Now here's one I'm surprised really hasn't been worked up yet by anyone…
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A sweeping look at New York City where the Empire State Building dominates. We zoom in on the top floor of a penthouse where a muscular man faces away and a trilling sound fills the air.
"A time of rising darkness…"
People in 1930's clothes mill about as we see a newspaper showing it is October of 1939 and the Germans are on the move in Europe.
"The Greatest War is about to begin…"
A platoon of soldiers march through a street as a shadowy figure watches.
"But another war is about to be brought to America's shores."
A handsome but cold man is seen marching in a cloak followed by a beautiful woman. They march through a factory where a bevy of advanced weapons and tanks are being prepared.
"A war that will strike from within and bring our nation to its knees."
Men in black uniforms attack Times Square, causing havoc. Buildings erupt in flames as people run in terror.
"To combat this threat, a team is needed. A team of men who can fight the wars no one else can."
We show the muscular man from before, his body physically perfect and tanned nearly golden with a tight skullcap.
"It requires the Man of Bronze…"
A figure sweeps down an alleyway, dressed in black suit, his cloak billowing behind him, face concealed by a wide-brimmed hat and a scarf around his face. As he goes, he lets out a chilling cackle.
"One who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men…"
Close in on a man sitting on top of a throne dressed in a purple body suit with a black mask and a skull emblem on both his belt and his ring.
"A mortal man who is known as the Ghost Who Walks…"
A figure streaks through the air with a rocket pack blasting away, his face concealed by a bold helmet.
"One who can take to the skies…"
A man in a black suit and mask pummeling some crooks.
"One who preys upon the criminal element with their own brutality…"
Two men do battle with some criminals, one dressed in a green suit and a gas mask. The other is an Asian man in a chauffeur's outfit with his own black mask.
"Two who fight for justice by pretending to be criminals…"
A look at a vast garage of vehicles with the group choosing between them all.
"Doc Savage. The Shadow. The Phantom. The Rocketeer. The Spider. The Green Hornet and Kato. They are the Secret Soldiers, our only hope."
Doc is seen in his laboratory working on a fantastic experiment before attacking a pack of criminals.
The Shadow floats into darkness before firing his twin pistols at enemies.
The Rocketeer blasts out of a warehouse, smashing through the glass roof into the skies.
The Spider tackles a half dozen enemies while on top of a tower, sending one flying over the edge.
The Green Hornet sprays a gas at a guard while Kato subdues the other.
The Phantom rides a horse through the streets of New York as the Rocketeer is chased by a fighter plane.
We see a shadowy figure, a tall Asian with long mustache and longer fingernails watching the chaos unfold.
"Fighting for the light while working from the shadows."
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Personally, my fave of the bunch as I'm a pulp guy at heart and think these guys are a mix of the best of the era. Who's Who you ask?
Doc Savage: The greatest star of the pulp novel era, Clark Savage Jr. was raised by his scientist father to excel at all manner of actions. Brilliant in nearly every field of science, he was also physically perfect with tight muscles and hair, skin and eyes so golden it led to his name "The Man of Bronze." Aided by a secret mine of gold in the Amazon, Doc resides at the top of the Empire State Building, waging war on evildoers but also not killing, using gas pellets and even giving captured criminals a special operation to remove all evil intent from their minds and retrain them to be law-abiding citizens. Strict and cool, keeping to himself, he handles larger than life enemies, aided by the Famous Five (especially Monk and Ham) who follow him on his adventures.
The Shadow: The radio show and the 1994 movie changed it a bit but the original origin was that Kent Allard was a former fighter pilot who later went into crime. He managed to bounce back, taught the ways of hypnotism that could allow him to cloud men's minds and essentially become invisible to others. He adopted the identity of Lamont Cranston, a wealthy New Yorker. Cranston allows him to do it, traveling the world as he sees the good Allard does (not to mention Allard point blank threatening to kill Cranston and take over for good) although the two do sometimes work together to switch identities. As the cloaked and hooded Shadow, Cranston battles crime leaving behind his cackling laugh and working with a network of agents throughout the city to keep his adventures up.
The Phantom: The underrated 1996 movie did a good job bringing it to life. In the 17th century, a young boy was the sole survivor of a pirate attack that killed his father. Washing up on the shores of Africa, he was taken in by a friendly tribe who taught him the ways of the jungle and how to work with animals. The boy took a vow that he would dedicate his life to fighting evil and his sons would follow and their sons as well. Thus the mantle of the Phantom has been passed down, father to son, for 20 generations. What's notable is that because all the Phantoms wear the same purple body suit, black mask and belt and ring with skull emblems, the natives of the area believe it's been the same man all these centuries, leading to his name "The Ghost Who Walks." The 1930's Phantom, Kit Walker, splits time between the jungle and America with his love Diane Palmer, aided by his wolf Bandit and his twin pistols to battle all sorts of evil.
The Rocketeer: The 1991 movie was another great gem for bringing this comic to life. Cliff Secord was a pilot in Los Angeles who found a rocket pack left behind by some gangsters trying to escape the FBI. (While the movie had it that the rocket was invented by Howard Hughes, the original comic hinted it was actually Doc Savage who made it, which could be fun to play with). With the help of his mechanic friend Peevy, Cliff designed a helmet to help steer the pack and planned to use it to be a novelty act but ended up battling Nazis out to steal it. The movie ended with the hint Cliff could go back to his crime fighting life which I imagine happening here.
The Spider: Richard Wentworth was a wealthy socialite and amateur detective who lived a double life as the Spider, a brutal vigilante who had no qualms killing those he felt deserved it. His fiancée, Nita Van Sloan, aided him as well as his servants, Ram Singh, Ronald Jackson and Harold Jenkyns who all helped his relentless war on crime, his victims branded with the symbol of a scarlet spider.
The Green Hornet: To the police and public, the Hornet is a criminal mastermind constantly battling other crooks to eliminate the competition. In truth, however, he fights for justice. Brett Reid was the great-grand-nephew of the Lone Ranger, a publisher tired of the crime published in his newspaper and decided to adopt his own masked identity. When he was mistaken for a criminal, he decided to use that to get information on crooks and establish more fear, even going so far as to get cuts on the action and give the money to charity. He was aided by Kato, his Japanese chauffer who was an expert martial artist, the two using the Black Beauty car to fight with the Hornet usually using gas to knock out criminals.
Again, feel free to use if you want.