2 5 ) ▁Mac iste ▁all ' in fer no ▁(" Mac iste ▁in ▁Hell ", ▁ 1 9 2 6 ) ▁Mac iste ▁nella ▁g abb ia ▁dei ▁le oni ▁(" Mac iste ▁in ▁the ▁Lion ' s ▁C age ", ▁ 1 9 2 6 ) ▁il ▁G ig ante ▁delle ▁D ole m ite ▁(" The ▁Gi ant ▁of ▁the ▁Dol om ites ", ▁ 1 9 2 7 ) ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁film ▁series ▁( in ▁chron ological ▁order ) ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 2 5 ▁Mac iste ▁films ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁pe pl um ▁cra ze . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁seeing ▁how ▁well ▁the ▁two ▁Steve ▁Re e ves ▁Her cules ▁films ▁were ▁doing ▁at ▁the ▁box ▁office , ▁Italian ▁produ cers ▁decided ▁to ▁rev ive ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s ▁silent ▁film ▁character ▁Mac iste ▁in ▁a ▁new ▁series ▁of ▁color ▁and ▁sound ▁films . ▁Un like ▁the ▁other ▁Italian ▁pe pl um ▁protagon ists , ▁Mac iste ▁appeared ▁in ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁time ▁periods ▁r anging ▁from ▁the ▁Ice ▁Age ▁to ▁ 1 6 th ▁Century ▁Scotland . ▁Mac iste ▁was ▁never ▁given ▁an ▁origin , ▁and ▁the ▁source ▁of ▁his ▁mighty ▁powers ▁was ▁never ▁revealed . ▁However , ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁film ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁series , ▁he ▁mentions ▁to ▁another ▁character ▁that ▁the ▁name ▁" Mac iste " ▁means