Description

Description: This 1937 Buck Rogers’ Secret Code Book features an image of the science fiction comic book hero Buck Rogers standing on planet Earth, one foot planted on North America, his head at the level of the stars and Saturn. The lined paper notebook once belonged to a Melvin Smith of Valatie, New York, who wrote his name on the exterior and interior of the front cover, and has filled out the first three pages with names and addresses (most of which have been since crossed out). The rear cover has an explanation of how to use the Solar Scouts’ Zodion Code, an invention of the world of Buck Rogers.

5 1/2″ x 3 1/2″. Item #DA00472

Buck Rogers is a science fiction adventure hero and feature comic strip created by Philip Francis Nowlan first appearing in daily American newspapers on January 7, 1929. Buck Rogers has been credited with bringing into popular media the concept of space exploration, following in 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.

Condition: Front wrap and the written-on pages have some paper separation at either end of spiral binding, front wrap also has marks from rubbing and the bottom right corner is creased.