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Buck Rogers in the City of Floating Globes (Whitman, 1935) Buck Rogers 25th Century: Strange Adventures in the Spider-Ship with Three Pop-ups (Pleasure Books, Inc., 1935) The Story of Buck Rogers on the Planetoid Eros (Whitman, 1936) Buck Rogers 25th century A.D. vs. the Fiend of Space (Whitman, 1940) Buck Rogers #1–6 (Eastern Color, 1942 to ...
Like many popular comic strips of the day, Buck Rogers was reprinted in Big Little Books; illustrated text adaptations of the daily strip stories; and in a Buck Rogers pop-up book. [6] At its peak in 1934, Buck Rogers appeared in 287 U.S. newspapers, was translated into 18 languages, and appeared in an additional 160 international papers. [9]
The Earth Defense Directorate faces a crisis when nearly everyone becomes sick after eating poisoned food. An attempt is made to create an antidote, but the plan is thwarted when the laboratory is sabotaged and an assassin takes aim at Dr. Huer. Buck and Wilma then pursue leads to the planet Vistula where the contaminated food was exported from and there, they find a world engaged in slave labor.
860 (estimated) [ 1] Sponsored by. Kellogg's, Cocomalt, Cream of Wheat, Popsicles, Fudgsicles, Creamsicles [ 2] Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was a radio drama series based on the popular novel and comics series Buck Rogers. It aired from 1932-1936, 1939, 1940 and 1946-1947, and it was notable for being the first science fiction radio show.
Nowlan was born on November 13, 1888. While attending the University of Pennsylvania, Nowlan was a member of The Mask and Wig Club, holding significant roles in the annual productions between 1907 and 1909. After attending the University of Pennsylvania he worked as a newspaper columnist.
LC Class. PS3553.A38 B83 1995. Buck Rogers: A Life in the Future is the title of a science fiction novel by Martin Caidin published in 1995. The novel is a reimagining of Buck Rogers, a pulp fiction character created in the 1920s by Philip Francis Nowlan and later popularized in a long-running comic strip and in films and television.
Buck Rogers is a 1939 science fiction film serial, produced by Universal Pictures. It stars Buster Crabbe (who had previously played the title character in two Flash Gordon serials and would return for a third in 1940) as the eponymous hero, Constance Moore, Jackie Moran and Anthony Warde. [ 1] It is based on the Buck Rogers character created ...
April 16, 1981. ( 1981-04-16) Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is an American science fiction adventure television series produced by Universal Studios. The series ran for two seasons between September 1979 and April 1981 on NBC, and the feature-length pilot episode for the series was released as a theatrical film [ 2] before the series aired.