Credits
Writer(s):
Philip Nowlan
Penciller(s):
Richard Calkins
Inker(s):
Richard Calkins
Letterer(s):
typeset; ? (strip reprints)
Subject Matter
Genres:
adventure, fantasy, science fiction
Feature(s):
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Character(s):
Buck Rogers; Lieutenant Wilma Deering; unnamed soldier; unnamed Mongol super scientists; miscellaneous American citizens
Synopsis:
Caught in an abandoned mine outside of Pittsburgh, Buck is put into suspended animation by a mysterious gas. He awakes 500 years later and is discovered by Wilma. After introductions, WIlma explains the dominance of Earth by the Mongols and their efforts to rebel against them.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
from Buck Rogers, 2429 A.D. daily comic strip (National Newspaper Service Syndicate) 7 January 1929 (The Sleeper); 8 January 1929 (The Awakening); 9 January 1929 (Falling Upward); 10 January 1929 (The Raider); 11 January 1929 (Wilma Explains); 12 January 1929 (Chaos); 14 January 1929 (A Nation Reborn)
Miscellaneous
Pages:
2
Notes:
Reprints the first seven Buck Rogers comic strips.