Gallery: Buck Rogers Stuff From the 20th Century

Courtesy Wired: Culture  Thu, 11/06/2008 - 20:00

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Anthony "Buck" Rogers first burst from writer Philip Nowlan's imagination in 1928, when the intrepid spaceman appeared in "Armageddon — 2419," a story published in Amazing Stories magazine.

From his pulp roots, the character developed into an influential American hero on the airwaves and the silver screen.

Subsequent space swashbucklers like Brick Bradford and Flash Gordon took a cue from Buck Rogers' sci-fi adventures.

Buck took to the radio Nov....


 

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