to maybe help people out who don't completely understand the premise of this challenge, some examples of existing serial adventure heroes are:

Buck Rogers
Zorro
Flash Gordon
Dick Tracy
Lara Croft
Nathan Drake
The Rocketeer
The Three Musketeers
The Shadow
The Phantom
The Green Hornet
Indiana Jones
The Lone Ranger
Doctor Who
James Bond
Malcolm Reynolds
Sherlock Holmes
Dirk Pitt
Robin Hood
Snake Plisskin
Han Solo
Luke Skywalker
Rick O'Connell
The Man With No Name (Clint Eastwood western hero)

Just to name a few...