"A fiery curtain of doom draped on the first act of the Phoenix's sinister murder spectacle.  And that curtain eclipsed the drama of the reptile-skinned stowaway from nowhere.  But is was just the first act, for the Phoenix and his barbaric battalions of Python Men were staging a weird welcome for the one man who defied them.  That man was Capt. Hazzard--peer of perilous adventure and master of modern science."