Two actresses portrayed Wilma Deering: Eva Marie Saint and Lou Prentis. Dick Locher was also an assistant in the 1950s. Renamed "Buck Rogers," Nowlan's strip (illustrated by Dick Calkins) debuted in 1929, followed by a color Sunday strip in 1930 and a radio program in 1932. Each volume will feature an essay on the strip by a leading science-fiction author to place the series in historical perspective together with documentary materials and production artwork. This 1:6 scale figure of Buck wears the 1930s period uniform . Loaded like a syringe by dipping nozzle into a container of water and drawing back a plunger, it was advertised to be capable of shooting 50 times without reloading. [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 proofs contain both the comic pages themselves and typewritten scripts for each strip. In 1988, TSR, Inc. created a game setting based on Buck Rogers, called Buck Rogers XXVC. Ardala appeared (played by Pamela Hensley), as a Draconian princess supervising her father's armies, with Kane (played by Henry Silva in the film; by Michael Ansara in the series) as her enforcer, a gender reversal of the original characters where Ardala was Killer Kane's sidekick. Keaton wanted to switch to drawing another strip written by Calkins, Skyroads, so the syndicate advertised for an assistant and hired Rick Yager in 1932. The Overstreet Comic Book Companion - Robert M. Overstreet 1995 The novels include: The first Buck Rogers toys appeared in 1933, four years after the newspaper strip debuted and a year after the radio show first aired. The novel was published in an issue of a popular fiction magazine titled Amazing Stories (August 1928 issue), the first all-science fiction pulp. , Dimensions Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, has an extensive collection of original artwork. The strip in its original incarnation ran from 1929-1967. These were a set of six British Premium figures for Cream of Wheat and included Buck, Dr. Huer, Wilma, Kane, Ardala and an unidentified Mekkano Man Robot. If they would have put 3 strips per page they could have gotten lots more in the book and also ended up with lots less books. Some mark this as the beginning of modern character based licensed merchandising, in that not only was the character's name and image branded on many unrelated products, but also on many items of merchandise unique to or directly inspired by that character. Buck Rogers Sonic Stunner Galaxy Handgun Buck Rogers MIB C-9+ SKU: ov4102 Category: Buck Rogers Tags: buck rogers , c-9+ , galaxy , handgun , mib , sonic , stunner $ 595.00 #17 exists only as a press proof without covers and was never . Buck Rogers, In the 25th Century, 39 year old, Whitman Comic, No. The first is a vintage version of Buck Rogers as he appeared in the original comic strip. Buck Rogers has been around for a very long time. In about 1946 the Buck Rogers Radio Show sponsored a contest to name Buck Roger's spaceship. 25. 979, She loved her new bicycle and rode nearly everyday. Buck Rogers's name has become proverbial in such expressions as "Buck Rogers outfit" for a protective suit that looks like a space suit. A 12-part Buck Rogers serial film was produced in 1939 by Universal Pictures Company. Titles were set locally at the newspapers, only the images were provided by the Dille Company. These Buck Rogers comic strips were collected by Roland N. Anderson (1916-1982) while working as a paperboy. 1233, 1007, Each sentence describes some escapade in the series. Below is a very detailed story guide to all of the Buck Rogers comics strips, complete with story titles, dates, strips numbers (where applicable), artist/writer information and a large number of detailed notes addressing the "eccentricities" of the strip. The year is 1987 when space explorer Captain Buck Rogers and his Ranger 3 got unexpectedly diverted and Buck was frozen for five whole centuries. In an effort to catch up a bit, the Evening Gazette skipped strips 667 to 672, publishing strip 666 on Saturday, March 21, 1931 and then strip 673 on Monday, March 23, 1931. Not the Buck Rodgers of "Buck Rodgers 1980 TV". The producers were trying to emulate the success of DuMont's Captain Video, but the series probably failed as a result of its minuscule budget. This popular phenomenon paralleled the development of space technology in the 20th century and introduced Americans to outer space as a familiar environment for swashbuckling adventure.[6][7]. "[40] In the 2010s, SpaceX rockets have likewise seen the appellation to Buck Rogers in a "Quest to Create a 'Buck Rogers' Reusable Rocket"[41] (Links to 1302 images of the Buck Rogers comic strips are at the bottom of this introduction.). Featuring "The Space Slavers" written by Paul Newman and drawn by Ray Bailey. : Buck Rogers #2 January 1941 Own Want eBay Value By Grade Low $195 Mid $745 High $1.9k 68-page collection of Buck Rogers Sunday strips which followed a different storyline than the daily strips Meet the New Post-Gazette Sunday Funnies March 1949 Own Want eBay Value By Grade Low $120 Mid $400 High $1.2k That collection included much of the material in this one although in the later sections it started to jump around, often skipping large periods of time in the publication of the strip. The strips are clean, and readable (which a lot of my original daily strips are not so much any more, sadly). Yager quickly moved from inker and writer of the Buck Rogers "sub-strip" (early Sunday strips had a small sub-strip running below) to writer and artist of the Sunday strip and eventually the daily strips. A 10 year old Ann Baker from Menlo Park, who listened the show regularly with her 9 year old younger brother Wally, decided to enter the contest. It was shot in the Action Film Company studio in Chicago, Illinois, and was directed by Dr. Harlan Tarbell. Centered below is a synopsis of the Buck Rogers series. Please try your request again later. The hero of both of these novellas was a man named Anthony Rogers. It was broadcast in four separate runs with varying schedules. A combination of a cave-in and exposure to weird chemicals leaves. Retailed for 50, which was by no means inexpensive during the Great Depression, it was designed to mimic the rocket pistols seen in the comic strips from their inception. There were a total of 36 black and white episodes in all (allowing for a 2-month summer hiatus). E.T. In 1934, a Rocket Police Patrol Ship windup red and green tin toy spaceship was produced by Louis Marx & Company with Buck seated in the cockpit holding a ray gun rifle. on February 28, 2013. Smokehouse co-founder George Clooney is also suggested to star in the series. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. [5][38] Stemming from this, a phrase in common use before 1950 was "that crazy Buck Rogers stuff" in regards to what they viewed as fantastical literature.[39]. The art and stories are primitive yet great fun. Additionally, the Evening Gazette wasn't published on the Fourth of July national holidays and the Gazette skipped strips scheduled to be published on those dates to avoid falling further behind. Robert Jennings, "Bucking the Future: From 1928 to the 25th Century With Anthony Rogers". A second orange and yellow Patrol Ship was released the same year by Marx with window profile portraits of both Wilma and Buddy Deering on the right side and Buck and Dr Huer on the left side. 747, To fully appreciate this comic you will need to appreciate things within their historic reference. [4], The adventures of Buck Rogers in comic strips, movies, radio, and television became an important part of American popular culture. 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. The radio show again related the story of our hero Buck finding himself in the 25th century. PLEASE DO NOT UPLOAD ANY COMICS CONTAINING BUCK ROGERS! Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon, Collected Works of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Buck Rogers (Buster Crabbe) and his young friend Buddy Wade get caught in a blizzard and are forced to crash their airship in the Arctic wastes. : Issue features "The Missing Element" in which Buck Rogers, Wilma Deering, and Doctor Huer try to find Arzone-12, a rare material that will prevent a disaster. The comic strip Buck Rogers in the 25th Century A.D. debuted in January 1929 (the character of Anthony "Buck" Rogers had first appeared in print a few months previously, in a novella by Phillip Francis Nowlan in the August 1928 issue of "Amazing Stories"). There were only a few expansion modules created for High-Adventure Cliffhangers. Her prize was a brand new white bicycle with blue trim and an attached basket which she used to hold her books from the library. Buck Rogers is a fictional character who first appeared in Armageddon 2419 A.D. by Philip Francis Nowlan in the August 1928 issue of the pulp magazine Amazing Stories as Anthony Rogers. All in all, the strips that Roland was unable to obtain, together with unpublished strips, totaled 14 missing strips - 100, 130, 667-672, 731, 1033, 1046, 1052, 1075 and 1129. . When they are eventually rescued by scientists, they learn that 500 years have passed. The first "Buck Rogers gun" wasn't technically a raygun, although its futuristic shape and distinctive lines set the pattern for all "space guns" that would follow. Categories: Science Fiction. Strip originally written by Phil Nowlan and drawn by Dick Calkins ----------------------------------------------------- Buck Rogers / by Phil Nowlan and Dick Calkins. Buster Crabbe from the original serial series had a cameo in the series as well. Media Release Hermes Press continues its definitive reprint collection of the vintage Buck Rogers daily comic strip with Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: the Complete Newspaper Dailies-Volume 5, 1935-1936.Americans were well steeped in the Great Depression when these strips came out, but that didn't keep writer Philip Nowlan or artist Dick Calkins from challenging the troubles of a . For all of its reference to modern technology, the strip itself was produced in an old-fashioned manner all strips began as India ink drawings on Strathmore paper, and a smaller duplicate (sometimes redrawn by hand) was hand-colored with watercolors. Now rather than defending Earth, Buck and Wilma were aboard the deep-space exploration vessel Searcher on a mission to track down the lost colonies of humanity. is inspired to create a makeshift communicating device (to 'phone home') by copying a Buck Rogers comic strip. 2 1930-1932 HARDCOVER HERMES PRESS $12.99 1 bid $6.00 shipping 4d 16h A proper raygun needed to actually project some sort of ray if it were to capture the imaginations of would-be space travelers of 1950s Americans. John Dille Jr. (son of strip baron John F. Dille) stars in the film, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: An Interplanetary Battle with the Tiger Men of Mars. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). Kelloggs Cereal Company produced two Buck Rogers giveaway comics, one in 1933 and again in 1935. 762, Hostile species Buck met included the Tiger Men of Mars, the dwarf-like Asterites of the Asteroid belt, and giant robots called Mekkanos.[7]. . on the Internet. The leaders don't believe his story at first but after undergoing electro-hypnotic tests, they believe him and admit him into their group. Both tin toys are in the collection of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. The first version of Buck Rogers to appear on television debuted on ABC on April 15, 1950, and ran until January 30, 1951. Plus de 300 pages de bonheur archologique ! [6] In addition, Buck and his friends encountered various alien races. [12], Other prominent characters in the strip included Buck's friend Dr. Huer, who punctuated his speech with the exclamation, "Heh! All rights reserved. Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web. Killer Kane, Ardala and Black Barney go on a crime spree, only to run up against Buck Rogers. In 1936, it moved to a Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule and went off the air in May of that year. Five of the daily stories contained multiple sub-plots that are broken out as follows: Six of the Sunday stories by Rick Yager contained multiple sub-plots that are broken out as follows: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Buck Rogers In The 25th Century 1: The Complete Sundays: 1930-1933, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Complete Series. It was on January 22, 1930, that Buck Rogers first ventured into space aboard a rocket ship in his fifth newspaper comic story Tiger Men from Mars. Most consumers hardly noticed, because in 1935 the floodgates were opened and they had a lot choices. From the poster for the 1979 Buck Rogers TV series (NBC/Universal City, via IMDB) . ), Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2013. Co-starring Erin Gray as Colonel Wilma Deering, and Tim O'Connor as Dr Huer. The series was collected into a graphic novel titled Howard Chaykin's Buck Rogers Volume 1: Grievous Angels in 2014. I was examining it when suddenly the roof behind me caved in and Buck is rendered unconscious, and a strange gas preserves him in a suspended animation or coma state. : During this more than four year period 1302 daily strips were created by the Dille Company and Roland missed getting hold of only four of the strips published in the Evening Gazette - numbers 100, 1033, 1052 and 1129. [6] (Coincidentally, this was also the date that the Tarzan comic strip began, distributed by United Feature Syndicate.) [6][25] One episode of the show survives today. 1024, Adapted from the 1st Season of Universal's 1979 tv show starring Gil Gerard as Captain William 'Buck' Rogers, an American astronaut launched into space from the year 1987, who finds himself unexpectedly returned to Earth in the 25th Century. The series is presented in several hard-bound volumes entitled, "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century". web pages Join us once again as we present pop culture's first hero - Buck Rogers! A 35mm print of the film was discovered by the filmmaker's granddaughter, donated to UCLA's film and television archive, restruck and subsequently posted to the web. On December 10, 2020, it was announced that the same Murphy/Montford/Dille/Legendary consortium is developing a new Buck Rogers television series with Brian K. Vaughan writing. This game included biplanes and interracial warfare, as opposed to the space combat of the earlier game. (4/22/62 to 7/22/62), S70 "Googie and Carol" (7/29/62 to 10/14/62), S71 "Space Survival Kit" (10/21/62 to 1/6/63), S72 "Huk's Hostage" (1/13/63 to 3/31/63), S73 "The Old Toymaker" (4/7/63 to 6/30/63), S74 "Heart Central" (7/7/63 to 9/29/63), S75 "Exploring Transient-101" (10/6/63 to 1/5/64), S77 "Interplanetary Olympic Games" (3/29/64 to 7/5/64), S78 "Slippery Circus Clown" (7/12/64 to 9/27/64), S79 "Alfie the Inventive Genius" (10/4/64 to 12/27/64), S81 "Big Game Hunt" (3/28/65 to 6/13/65), Part 1 "Captured by Tigermen" (Series I, Strips 457 to 480), Part 2 "The Island of Doom" (Series I, Strips 481 to 506), Part 3 "Flight of the Ghost Ship" (Series I, Strips 507 to 538), Part 4 "The Red Ray" (Series I, Strips 539 to 552), Part 1 "Hydro" (Series I, Strips 573 to 581), Part 2 "Scorpia" (Series I, Strips 582 to 597), Part 3 "Arcto" (Series I, Strips 598 to 600, Series II, Strips 1 to 6), Part 4 "Hexxo" (Series II, Strips 7 to 20), Part 1 "Through the Door of No Return" (Series II, Strips 21 to 58), Part 2 "The Mission of 99-Zero" (Series II, Strips 59 to 77), Part 3 "Marooned on the Planet of the Rising Sun" (Series II, Strips 78 to 101), Part 4 "Arrival of the Mysterious Sky Wizard" (Series II, Strips 102 to 122), Part 1 "Enslaved in Niarb's Mind Foundry" (Series II, Strips 132 to 143), Part 2 "Treasure Hunting on Llore" (Series II, Strips 144 to 180), Part 1 "Voyage of the Golden Spaceship El Dorado" (Series II, Strips 181 to 216), Part 2 "Trapped on Tantoris" (Series II, Strips 217 to 250), Part 3 "The Terrible Creations of Dr. Nameless" (Series II, Strips 251 to 270), Part 1 "Moon Song's Misfortune" (Series II, Strips 271 to 285), Part 2 "The Ring and Arrow Boys" (Series II, Strips 286 to 302), Part 3 "Enter Commodore Pounce" (Series II, Strips 303 to 321), Part 4 "Dogfight for the Uranium Fields" (Series II, Strips 322 to 357), SS01 "Adventures of Wilma" (11/18/34 to 6/9/35) (Series I, Strips 243 to 272), SS02 "Captain Spear of the Martian Patrol" (6/16/35 to 8/11/35) (Series I, Strips 273 to 281), SS03 "Peril Planet" (8/18/35 to 12/22/35) (Series I, Strips 282 to 300), SS04 "Lost in Space" (12/29/35 to 3/29/36) (Series I, Strips 301 to 314), SS05 "The Flat Planet of Hex" (4/5/36 to 8/2/36) (Series I, Strips 315 to 332), SS06 "The Ghost Planet" (8/9/36 to 9/27/36) (Series I, Strips 333 to 340), SS07 "Black Barney on Earth" (10/4/36 to 11/22/36) (Series I, Strips 341 to 348), SS08 "The Wizard of Zoor" (11/29/36 to 2/28/37) (Series I, Strips 349 to 362), SS09 "Oghpore the Terrible" (3/7/37 to 5/9/37) (Series I, Strips 363 to 372), SS10 "Buzz Brent Calling C-Q" (5/16/37 to 7/4/37) (Series I, Strips 373 to 380), R01 "On the Moon of Madness!" Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club thats right for you for free. In 1934, Famous Funnies, the first regularly-issued monthly comic, established the format and price for all comic books to follow. It was in connection with the organization of this team effort that the name of the hero was changed from "Anthony Rogers" to the snappier, "Buck Rogers". To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. Jim Thorpe [citation needed], The relations between the artists of the strip (Yager et al.) 946, . Publisher Buck Rogers was initially syndicated to 47 newspapers. Its final offering was a reissue of the XZ-35 with a garish red, white, blue and yellow color scheme, dubbed the Zooka. Jahrhundert: Die kompletten Zeitungstageszeitungen #4 1934-1935 in groer Auswahl Vergleichen Angebote und Preise Online kaufen bei eBay Kostenlose Lieferung fr viele Artikel! The stated general purpose of the petition was to appoint the Beneficiaries as co trustees of the trust. The Buck Rogers strip, published 19291967 and syndicated by John F. Dille Co. (later called the National Newspaper Syndicate), was popular enough to inspire other newspaper syndicates to launch their own science fiction strips. The first three frames of the series set the scene for Buck's "leap" 500 years into Earth's future: I was 20 years old when they stopped the world war and mustered me out of the air service. Mike Ng added a Cheat: Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed Super Guide. 20th Century Life Early Years United States Air Force William Anthony "Buck" Rogers was born on January 9, 1957, as a native of Old Chicago. All Staff Community. Six months later, in March of 1929, he published a sequel, "The Airlords of Han". The first is a vintage version of Buck Rogers as he appeared in the original comic strip. In a later scene in which the seven astronauts confront the NASA rocket scientists who have been running the program to demand changes to allow them to fly their spacecraft as actual pilots rather than as mere passive passengers in vehicles totally controlled from the groundthreatening to reveal to the press how they were being marginalized despite their public status as heroes, which would in turn damage Congressional support for the programCooper, Grissom and Slayton repeat the "no bucksno Buck Rogers!" She entered the name lightning Comet and was one of the winners. Glen A. Larson produced the film and the first season of the eventual series.[6]. As this Buck Rogers In The 25th Century A Tv Companion Pdf, it ends in the works physical one of the favored book Buck Rogers In The 25th Century A Tv Companion Pdf collections that we have. Of the many toys associated with Buck Rogers, none is more closely identified with the franchise than the eponymous toy rayguns. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! , ISBN-10 The latest threat to Earth comes from the spaceborne armies of the planet Draconia, which is planning an invasion. [32] Legendary had no comment. It was manufactured by Louis Marx & Co., which advertised it as a "flashing roaring speeding sky police patrol rocket ship" that "shoots out harmless sparks as it darts . The spacecraft stopped mid-air again and, as the engines throttled back, began its successful vertical landing. Some browsers will also display these numbers in the lower left hand corner of the window frame. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. The strip's artists also worked on a variety of tie-in promotions such as comic books, toys, and model rockets. As the people fled the cities, the Mongols built new cities on the ruins of the major cities. 1253, Wilma falls into mysterious circumstances and Buck investigates. It was a 10-inch pop gun topped with flint-and-striker sparkler using a mechanism, not unlike that used in cigarette lighters, cast in a distinctive metallic copper color. 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There were a number of changes to the cast during the series' short duration. The Collected Works of Buck Rogers (Revised Edition) (published by Chelsea House Publishers, 1977) Buck Rogers (published by Club Anni Trenta, 1980 to 1992) Issues 1 to 52 Classic Adventure Strips (published by Dragon Lady Press, 1987) Issue 10 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (published by Quick Fox, 1981) The second 1:9 scale figure is based on Gil Gerard wearing the white flight suit from the 1979 movie/TV series and also features a Tigerman figure. Buck Rogers is a fictional character who first appeared in Armageddon 2419 A.D. by Philip Francis Nowlan in the August 1928 issue of the pulp magazine Amazing Stories as Anthony Rogers. By the time he is revived, he finds himself in the 25th century. It chronicled the adventures of Rogers, a 20th-century man who is rendered unconscious by a mysterious gas and sent into suspended animation until his awakening in the year 2429. An 1-inch celluloid character button from 1936, depicting Buck Rogers and Dr. Elias Huer with a small rocket ship in the background, may have been issued by a newspaper to promote the comic strip. The series apparently went on summer hiatus from around July 7 until the end of August, probably reappearing on the air again around Labor Day with Robert Pastene still in the lead role. The Buck Rogers appellation has become a particularly descriptive term for vertical landings of spaceships, which was the predominant mode of rocket landing envisioned in the pre-spaceflight era at the time Buck Rogers made his original appearance. Using their disintegrator beams, they easily defeated the army and navy and wiped out Washington, D.C. in three hours. In the role-playing game, the player characters were allied to Buck Rogers and NEO (the New Earth Organisation) in their fight against RAM (a Russian-American corporation based on Mars). Its time slot initially was on Saturdays at 6 p.m., and each episode was 30-minutes-long. The series starred Gil Gerard as Captain William "Buck" Rogers, a United States Air Force and NASA pilot who commands Ranger III, a Space Shuttle-like ship that is launched in 1987. ISBN-10: 1-60690-152-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-152-6 Rating: Teen+ Cover: Carlos Rafael& Carlos Paul Writer: Scott Beatty Penciller/Inker: Carlos Rafael Colorist: Carlos Lopez Genre: Sci-Fi Publication Date: (advance solicit for Nov shipping) Format: Comic Book Collection Page Count: 140 The future continues here! Hermes Press alters some of the strips (presumably for copyright purposes) bizarrely, and at time distractingly. 2nd printing: January 1970 (15.00 USD) The first sequel begins c. 2476 AD, when a widowed and cantankerous 86-year-old Anthony Rogers is mysteriously rejuvenated during a resurgence of the presumed-extinct Han, now called the Pr'lan. At that point, Buck Rogers appeared in only 28 newspapers.[9]. The Buck Rogers theme gave rise to emulations such as Flash Gordon and other swashbuckling space heros. The strip was syndicated by the National Newspaper Service. Perhaps as the show was remounted, the base of operations changed. 584, Buck Rogers In The 25th Century The Complete Collection arrives on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics in a 9-Disc Blu-ray set. speech to the startled scientists to make their point. , Item Weight (September, 1979), R02 "Space Vampire" (9/9/79 to 11/6/79), R04 "Vostrian Crisis" (1/18/80 to 4/2/80), R05 "The Faceless Kid" (4/3/80 to 8/17/80), R06 "Ultra-Time-Warp" (8/18/80 to 10/29/80), R07 "Mist-Creatures" (10/30/80 to 3/8/81), R09 "Mystery Woman From the Black Hole" (5/6/81 to 7/8/81), R10 "Runaway Planetoid" (7/9/81 to 9/18/81), R11 "Pyramid Mystery" (9/19/81 to 11/27/81), R12 "Miners' Madness" (11/28/81 to 3/13/82), R13 "Down Memory Lane" (3/14/82 to 6/12/82), R14 "Welcome to Atlantis" (6/13/82 to 9/9/82), R15 "Alien Stowaway" (9/10/82 to 11/13/82), R16 "Space Convicts" (11/14/82 to 1/11/83), R17 "Robot Revolution" (1/12/83 to 3/20/83), R18 "Deadly Contest" (3/21/83 to 5/23/83), R19 "The Gauntlet" (5/24/83 to 8/21/83), R20 "Pursuit of Vurik" (8/22/83 to 10/17/83), R21 "The Duplicate" (10/18/83 to 12/25/83), LI01 "The Praxonian Conquest" (10/18/80 to 11/29/80) (Issue #s 43 to 49), LI02 "The Re-Integration Bombarder" (12/6/80 to 1/17/81) (Issue #s 50 to 4), LI03 "Robot Revolution" (1/24/81 to 3/7/81) (Issue #s 5 to 11), LI04 "The Evil Collector" (3/14/81 to 5/2/81) (Issue #s 12 to 19), LI05 "Sweet Dreams?" $37.67. The XZ-31 Rocket Pistol, a 9-inch pop gun that produced a distinctive "zap!" Unable to add item to List. I gave it to a friend for a Christmas pre-, Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2008. However, in the 1980s the original Armageddon 2419 A.D. was taken up again and authorized sequels to it were written by other authors working from an outline co-written by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle and loosely tied-in with their bestseller Lucifer's Hammer (1977). Reprints Gold Key issue #5. At the beginning of 1980, a few months after the show debuted, Gottlieb came out with a Buck Rogers pinball machine to commemorate the resurgence of the franchise. [1] The Buck Rogers strip also probably inspired developing a strip based on John Carter of Mars (United Feature Syndicate, 19411943) which was introduced in 1941 though based on an Edgar Rice Burroughs character first seen in 1912.