(1968) Mauro Parenti, Lucretia Love, Gordon Mitchell, John Karlsen. The title character is a masked superhero very much in the mold as Diabolik (complete with a maniacal laugh). There’s a great pre-credit sequence where he takes on a shipload of drug dealers. Our hero then pops in and out the rest of the way as he searches for a magical golden relic, all the while trying to keep the bad guys from looting King Tut’s treasures. A hip, cool-sounding score compliments the proceedings; fine cast, too. Phenonenal is billed as a superhero, but it’s unclear what sci-fi aspect his powers have other than he seems to be able to magically appear out of nowhere. Great color, from 16mm.
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