In 2009 and 2011, two versions of Buck Rogers action figures were released by the entertainment/toy companies "Go Hero" and "Zica Toys". Rogers was turned into a comic strip — titled simply Buck Rogers — in 1929 by the John F. Dille Co., whereupon the character’s popularity exploded across the country. The series was broadcast live from station WENR-TV, the ABC affiliate in Chicago. Finally, the serial was edited once again into a feature film format in the late 1970s, this version simply entitled Buck Rogers with the theatrical poster advertising, "Star Wars owes it all to Buck Rogers", and which was later sold on videotape in the early 1990s by VCI Entertainment under the catalogue title of Planet Outlaws (which title, to make it appear legitimate, was also superimposed onto the first shot of film following the main titles). Using their disintegrator beams, they easily defeated the army and navy and wiped out Washington, D.C. in three hours. Co-starring in the series were Erin Gray as crack Starfighter pilot Colonel Wilma Deering, and Tim O'Connor as Dr. Elias Huer, head of Earth Defense Directorate, and a former starpilot himself. Perhaps as the show was remounted the base of operations changed. Buck Rogers' name has become proverbial in such expressions as "Buck Rogers outfit" for a protective suit that looks like a space suit. 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. 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. It could, therefore, be used as a pretend raygun but also as an actual Morse Code signal device. Constance Moore played Lieutenant Wilma Deering, the only woman in the film, and Jackie Moran was Buddy Wade, a character who did not appear in other versions of the Buck Rogers franchise, but who was clearly modeled on the Sunday strip character Buddy Deering. The characters featured include Buck Rogers, Wilma Deering, Dr. Huer, Killer Kane, Ardala, King Grallo of the Martian Tiger Men, and robots.[24]. Korean-American actor Philson Ahn, younger brother of noted actor Philip Ahn, played Prince Tallen, a Saturnian native who befriends Buck Rogers. In 1979, Buck Rogers was revived and updated for a prime-time television series for NBC Television. [34][35] A judge ruled that the Trust handled intellectual property improperly, ignored court directives, and abused legal procedures during the bankruptcy. After Nowlan and Dille enlisted editorial cartoonist Dick Calkins as the illustrator, Nowlan adapted the first episode from Armageddon 2419 A.D. and changed the hero's name from "Anthony" to "Buck". [5][44] Another phrase in common use before 1950 was for deriding science fiction fans about "that crazy Buck Rogers stuff".[45]. Buck Rogers first appeared in Amazing Stories back in 1928, and eventually became a cross-platform superstar before that term was even a thing: he had his own radio show, film serial, TV series, and more. Rogers awakens in 2419. [48], The animated television series Futurama, created by Matt Groening and David X. Cohen in 1999, was strongly influenced by themes and characters from the "Buck Rogers" comic strip, as well as many other science fiction books and films. Later adaptations included radio in 1932, a film serial, a television series, and other formats. 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. Such was the fame of Buck Rogers that this became the basis for one of the most fondly remembered science fiction spoofs in a series of cartoons in which Daffy Duck portrayed Duck Dodgers. The series ran for two seasons on NBC. Tim O'Connor's Dr. Huer was written out of the series and replaced by Wilfrid Hyde-White as quirky scientist Dr. Goodfellow and Broadway character actor Jay Garner as Vice Admiral Efram Asimov of the Earth Force. 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. In 1933, Nowlan and Calkins co-wrote Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, a novella that retold the origin of Buck Rogers and also summarized some of his adventures. 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. A tyrannical dictator named Killer Kane and his henchmen now run the world. (Kem Dibbs went on to have a long acting career in film and television.). Award-winning comic book creator Brian K. Vaughan has been tapped to write the television adaptation of Buck Rogers for Legendary. [4], The adventures of Buck Rogers in comic strips, movies, radio, and television became an important part of American popular culture. Many of the later appearances of Buck Rogers departed widely from the original circumstances of the Han-dominated America and the hero from the past helping overturn that domination; Rogers in his numerous later incarnations was given various other past careers which did not include the Han. The first Buck Rogers toys appeared in 1933, four years after the newspaper strip debuted and a year after the radio show first aired. [6][25] One episode of the show survives today. This is the opening to the original theatrical release (March 1979) of the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century theatrical film. There is one known surviving kinescope of this first Buck Rogers television series, airdate 12-19-50, episode title "Ghost in the House". In 1990, Strategic Simulations, Inc. released a Buck Rogers XXVC video game, Countdown to Doomsday, for the Commodore 64, IBM PC, Sega Mega Drive, and Amiga. The serial then becomes a back-and-forth struggle between Buck and Kane to secure the military support of Saturn. At that point, Buck Rogers only appeared in 28 newspapers.[9]. Available in different sizes, unframed or framed in black matte wood frame. Most consumers hardly noticed, because in 1935 the floodgates were opened and they had a lot choices. Gold Key Comics published a single issue of a Buck Rogers comic in 1964.[14]. By the time he is revived, he finds himself in the 25th century. These shared the numbering as a series issues #1 - #10 with issue #10 as a flip-book with Intruder #10. Many products were produced that were set in this universe, including comic books, novels, role-playing game material and video games. "[47] Making his debut in 1928, Buck Rogers took off a year later with a comic strip in news papers. Based on the classic newspaper strip and film serial character created by Philip Francis Nowland in 1928, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was developed for television by producer Glen Larson. Developed by Chicago newspaperman John F. Dille in the 1930s, it immediately became one of the world’s most popular comic strips, read by millions daily in the newspapers all over the world. Media related to Buck Rogers at Wikimedia Commons, This article is about the fictional character. The series will be produced by Don Murphy and Susan Montford, of Angry Films, and Flint Dille, the grandson of Buck Rogers creator Philip Francis Nowlan. It can be seen on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDRH781KaE&t=2s Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, has an extensive collection of original artwork. There were a total of 36 black and white episodes in all (allowing for a 2-month summer hiatus). A 12-part Buck Rogers serial film was produced in 1939 by Universal Pictures Company. 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. “Buck Rogers” has been adapted into various comic strips, a movie serial, radio and television shows. This toy, and its successor, the Norton-Honer Super Sonic Ray Gun, was featured prominently in the actual Buck Rogers newspaper strips of the time, many of which concluded with a secret message in a Morse Code variant called the Rocket Rangers International Code, the key to which was available only by sending as self-addressed stamped envelope to the newspaper syndicate or the "cheat sheet" included in the package with the toy. In the sequel, The Airlords of Han, six months have passed and the hunter is now the hunted. Foxy Ladies #12: The Women of Buck Rogers (Part 1) As big a place as the Internet is, there still isn't a complete gallery of space babes from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (imagine that). Directed by Ford Beebe, Saul A. Goodkind. After landing the rights to the IP in October, this series is just one part of Legendary's multi-platform approach, which also includes a film and an anime series. 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. From 1990 to 1991, ten "comics modules" set in the Buck Rogers XXVC universe were published, entitled Rude Awakening #1 - #3, Black Barney #1 - #3. and Martian Wars #1-#4. He is invited to stay with them or leave and visit other gangs. The latest is Buck Rogers, ... been seen in the 1970s/1980s series that starred Gil Gerard, Buck's history stretches further back. In the 20th Century, Buck Rogers was a sci-fi pop culture phenomenon, telling tales of a hero transported forward in time to the 25th Century. Only those who live in the "Hidden City", run by the benevolent scientist Dr. Huer (C. Montague Shaw) and his military counterpart, Air Marshal Kragg (William Gould), resist the criminal rulers of Earth. The noted actor and "crown prince of stuntmen" David Sharpe, who appeared in over 4,500 films over the course of a seven-decade career, also appeared in the Buck Rogers serial in several roles: as one of Kane's pilots, a Hidden City sentry, and a Saturnian lieutenant. The series ran for two seasons between 1979 and 1981, and the feature-length pilot episode for the series was released as a theatrical film before the series aired. In 1946, following World War II and the advent of the atomic bomb, Daisy reissued the XZ-38 in a silver finish that mimicked the new jet aircraft of the day as the U-235 Atomic Pistol. [39], In 2009 a web series was announced, purported to be based on the original comic strip. See full article at Slash Film » Report this; Similar News. The games also extensively featured "gennies" (genetically enhanced organisms). The original "Planet Outlaws" and also "Destination Saturn" have both been available in video format since the early 1980s, and as early as 1970 were both available for user-purchase in 16mm film format from Thunderbird Pictures. Due to the minuscule budget, most of the episodes took place mainly in the secret lab. Enter the era of the plastic battery-powered flashlight raygun. Buster Crabbe from the original serial series had a cameo in the series as well. 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. or a Buck Rogers dream. speech to the startled scientists to make their point. Mutual brought the show back and broadcast it three days a week from April to July 1939 and from May to July 1940, a 30-minute version was broadcast on Saturdays. The post ‘Buck Rogers’ TV Series to Be Written By ‘Lost’ Veteran and Beloved Comic Book Writer Brian K. Vaughan appeared first on /Film. The gameplay of the Buck Rogers - Battle for the 25th Century board game by TSR dealt with token movement and resource management. There were only a few expansion modules created for High-Adventure Cliffhangers. A 20th Century pilot named Buck Rogers and his young friend Buddy Wade awake from 500 years in suspended animation to find that the world has been taken over by … Both the XZ-31 and XZ-35 were cast in "blued" steel with silvery nickel accents. "; the villainous Killer Kane and his paramour Ardala; and Black Barney, who began as a space pirate but later became Buck's friend and ally. Two actors would also play Dr. Huer: Harry Southern and Sanford Bickart. In 1937, Tootsietoys put out a six-piece die cast metal set of four 5″ long space ships and two 1.75″ tall figures of Buck and Wilma. Buck Rogers is featured in Steven Spielberg's blockbuster sci-fi movie E.T. 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. George Tuska began drawing the strip in 1959 and remained until the final installment of the original comic strip, which was published on July 8, 1967. When the series returned in early 1981, its core format had been revised. The first sequel begins c. 2476 A.D., 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. The Nirvano Gas works, but the dirigible is buried in an avalanche and is not found until 500 years have passed. The classic space opera hero Buck Rogers is coming back, according to The Wrap. It is now 2440. Buck Rogers has been credited with bringing into popular media the concept of space exploration,[5] following in the footsteps of literary pioneers such as Jules Verne, H. G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs. Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into "a state of suspended animation, free from the ravages of catabolic processes, and without any apparent effect on physical or mental faculties". Buck Rogers Vintage Superhero Poster Wall Art giclee reproduction print on fine paper that will not fade. When they are eventually rescued by scientists, they learn that 500 years have passed. The XZ-35 Rocket Pistol, a smaller 7-inch version without some of the detail of the original that's often called "the Wilma Pistol" by collectors, followed in 1935, retailing for 25¢ and arguably offering less value for quintuple the initial price. A short-lived TV series of the same name, which also starred Gerard, ran from 1979 to 1981 on NBC. This game was neither widely advertised nor very popular. The airlords are determined to use their fleet of airships to break the siege. [citation needed], Buck Rogers was a hit single by British rock band Feeder in 2001. 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. The first version of Buck Rogers to appear on television debuted on ABC on April 15, 1950 and ran until January 30, 1951. This game included biplanes and interracial warfare, as opposed to the space combat of the earlier game. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). When Buck and Buddy are found, they awaken in the year 2440 to a world ruled by the ruthless dictator, Killer Kane (Anthony Warde), and his army of "super-racketeers". The radio show again related the story of our hero Buck finding himself in the 25th century. Brian K. Vaughan to Write Buck Rogers TV Series for Legendary. Buck appeared in 69 issues of the 1930s comic Famous Funnies, then two appearances in Vicks Comics, both published by Eastern Color Printing. [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]. Based in a secret lab in a cave behind Niagara Falls (the city of Niagara was now the capital of the world), Buck battles intergalactic troublemakers. There were only two published products: the box set, and "War Against the Han". The character of Buck Rogers was first created by Philip Francis Nowlan in 1928, primarily starring in pulp stories like Armageddon 2419 A.D..Since then, Buck has appeared across numerous pieces of media, from comics and radio to film and, perhaps most notably, television. 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. [citation needed], Track nine of Hyphy Bay Area rapper Mac Dre's album Heart of a Gangsta, Mind of a Hustla, Tongue of a Pimp (2000) is titled "Black Buck Rogers". The XZ-44 Liquid Helium Water Pistol was produced in late 1935 and early 1936. Authorship of early strips is extremely difficult to ascertain. In the comics, they were automatic pistols that fired explosive rockets instead of bullets, each round as effective as a 20th-century hand grenade. "Space guns" in general and "rayguns" in particular only gained in prestige as the Cold War "space race" began and interest in "The Buck Rogers Stuff" was renewed, but it was no longer enough to offer a futuristic cap or pop gun. Both tin toys are in the collection of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Robert Jennings,"Bucking the Future: From 1928 to the 25th Century With Anthony Rogers". [6] In addition, Buck and his friends encountered various alien races. They are caught in a savage storm and crash. Wilma Deering (Constance Moore) is assigned to accompany them. The serial had a small budget and saved money on special effects by reusing material from other stories: background shots from the futuristic musical Just Imagine (1930), as the city of the future, the garishly stenciled walls from the Azura palace set in Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, as Kane's penthouse suite, and even the studded leather belt that Crabbe wore in Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars turned up as part of Buck's uniform. Frank Miller was slated to write and direct a new motion picture with Odd Lot Entertainment, the production company that worked with Miller on The Spirit. 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). It was based on the Buck Rogers character created by Philip Francis Nowlan, which had appeared in magazines and comic strips since 1928. Rogers is now a gang leader and his forces, as well as the other American gangs, have surrounded the cities and are attacking constantly. First published in the August 1928 issue of the pulp magazine Amazing Stories, the character and story were shortly adapted into a syndicated comic strip which debuted in early 1929. Sega released the arcade video game Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom (Japanese: バック・ロジャース：プラネット・オブ・ズーム, Hepburn: Bakku Rojāsu: Puranetto obu Zūmu) in 1982. I love Buck Rogers, especially with its sci-fi pulp art style and its vision of the future with its retro ray guns, rocket ships, jet packs, and costumes. Dick Locher was also an assistant in the 1950s. Wilma takes Rogers to her camp, where he meets the bosses of her gang. Anthony Warde played "Killer Kane", Buck Rogers' enemy; this was the only time that Warde, who usually portrayed evil underlings in serials, played a lead villain. Yager had formal art training at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and was a talented watercolor artist; all the strips were done in ink and watercolor. A ten-minute Buck Rogers film premiered at the 1933–1934 World's Fair in Chicago. He notices someone clad in strange clothes, who is under attack. "[46] Its final offering was a reissue of the XZ-35 with a garish red, white, blue and yellow color scheme, dubbed the Zooka. In 1936, a line of Buck Rogers painted lead metal toy soldier three-inch figures were made for the British market. The radio series was produced and directed by Carlo De Angelo and later by Jack Johnstone. In 2012, Hermes Press announced a new comic book series with artwork by Howard Chaykin. So, I took it upon myself to fill this glaring void in the blogosphere, and compile this database (Wikipedia, I'm talkin' to you - link here asap). [42], The XZ-31 Rocket Pistol, was the first of six toy guns manufactured over the next two decades by Daisy, which had an exclusive contract with John Dille, then head of the National Newspaper Syndicate of America, for all Buck Rogers toys. In 1955, an Australian company called Atlas Productions produced five issues of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Legendary Entertainment (Godzilla: King of the Monsters) … A new Buck Rogers television series is in development with Y: The Last Man writer Brian K. Vaughan. [1] The most famous of these imitators was Flash Gordon (King Features Syndicate, 1934–2003);[2] others included Brick Bradford (Central Press Association, 1933–1987), Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire (Watkins Syndicate, 1935–1941),[3] Speed Spaulding (John F. Dille Co., 1940–1941),[1] and John Carter of Mars (United Feature Syndicate, 1941–1943). They hope that Rogers' experience and knowledge he gained fighting in the First World War may be useful in their struggle with the Hans, who rule North America from 15 great cities they established across the continent. Over the years, there have been many Buck Rogers appearances in comic books as well as his own series. In 1938, Lieutenant Buck Rogers (Buster Crabbe) and Buddy Wade (Jackie Moran) are part of the crew of a dirigible flying over the North Pole. 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. He defends the person, Wilma Deering, killing one of the attackers and scaring off the rest. Writer Nowlan told the inventor R. Buckminster Fuller in 1930 that "he frequently used [Fuller's] concepts for his cartoons". 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 strip's artists also worked on a variety of tie-in promotions such as comic books, toys, and model rockets. This was a return to the themes of the original Buck Rogers comic strips. A new Buck Rogers movie is in the works at Legendary Pictures. The scattered Americans formed loosely bound organizations or "orgs" to begin to fight back. Killer Kane is a fictional character in the Buck Rogers comic strip and its subsequent 1939 Buck Rogers serial film produced by Universal Studios. The original 40-cent edition featured a cover by Ed Emshwiller. Starting in 1933, Whitman (an imprint of Western Publishing) produced 12 Buck Rogers Big Little Books:[13]. The Buck Rogers strip, syndicated by the John F. Dille Co., was popular enough to inspire other newspaper syndicates to launch their own science fiction strips. With Buster Crabbe, Constance Moore, Jackie Moran, Jack Mulhall. 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. [11] Murphy Anderson was a temporary replacement, but he did not stay long. A reprint of this work was included with the first edition of the novel Buck Rogers: A Life in the Future (1995) by Martin Caidin. All the while, Crabbe kept appearing in “B” feature fare at Paramount, much to his chagrin, hoping for more substantial roles. There were also two sequels to this cartoon, and ultimately a Duck Dodgers television series. The XZ-31 Rocket Pistol, a 9½-inch pop gun that produced a distinctive "zap!" They volunteer to go to Saturn, where they hope that they can find help in their fight against Kane. A second series was based on the 1979 television series and was published from 1979 to 1982, first by Gold Key,[15] then by Whitman Publishing,[16] continuing the numbering from the 1964 single issue. The first of these was Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953), which was directed by Chuck Jones. Killer Kane … The comic strip debuted in the 1930s and was developed by John F. Dille. 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. [citation needed], The Foo Fighters' self-titled album (1995) features Buck Rogers' XZ-38 Disintegrator Pistol on the album's cover. The spacecraft stopped mid-air again and, as the engines throttled back, began its successful vertical landing. "Buck Rogers" OFFICIAL WEBSITE(c) The Dille Family Trust, Buck Rogers – Battle for the 25th Century, High Adventure Cliffhangers Buck Rogers Adventure Game, Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe, Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere, The New Adventures of Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future, The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon, The Further Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buck_Rogers_(serial)&oldid=989220018, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 17 November 2020, at 18:59. Its time slot initially was on Saturdays at 6 p.m., and each episode was 30 minutes. Buck Rogers on the Moons of Saturn (1934) by Philip Francis Nowlan; The Story of Buck Rogers on the Planetoid Eros (1934) [SF] by Philip Francis Nowlan [only as by Phil Nowlan] Buck Rogers 25th Century A.D. and the Doom Comet (1935) by Philip Francis Nowlan; Buck Rogers 25th Century A.D. and the Planetoid Plot (1936) by Philip Francis Nowlan Buck and Buddy must now save the world, and they do so with the help of Lieutenant Wilma Deering and Prince Tallen of Saturn. Shortly afterward, the game was discontinued, and the production of Buck Rogers RPGs and games came to an end. The serial had a small budget and saved money on special effects by re-using material from other stories: background shots from the futuristic musical Just Imagine (1930), as the city of the future, the garishly stenciled walls from the Azura palace set in Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, and even the studded leather belt that Crabbe wore in Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, turned up as part of Buck's uniform. 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