first zorro serial be one of the best . it a modern story with plane and train and car and horse all be use to great effect to tell the story of zorro ( james vega ) try to stop the villain from blow up the railroad he own stock in . it one of the large scale serial that republic do in the late 30 and early 40 before budget get tight thanks to wartime austerity . the large cast of character be nicely handle and it doesn not have the round and round feeling that later zorro serial engender . this have spectacular effect that help elevate thing a couple of notch where else be you go to see a train try to out run a plane that be try to bomb it . if there be a flaw it that there be a few musical number that do not really fit ( most musical number do not fit in serial since they slow the serial down too much ) .