Buck Rogers #2 [Gold Key]
(August 1979)

Western, 1964 Series
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Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
five times a year in February, August, September, October, and December
On-sale Date
1979-06-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Barcode
0335009012808
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Gold Key code number 90128-908
On-sale date from The Comic Reader #169.
This issue has variants:

Blast Off with Buck (Table of Contents)

Buck Rogers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mel Crawford (painting)
Inks
Mel Crawford (painting)
Colors
Mel Crawford (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction; adventure
Characters
Captain William "Buck" Rogers (Gil Gerard); Colonel Wilma Deering (Erin Gray); Twiki; Doctor Elias Huer (Tim O'Connor); Princess Ardala (Pamela Hensley); Kane (Michael Ansara)

[Part 1] (Table of Contents: 1)

Buck Rogers / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman (credited)
Pencils
Frank Bolle
Inks
Frank Bolle
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction; adventure
Characters
Buck Rogers; Wilma Deering; Twiki; Doctor Huer; Doctor Theopolis; Princess Ardala; Kane; Tigerman
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Indexer Notes

Note 1: Part 1 of the movie adaptation. Continues in 3 and 4.

Note 2: This run was based on the Universal film and the concurrent TV show. The likenesses of the characters are based on the actors involved.

Note 3: Pencils/inks: These credits are printed only in #2:
Adapted By: Paul Newman, Art By: Frank Bolle, Al McWilliams, Jose Delbo
#3 has no printed credits.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Blast Off with Buck
    Buck Rogers
  2. 1. [Part 1]
    Buck Rogers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Darrel McCann
  • Per Sandell
  • Evaristo Lito Sandoval
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)