39013

39013
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Created by:	Fred Fredericks

"Daredevils of the Red Circle" is a 12-Chapter Republic Movie Serial from 1939 starring Charles Quigley, David Sharpe, Herman Brix (better known under his subsequent stage name, Bruce Bennett) and Charles Middleton. It was directed by William Witney and John English and is often considered one of the better serials produced by Republic. The serial was the fourteenth of the sixty-six serials produced by the studio.

Plot summary

An escaped convict named Harry Crowel (he prefers to be called by his prison number, 39013, pronounced Thirty-nine-Oh-thirteen) sets out to ruin Horace Granville (Miles Mander) by destroying all his holdings and properties. Charles (Ming the Merciless) Middleton plays 39013, who, by wearing a really good mask is posing as Granville.

39013 appearances in the Mandrake strip

Fred Fredericks has inserted the number "39013" several times into the Mandrake strip, for example in pictures of a convict or a mug shot.

Title	Writer	Artist	Comments
"The Clay Camel (plus Women's Lib!)"	Falk	Fredericks	The Clay Camel have prison number 39013.
"Dr Xoz Prof. of Smells"	Falk	Fredericks	Dr Xoz have prison number 39013.
"Lothar’s Afternoon"	Falk	Fredericks	39013 on a window
"Mandrake's Wedding at the College of Magic"	Falk	Fredericks	Mandrake have prison number 39013.