"Much more that a history of the sound motion picture serial, here you'll find all of the sources for sound movie serials, including comic strips, comic books, the pulps, novels, and radio shows. There are chapters analyzing the cliffhanger endings of serial episodes, with information focusing on cheat cliffhanger endings, such as time expansion cheats, "survived through it cheats," and re-shot footage cheats, as well as a study of some of the cleverest and most exciting cliffhanger endings of all time."--back cover