received credit as “Second Unit Director,” turning in some excellent chase and fight footage. Basil Dickey, Jesse Duffy, Grant Nelson and Joseph Poland received screenplay credit Reed Hadley made the best of the serial Zorros in “Fighting Legion.” Here, he no doubt wishes the Legion was on hand as he faces one of the more popular forms of cliff-hanger: becoming trapped in a room where the walls come together. Quite a pressing situation. 2ND INSTALLMENT by Eric Hoffman ZORRO and CO. Zorro’s Black Whip The “Zorro” name didn’t appear again on the screen until 1944 and “Zorro’s Black Whip.” However, this particular chapter-play had absolutely nothing to do with the masked rider, except for the title and a credit to Johnston McCulley creating the Zorro character. This time the hero or in this case heroine, was referred to as the “Black Whip.” With an outfit only slightly resembling the Zorro costume, the Whip, played by Republic’s attractive serial queen of the mid-40s, Linda Sterling, waged war on a group of 22