Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
#6
[Gold Key]
(February 1980)
Western,
1979 Series
- Price
- 0.40 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Five times a year in February, August, September, October, and December
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Barcode
- 0335009012802
- Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
- 90128-002
- Editing
- Michael Teitelbaum (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
Ambushed in Anarchia!
Buck Rogers / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure
- Characters
- Buck Rogers; Wilma Deering
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The Deserted City
Captain America; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What madness can inspire an entire population to desert the city?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; The Mad Deserter
- Synopsis
- Captain America fights the Mad Deserter, who is using his "Deserter Ray" to make people leave their jobs and families. A helping of fruit pies for everyone foils the plan.
The Hostage
Buck Rogers / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Paul S. Newman (credited)
- Pencils
- Al McWilliams (credited as A. McWilliams)
- Inks
- Al McWilliams (credited as A. McWilliams)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure
- Characters
- Buck Rogers; Wilma Deering; Twiki; Dr. Theopolis; Dr. Huer
- Synopsis
- Wilma learns that her brother, banished to Anarchia for a crime he didn't commit, is still alive and braves the radioactive ruins to find him.
- Reprints
in 
in 
in Indexer Notes
Wilma having a brother was never mentioned in the TV series (which was still ongoing at the time).
Looney Tunes - Join the Fun!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Yosemite Sam; Daffy Duck; Wile E. Coyote; Road Runner; Sylvester; Tweety; Elmer Fudd; Bugs Bunny
- Synopsis
- Ad promoting Gold Key Comics' stable of Looney Tunes character-based comics.
Indexer Notes
Located between p. 20 and 21 of the main story.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Ambushed in Anarchia!
Buck Rogers -
1.
The Deserted City
Captain America; Hostess Fruit Pies -
2.
The Hostage
Buck Rogers -
3.
Looney Tunes - Join the Fun!
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- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Alex Frazer-Harrison
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Clint Maxwell
- Jim Van Dore
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