Ace Drummond was a comic strip drawn by Clayton Knight and written by Eddie Rickenbacker. It was distributed by King Features Syndicate and ran from 1935 to 1940. This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... Eddie Rickenbacker Edward Vernon (Eddie) Rickenbacker (October 8, 1890-July 27, 1973) was an American fighter pilot who flew in World War I. He was born Edward Rickenbacher in Columbus, Ohio to Swiss immigrants. ... King Features Syndicate is a syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation; it distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games to thousands of newspapers around the world. ...
It featured aviator Ace Drummond and his adventures around the world. The strip was made into a movie serial in 1936.
Known as the "G-Man of the Sky," Ace is sent to Mongolia to tackle the mysterious villain known as "The Dragon," who is scheming to stop International Airways from building an airport there.
Ace, played by John "Dusty" King," encounters Peggy Trainor (Jean Rogers), who is searching for her archaeologist father (C. Montague Shaw), who has recently disappeared (Does this remind anybody else of "Raiders of the Lost Ark"?).
"AceDrummond" is one of the very first sound serials and although it is shot very crudely, more like a stage play than an action drama, there is some nice footage of actual dogfights and this is a pretty good print for a 1936 film.
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