Any Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon fans ? 0

[Chicago Boy]

How similar ?  What came first ?  Any cool historical tidbits ?

[Robot Man]

Yep. Not really a ton of comic books though. I think Buck beat out Flash by a nose.

[Inaflash]

Big fan of the Frazetta covers.

 

[Chicago Boy]

14 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

Yep. Not really a ton of comic books though. I think Buck beat out Flash by a nose.

Awesome stuff !

[Pat Calhoun]

[Pat Calhoun]

the 1980 Al Williamson Flash Gordon film adaptation is gorgeous space opera

 

Edited December 13, 2020 by Pat Calhoun

[Pat Calhoun]

[Mmehdy]

great stuff....thanks

[catman76]

7 hours ago, Robot Man said:

 

 

Wow I never have seen that version of the space port before with Flash Gordon stamped on it. But then I only have ever seen the one I have anywhere ever and my Buck rocket is a little more beat than yours

[BB-Gun]

Buck became a Sunday page in 1930 and started as a daily the year before.  I think Flash started as a Sunday page in 1934.  Raymond transferred from the very successful Tarzan strip to his own creation, Flash Gordon.

I like the early Buck Roger comics and many of the Flash Gordon comics with art by Raymond.

Edited December 14, 2020 by BB-Gun

[BB-Gun]

When I was young, I collected the Flash Gordon strips by Mac Raboy.  I mutilated most of those strips to make a toy recommended by my Cub Scout manual, I think, but found many replacements at Mr. 3 Ls antique shop in Paradise PA.

[catman76]

I love the Alex Raymond Flash Gordon comics, really love the 30s serials and the 1980 movie but I always liked Buck Rogers way more. What I find sad now is whenever i mention Buck Rogers to anyone they think I am talking about that boring ugly 70s show. I loved Buck Rogers ever since I found this book in the library when I was in middle school and then in high school tracked down a copy I could own. I photocopied that last page in high school and colored it and it was hanging on my wall for years. I have a bunch of 30s Buck sunday comic pages too I need to dig out

[catman76]

[tth2]

10 minutes ago, catman76 said:

I loved Buck Rogers ever since I found this book in the library when I was in middle school 

Same here!  

[BB-Gun]

Early Flash pages were reprinted in KIng Comics but the quality of Foster's art suffered due to the loss of detail in the smaller comic book pages.

[BB-Gun]

Many stories were printed in the Big Little Book format.

[shadroch]

Me Three.

I watched the Flash Gordon serials everyday after school in 1964 but that Buck Rogers book found me in the library some ten years later. Most libraries were very lacking in comic related reading in those days.

[OtherEric]

Been a fan ever since the 70's TV show.  I won't argue with @catman76 that the show was significantly flawed, but I loved it back then.  Definitely prefer stuff like this, although I do collect the Whitman comic based on the TV show as well:

[tth2]

1 hour ago, BB-Gun said:

Raymond transferred from the very successful Tarzan strip to his own creation, Flash Gordon.

I think you've got Raymond confused with Hal Foster, who moved from Tarzan to his own creation, Prince Valiant.

Raymond worked on a couple of obscure comic strips, Tillie the Toiler and Tim Tyler's Luck, before moving on to create Flash Gordon.  

[Robot Man]

13 hours ago, catman76 said:

Wow I never have seen that version of the space port before with Flash Gordon stamped on it. But then I only have ever seen the one I have anywhere ever and my Buck rocket is a little more beat than yours

The Flash Gordon version is pretty rare I guess. I’ve had mine probably 25 years. Never seen another one. I showed it to Ted Hake and he hadn’t seen it either. The plastic rocket says “Space Cruiser” on one side and “X-300” on the other. I haven’t even seen your version very much. Do you have the rocket?