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Some of the Interplanetary Space Fleet from the Buck Rogers comic strip.
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Some of the Interplanetary Space Fleet from the Buck Rogers comic strip.
Cross section of Buddy Deering’s rocket ship to Venus
(Buck Rogers 2430 A.D. Sunday strip)
January 7 is an incredible day for newspaper comic strip debuts.
January 7, 1929 saw the debuts of Tarzan (initially by Hal Foster) and Buck Rogers by Philip Francis Nowlan & Dick Calkins.
January 7, 1934 saw the introduction of Alex Raymond's two great comic strips: Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim.
The first daily strip of Buck Rogers was published on January 7, 1929. It was based on the novella "Armageddon 2419 A.D. by Philip Francis Nowlan. ("The Sleeper" Buck Rogers, 2429, Comic Event)
Wilma Deering
art: Dick Calkins
Dick Calkins "Buck Rogers vs. The Fiend of Space" Whitman #1409 (1940-John F. Dille Co.)
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Buck Rogers Bucktoys - #1 through #6 - Dick Calkins, John Dille Co. - 1932-1934
and Buck Rogers Rubber Band Gun - Onward School Supplies - John F. Dille Co. - 1940
Original Dick Calkins art for the Buck Rogers #844 daily comic strip (John F. Dille Co., 1931).