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64-776: John Flint Dille (1884–1957) launched John Dille's National Newspaper Service in early 1917; later renaming it the John F. Dille Co. syndicate. The Dille syndicate's first successful strip was Richard A. "Dick" Clarke's Moving Picture Funnies , which debuted in February 1917 and ran until 1946. In 1922, the Dille syndicate absorbed the Uncle Ray Syndicate, founded by Ramon Coffman, and based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, mostly in order to syndicate Coffman's column Child's Story of

128-490: A 2-month summer hiatus). One episode of the show survives today. Its time slot initially was on Saturdays at 6 p.m., and each episode was 30-minutes-long. The program was later rescheduled to Tuesday at 7 p.m., where it ran against the popular Texaco Star Theatre hosted by Milton Berle . The show was sponsored by Peter Paul candy bars. The producers were trying to emulate the success of DuMont's Captain Video , but

192-473: A blizzard and are forced to crash their airship in the Arctic wastes. In order to survive until they can be rescued, they inhale their supply of Nirvano gas which puts them in a state of suspended animation. When they are eventually rescued by scientists, they learn that 500 years have passed. It is now 2440. A tyrannical dictator named Killer Kane and his henchmen now run the world. Buck and Buddy must now save

256-675: A dominant player in the syndication market in the early 1930s. In March 1930, United Features acquired the Metropolitan Newspaper Service (ostensibly from the Bell Syndicate ). And in late February 1931, Scripps acquired the New York World , which controlled the syndication arms of the Pulitzer company: World Feature Service and Press Publishing Co. (which unlike other syndicates were owned by

320-567: A full series, which started in September 1979. Glen A. Larson produced the film and the first season of the eventual series. The series starred Gil Gerard as Captain William "Buck" Rogers, a United States Air Force and NASA pilot who commands Ranger III , a Space Shuttle -like ship that is launched in 1987. When his ship flies through a space phenomenon containing a combination of gases, his ship's life support systems malfunction and he

384-467: A new comic book series with artwork by Howard Chaykin . The series was collected into a graphic novel titled Howard Chaykin's Buck Rogers Volume 1: Grievous Angels in 2014. Starting in 1933, Whitman (an imprint of Western Publishing ) produced 12 Buck Rogers Big Little Books : In 1932, the Buck Rogers radio program, notable as the first science-fiction program on radio, hit the airwaves. It

448-509: A new motion picture with OddLot Entertainment , the production company that worked with Miller on The Spirit . However, after The Spirit became a box office and critical failure, Miller's involvement with the project ended. In 2015, the producer Don Murphy announced that he was developing a Buck Rogers film based on the novella Armageddon 2419 A.D. ; however this conflicted with the Dille Family Trust, which claimed to hold

512-415: A sentient computer that Twiki often carries around. Buster Crabbe from the original serial series had a cameo in the series as well. The series ran for two seasons on NBC. Production and broadcast of the second season was delayed by several months due to the 1980 actors strike. When the series returned in early 1981, its core format had been revised. Now rather than defending Earth, Buck and Wilma were aboard

576-518: A smaller duplicate (sometimes redrawn by hand) was hand-colored with watercolors. Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, has an extensive collection of original artwork. The relations between the artists of the strip (Yager et al.) and the Syndicate became acrimonious, and in mid-1958, the artists quit. Murphy Anderson was a temporary replacement, but he did not stay long. George Tuska began drawing

640-570: A space pirate but later became Buck's friend and ally. In addition, Buck and his friends encountered various alien races. Hostile species Buck met included the Tiger Men of Mars, the dwarf-like Asterites of the Asteroid belt, and giant robots called Mekkanos. When the Sunday strip began, there was no established convention for the same character having different adventures in the Sunday strip and

704-432: A strip based on John Carter of Mars ( United Feature Syndicate , 1941–1943) which was introduced in 1941 though based on an Edgar Rice Burroughs character first seen in 1912. The adventures of Buck Rogers in comic strips, movies, radio, and television became an important part of American popular culture . Buck Rogers has been credited with bringing into popular media the concept of space exploration , following in

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768-595: A successful distributor of newspaper comics, for the first time distributing color Sunday strips . An April 1933 article in Fortune described United Features as one of the "Big Four" American syndicates (along with King Features Syndicate , Chicago Tribune Syndicate , and the Bell Syndicate ). In 1934, United Features launched its first original strip, Al Capp 's Li'l Abner . As Li'l Abner 's popularity increased, creator Capp lampooned United Features in his strip-within-a-strip, Fearless Fosdick , which featured

832-652: A torch" (the Statue of Liberty ). Using their disintegrator beams, they easily defeated the army and navy and wiped out Washington, D.C., in three hours. As the people fled the cities, the Mongols built new cities on the ruins of the major cities. The Mongols left the Americans to fend for themselves as their advanced technology prevented the need for slave labor. The scattered Americans formed loosely bound organizations or "orgs" to begin to fight back. Wilma takes Buck back to

896-540: Is frozen and left drifting in space for 504 years. By the time he is revived, he finds himself in the 25th century. There, he learns that Earth was united following a devastating global nuclear war that occurred in the late 20th century, and is now under the protection of the Earth Defense Directorate, headquartered in New Chicago. The latest threat to Earth comes from the spaceborne armies of

960-478: The Buck Rogers strip from October 1949 to January 1951, working with artist Leonard Dworkins.) Buck Rogers artist Dick Calkins ' own strip, Skyroads also launched in 1929, running until 1942. Walt Ditzen 's Fan Fare was launched in 1947, running until 1961, when it changed titles to Fun Fare , running until 1973. Cartoonist Dave Gerard began a 35-year relationship with the Dille syndicate in 1949 with his strip Viewpoint , which ran until 1953. That

1024-575: The 1933 Chicago World's Fair . John Dille Jr. (son of strip baron John F. Dille) stars in the film. It was later shown in department stores to promote Buck Rogers merchandise. It was shot in the Action Film Company studio in Chicago , Illinois , and was directed by Dr. Harlan Tarbell . A 35mm print of the film was discovered by the filmmaker's granddaughter, donated to UCLA's film and television archive, restruck and subsequently posted to

1088-630: The Newspaper Enterprise Association to form United Media Enterprises . United Media continued to syndicate strips under the United Feature Syndicate brand. In 1994, Jim Davis's company, Paws, Inc. , purchased the rights to Garfield (including the strips from 1978 to 1993) from United Features. The strip is currently distributed by Andrews McMeel Syndication , while rights for the strip remain with Paws. On February 24, 2011, United Media struck

1152-560: The San Mateo County Superior Court for an order approving the termination of the trust, distribution of assets and waiver of accounting; the case was dismissed with prejudice on April 4, 2021 and the November 2, 2020 order vacated/set aside. United Feature Syndicate United Feature Syndicate, Inc. ( UFS ) is a large American editorial column and comic strip newspaper syndication service based in

1216-547: The "Auntie's Advice" column for his father's newspaper. Yager quickly moved from inker and writer of the Buck Rogers "sub-strip" (early Sunday strips had a small sub-strip running below) to writer and artist of the Sunday strip and eventually the daily strips. Authorship of early strips is extremely difficult to ascertain. The signatures at the bottoms of the strips are not accurate indicators of authorship; Calkins' signature appears long after his involvement ended, and few of

1280-484: The 1930s comic Famous Funnies , then two appearances in Vicks Comics , both published by Eastern Color Printing . Then in 1940, Buck got his own comic entitled Buck Rogers which lasted for six issues, again published by Eastern Printing. Kelloggs Cereal Company produced two Buck Rogers giveaway comics, one in 1933 and again in 1935. In 1951, Toby Press released three issues of Buck Rogers , all reprints of

1344-583: The 25th Century , a novella which retold the origin of Buck Rogers and also summarized some of his adventures. A reprint of this work was included with the first edition of the novel Buck Rogers: A Life in the Future (1995) by Martin Caidin . Nowlan published several novellas including Armageddon 2419 A.D. , published in the August 1928 issue of Amazing Stories . The newspaper syndicator John F. Dille saw

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1408-495: The 25th Century A.D. Buck Rogers is a science fiction adventure hero and feature comic strip created by Philip Francis Nowlan first appearing in daily U.S. newspapers on January 7, 1929, and subsequently appearing in Sunday newspapers, international newspapers, books and multiple media with adaptations including radio in 1932, a serial film , a television series , and other formats. The Buck Rogers strip, published 1929–1967 and syndicated by John F. Dille Co. (later called

1472-459: The Alleghany org in what was once Philadelphia. The leaders don't believe his story at first but after undergoing electro-hypnotic tests, they believe him and admit him into their group. Other prominent characters in the strip included Buck's friend Dr. Huer, who punctuated his speech with the exclamation, "Heh!"; the villainous Killer Kane and his paramour Ardala; and Black Barney, who began as

1536-530: The Chicago WENR-TV claims. Perhaps as the show was remounted, the base of operations changed. At the time of broadcast, the ABC owned and operated WJZ-TV New York , which in 1953 became WABC-TV New York . In 1979, Buck Rogers was revived and updated for a prime-time television series for NBC Television. The pilot film was released to cinemas on March 30, 1979. Good box office returns led NBC to commission

1600-461: The Human Race . H. F. Voorhees launched a number of strips with the syndicate in the period 1924–1926, but none of them caught on. Dille launched Buck Rogers in the 25th Century A.D. on January 7, 1929; internationally popular for many decades, it ran continuously until July 8, 1967. The stripe was created by Philip Nowlan and illustrated by Dick Calkins. (John F. Dille himself ghost-wrote

1664-639: The National Newspaper Syndicate), was popular enough to inspire other newspaper syndicates to launch their own science fiction strips. The most famous of these imitators was Flash Gordon ( King Features Syndicate , 1934–2003); others included Brick Bradford ( Central Press Association , 1933–1987), Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire (Watkins Syndicate, 1935–1941), and Speed Spaulding (John F. Dille Co., 1940–1941). The Buck Rogers strip also probably inspired developing

1728-701: The United Feature comics line in 1954, a few of their titles would be continued by St. John Publications . The rest of their comic book properties were acquired by Dell Comics in 1958. In 1968, United Features syndicated about 50 features to 1500 clients. In 1972, United Features Syndicate acquired and absorbed the North American Newspaper Alliance and the Bell-McClure Syndicate into its operations. In May 1978 Scripps merged United Feature Syndicate and

1792-569: The United States and established in 1919. Originally part of E. W. Scripps Company , it was part of United Media (along with the Newspaper Enterprise Association ) from 1978 to 2011, and is now a division of Andrews McMeel Syndication . United Features has syndicated many notable comic strips, including Peanuts , Garfield , Li'l Abner , Dilbert , Monty , Nancy , Over the Hedge , and Marmaduke . United Feature Syndicate

1856-485: The abusive and corrupt "Squeezeblood Syndicate." Robert M. Hall was a sales manager at United Features starting in 1935; he left in 1944 to start the Post Syndicate . From 1936 to 1954, United Feature published their own line of comic books , using their comic strip features as characters. Lev Gleason , who in the 1940s and 1950s published a number of popular comics titles, was an editor at United Feature in

1920-435: The beginning, including the company's first title, Tip Top Comics . Three United Feature titles published more than 100 issues: Tip Top Comics (188 issues, Apr. 1936–Sept./Oct. 1954), Sparkler Comics (120 issues, July 1941–Nov./Dec. 1954), and Comics on Parade (104 issues, Apr. 1938–Feb. 1955). The company even created its own original superheroes: Iron Vic, Mirror Man, and Spark Man (none of whom caught on). After ending

1984-409: The comic strip. In 1955, an Australian company called Atlas Productions produced five issues of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century . Gold Key Comics published a single issue of a Buck Rogers comic book in 1964. A second series was based on the 1979 television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and was published from 1979 to 1982, first by Gold Key, then by Whitman Publishing , continuing

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2048-467: The daily strip (many newspapers carried one but not the other), so the Sunday strip at first followed the adventures of Buck's young friend Buddy Deering, Wilma Deering's younger brother, and Buddy's girlfriend Alura, later joined by Black Barney. It was some time before Buck himself made his first appearance in a Sunday strip. Over the years, there have been many Buck Rogers appearances in comic books as well as his own series. Buck appeared in 69 issues of

2112-483: The deep-space exploration vessel Searcher on a mission to track down the lost colonies of humanity. Tim O'Connor 's Dr. Huer was written out of the series, and replaced by: Wilfrid Hyde-White , as quirky scientist Dr. Goodfellow; and Broadway character actor Jay Garner , as Vice Admiral Efram Asimov (named after popular sci-fi author Isaac Asimov ) of the Earth Force. Also onboard was Thom Christopher playing

2176-583: The earliest daily strips, and Russell Keaton drew the earliest Sunday strips. Like many popular comic strips of the day, Buck Rogers was reprinted in Big Little Books ; illustrated text adaptations of the daily strip stories; and in a Buck Rogers pop-up book . At its peak in 1934, Buck Rogers appeared in 287 U.S. newspapers, was translated into 18 languages, and appeared in an additional 160 international papers. Keaton wanted to switch to drawing another strip written by Calkins, Skyroads , so

2240-404: The end of August, probably reappearing on the air again around Labor Day with Robert Pastene still in the lead role. (Kem Dibbs went on to have a long acting career in film and television.) Two actresses portrayed Wilma Deering: Eva Marie Saint and Lou Prentis . Two actors also played Dr. Huer: Harry Southern and Sanford Bickart . Black Barney Wade was played by Harry Kingston . The series

2304-552: The film and Michael Ansara in the series). (This was a gender reversal of the original characters, where Ardala was Killer Kane's sidekick.) Although Black Barney did not appear as a character in the series, there was a character named Barney Smith (played by James Sloyan ) who appeared in the two-part episode "The Plot to Kill a City". New characters added for the series included a comical robot named Twiki (played by Felix Silla and voiced by Mel Blanc ), who becomes Buck's personal assistant, and Dr. Theopolis (voiced by Eric Server ),

2368-472: The footsteps of literary pioneers such as Jules Verne and H. G. Wells . It was on January 22, 1930, that Buck Rogers first ventured into space aboard a rocket ship in his fifth newspaper comic story Tiger Men from Mars . This popular phenomenon paralleled the development of space technology in the 20th century and introduced Americans to outer space as a familiar environment for swashbuckling adventure. In 1933, Nowlan and Calkins co-wrote Buck Rogers in

2432-413: The library. She loved her new bicycle and rode nearly everyday. She wore it out she rode it so much. She would read the books while riding her new bike on the way home from the library. The radio series was produced and directed by Carlo De Angelo and later by Jack Johnstone. A ten-minute Buck Rogers film, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: An Interplanetary Battle with the Tiger Men of Mars , premiered at

2496-475: The minuscule budget, most of the episodes took place mainly in the secret lab. There were a number of changes to the cast during the series' short duration. Three actors played Buck Rogers in the series: Earl Hammond (who starred as Buck very briefly), Kem Dibbs (whose last appearance in the role was aired on June 3), and Robert Pastene (whose first appearance in the role was aired on June 10). The series apparently went on summer hiatus from around July 7 until

2560-504: The numbering from the 1964 single issue. TSR, Inc. published a 10-issue series based on their Buck Rogers XXVC game from 1990 to 1991. In 2009, Dynamite Entertainment began a monthly comic book version of Buck Rogers by writer Scott Beatty and artist Carlos Rafael . The first issue was released in May 2009. The series ran 13 issues (#0-12) plus an annual, later collected into 2 trade paperbacks. In 2012, Hermes Press announced

2624-431: The opportunity for a science fiction-based comic strip. After Nowlan and Dille enlisted editorial cartoonist Dick Calkins as the illustrator, Nowlan created the comic strip about life some 500 years hence titled Buck Rogers. Some have suggested that Dille coined that name based on the 1920s cowboy actor Buck Jones . On January 7, 1929, the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century A.D. comic strip debuted. (Coincidentally, this

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2688-433: The other artists signed the artwork, while many pages are unsigned. Yager probably had complete control of Buck Rogers Sunday strips from about 1940 on, with Len Dworkins joining later as assistant. Dick Locher was also an assistant in the 1950s. The strip's artists also worked on a variety of tie-in promotions such as comic books, toys, and model rockets. All strips began as India ink drawings on Strathmore paper, and

2752-510: The paper rather than being separate entities). The Metropolitan Newspaper Service acquisition brought over the comic strips Tarzan and Ella Cinders . The World Feature Service acquisition brought over the comic strips The Captain and the Kids , Everyday Movies , Fritzi Ritz , Hawkshaw the Detective , Joe Jinks , and Little Mary Mixup . From this point, United Features became

2816-479: The planet Draconia, which is planning an invasion. Co-starring in the series were Erin Gray as crack Starfighter pilot Colonel Wilma Deering, and Tim O'Connor as Dr. Elias Huer, head of Earth Defense Directorate, and a former starpilot himself. The main recurring antagonists were Ardala (played by Pamela Hensley ), a Draconian princess supervising her father's armies, and her enforcer Kane (played by Henry Silva in

2880-538: The rights of the franchise. In February 2019, the Dille Family Trust entered into a settlement agreement with the Nowlan Family Trust selling the Trust's assets and assigning the Dille Family Trust's intellectual property rights to Buck Rogers to the Nowlan Family Trust; the case was dismissed with prejudice on March 4, 2019. Subsequently, the Dille Family Trust filed for an adjudication and termination of

2944-401: The role of Hawk, a stoic birdman in search of other members of his ancient race. The revamp was unsuccessful and the series was canceled at the end of the 1980–1981 season. Two novels based on the series by Addison E. Steele were published, a novelization of the 1979 feature film, and That Man on Beta , an adaptation of an unproduced teleplay. Frank Miller was slated to write and direct

3008-580: The roof behind me caved in and ... Buck is rendered unconscious, and a strange gas preserves him in a suspended animation or coma state. He awakens and emerges from the mine in 2429 AD, in the midst of another war. After rescuing Wilma, he proves his identity by showing her his American Legion button. She then explains how the Mongol Reds emerged from the Gobi desert to conquer Asia and Europe and then attacked America starting with that "big idol holding

3072-411: The series probably failed as a result of its minuscule budget. The decision to put the show on a summer hiatus for almost two months also undercut efforts to build an audience. In the 1950 TV series, Buck Rogers finds himself in the year 2430. Based in a secret lab in a cave behind Niagara Falls (the city of Niagara was now the capital of the world), Buck battles intergalactic troublemakers. Due to

3136-555: The strip in 1959 and remained until the final installment of the original comic strip, which was published on July 8, 1967. At that point, Buck Rogers appeared in only 28 newspapers. Artist/writer credits: Art assistants: Revived in 1979 by the New York Times Syndicate , the strip was produced by Gray Morrow and Jim Lawrence . Shortened to Buck Rogers in the 25th Century in 1980, long-time comic book writer Cary Bates signed on in 1981, continuing until

3200-424: The strip's 1983 finale. The first three frames of the series set the scene for Buck's "leap" 500 years into Earth's future: I was 20 years old when they stopped the world war and mustered me out of the air service. I got a job surveying the lower levels of an abandoned mine near Pittsburgh , in which the atmosphere had a peculiar pungent tang and the crumbling rock glowed strangely. I was examining it when suddenly

3264-475: The studded leather belt that Crabbe wore in Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars turned up as part of Buck's uniform. Between 1953 and the mid-1970s, this film serial was edited into three distinct feature film versions. The first version of Buck Rogers to appear on television debuted on ABC on April 15, 1950, and ran until January 30, 1951. There were a total of 36 black and white episodes in all (allowing for

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3328-538: The syndicate advertised for an assistant and hired Rick Yager in 1932. Yager had formal art training at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and was a talented watercolor artist; all the strips were done in ink and watercolor. Yager also had connections with the Chicago newspaper industry, since his father, Charles Montross Yager, was the publisher of The Modern Miller ; Rick Yager was at one time employed to write

3392-467: The syndicate by his son Robert Crabtree Dille. Popular National Newspaper strips from the 1960s included Win Mortimer 's Larry Brannon , Elizabeth Brozowska's Geraldine , Bill Lignante 's Let's Explore Your Mind (1962–1971), and Woody's World (1963–1979), originally by John Holm. In 1968 the syndicate was offering about 35 features to about 650 client newspapers. Robert Dille died in 1983, and

3456-508: The syndicate faded away by 1984. Robert's son, Flint Dille , is an accomplished screenwriter, game designer and novelist. He is part of the Dille Family Trust, which owned the rights to the Buck Rogers character. The Syndicate ran one of the earliest marriage advice columns. Written by Paul Popenoe , it ran from 1947 to 1972. At first called "Modern Marriage", its name was changed to "Your Family and You" in 1958. Buck Rogers in

3520-491: The trust in a Lawrence County, Pennsylvania court. On April 4, 2019, the beneficiaries of the Dille Family Trust filed an ex parte partition in the Los Angeles County Superior Court to appoint the beneficiaries as co-trustees of the trust; the case was dismissed with prejudice on July 11, 2019. Again, on October 29, 2020, the beneficiaries of the Dille Family Trust filed an ex parte partition in

3584-569: The web. It is available on the VCI Entertainment DVD 70th Anniversary release of the 1939 Buck Rogers serial . The characters featured include Buck Rogers, Wilma Deering , Dr. Huer, Killer Kane , Ardala, King Grallo of the Martian Tiger Men, and robots. A 12-part Buck Rogers serial film was produced in 1939 by Universal Pictures Company. Buck Rogers ( Buster Crabbe ) and his young friend Buddy Wade get caught in

3648-538: The world, and they do so with the help of Lieutenant Wilma Deering and Prince Tallen of Saturn. The serial had a small budget and saved money on special effects by reusing material from other stories: background shots from the futuristic musical Just Imagine (1930), as the city of the future, the garishly stenciled walls from the Azura palace set in Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars , as Kane's penthouse suite, and even

3712-458: Was also the date that the Tarzan comic strip began, distributed by United Feature Syndicate .) Buck Rogers was initially syndicated to 47 newspapers. On March 30, 1930, a Sunday strip joined the Buck Rogers daily strip . Writer Nowlan told the inventor R. Buckminster Fuller in 1930 that "he frequently used [Fuller's] concepts for his cartoons". Dick Calkins , an advertising artist, drew

3776-409: Was broadcast in four separate runs with varying schedules. Initially broadcast as a 15-minute show on CBS from 7 November 1932, it was on a Monday through Thursday schedule. In 1936, it moved to a Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule and went off the air in May of that year. Mutual brought the show back and broadcast it three days a week from April to July 1939 and from May to July 1940, a 30-minute version

3840-426: Was broadcast on Saturdays. From September 1946 to March 1947, Mutual aired a 15-minute version on weekdays. The radio show again related the story of our hero Buck finding himself in the 25th century. Actors Matt Crowley , Curtis Arnall, Carl Frank and John Larkin all voiced him at various times. The beautiful and strong-willed Wilma Deering was portrayed by Adele Ronson, and the brilliant scientist-inventor Dr. Huer

3904-577: Was directed by Babette Henry , written by Gene Wyckoff and produced by Joe Cates and Babette Henry . The series was broadcast live from station WENR-TV , the ABC affiliate in Chicago . There is one known surviving kinescope of this first Buck Rogers television series, airdate 12-19-50, episode title "Ghost in the House". The surviving episode states it originated from ABC in New York, casting some doubt on

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3968-408: Was formed in 1919. From 1922 to 1958, United Features was the column, feature (and comics) division of Scripps' United Press Association . Authors syndicated by United Features in its early years included Frank A. Vanderlip , Octavus Roy Cohen , David Lloyd George , Vicente Blasco Ibáñez , Herbert Hoover , Sinclair Lewis , Benito Mussolini , Édouard Herriot , and Heywood Broun . It became

4032-528: Was played by Edgar Stehli. In about 1946 the Buck Rogers Radio Show sponsored a contest to name Buck Roger's spaceship. A 10 year old Ann Baker from Menlo Park, who listened to the show regularly with her 9 year old younger brother Wally, decided to enter the contest. She entered the name lightning Comet and was one of the winners. Her prize was a brand new white bicycle with blue trim and an attached basket which she used to hold her books from

4096-515: Was succeeded by the popular strip Will-Yum , which ran from 1953 to 1966. Gerard's City Hall strip ran from 1967 to 1984. The Dille syndicate launched Brad Anderson 's Marmaduke in 1954, carrying the panel until c. 1970, when it moved to United Feature Syndicate . At some point in the mid-1950s, the syndicate was renamed the National Newspaper Syndicate . John F. Dille died in 1957, succeeded as general manager of

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