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Buck Rogers is a fictional character who first appeare in 1928 as Anthony Rogers, the hero of two novellas by Philip Francis Nowlan published in the magazine Amazing Stories. Rogers is best known from the long-running syndicated newspaper comic strip. He also appeared in a movie serial, a television series, and in many other formats.

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  • This spacehero was created by Philip Francis Nowlan in the 1928 story "Armageddon 2419 A.D."
  • On January 7, 1929 2 strips debuted, "Tarzan" and this strip about a man who wakes up 500 years in the future
  • Trapped by a cave-in after World War I, gases preserved him & he awoke in the 25th century
  • Daisy's X2-31 Disintegrator gun of 1934 was for kids playing this 25th century hero
  • Gil Gerard
  • A deep space probe (launched in 1987!) ended up getting this guy frozen in suspended animation until "the 25th century"
  • Daffy Duck's "Duck Dodgers" character is a parody of him

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