List of Buck Rogers Comic Strips - Original Series Sunday Comic Strip Stories

Original Series Sunday Comic Strip Stories

  • S01 - "Golden Princess of Mars" (3/30/30 to 6/15/30) (Series I, Strips 1 to 12)
  • S02 - "Fish Men of Planet ‘X’" (6/22/30 to 9/7/30) (Series I, Strips 13 to 24)
  • S03 - "Mysterious Saturnian" (9/14/30 to 11/30/30) (Series I, Strips 25 to 36)
  • S04 - "Marooned on Venus" (12/7/30 to 7/12/31) (Series I, Strips 37 to 68)
  • S05 - "Land of Mystery" (7/19/31 to 10/25/31) (Series I, Strips 69 to 83)
  • S06 - "Prisoners of Alpha Centaurians" (11/1/31 to 1/24/32) (Series I, Strips 84 to 96)
  • S07 - "Attacked by Mercurians" (1/31/32 to 8/7/32) (Series I, Strips 97 to 124)
  • S08 - "Remaking Ancient Aster" (8/14/32 to 11/27/32) (Series I, Strips 125 to 140)
  • S09 - "Locket of Madness" (12/4/32 to 2/26/33) (Series I, Strips 141 to 153)
  • S10 - "Prophet of the Fire Demon" (3/5/33 to 5/21/33) (Series I, Strips 154 to 165)
  • S11 - "Enslaving the Giants" (5/28/33 to 12/10/33) (Series I, Strips 166 to 194)
  • S12 - "Amazons of Venus" (12/17/33 to 5/6/34) (Series I, Strips 195 to 215)
  • S13 - "Strange Adventures in the Spider Ship" (5/13/34 to 10/21/34) (Series I, Strips 216 to 239)
  • S14 - "Mekkanos of Planet Vulcan" (10/28/34 to 1/6/35) (Series I, Strips 240 to 250) (A)
  • S15 - "Exploring the Water Moon of Mercury" (1/13/35 to 3/17/35) (Series I, Strips 251 to 260)
  • S16 - "Fleeing the Long Night" (3/24/35 to 6/2/35) (Series I, Strips 261 to 271)
  • S17 - "Masked Sky Pirates" (6/9/35 to 12/15/35) (Series I, Strips 272 to 299)
  • S18 - "Menace of Mura" (12/22/35 to 8/16/36) (Series I, Strips 300 to 334)
  • S19 - "Invaders From a Dying World" (8/23/36 to 11/15/36) (Series I, Strips 335 to 347)
  • S20 - "The Mind of Minds" (11/22/36 to 1/17/37) (Series I, Strips 348 to 356)
  • S21 - "Wilma to the Rescue" (1/24/37 to 4/25/37) (Series I, Strips 357 to 370)
  • S22 - "War With Venus" (5/2/37 to 10/10/37) (Series I, Strips 371 to 394) (B)
  • S23 - "Mysterious New World" (10/17/37 to 6/5/38) (Series I, Strips 395 to 428)
  • S24 - "Secret City of Mechanical Men" (6/12/38 to 9/18/38) (Series I, Strips 429 to 443)
  • S25 - "Earth Shifts on Axis" (9/25/38 to 12/18/38) (Series I, Strips 444 to 456)
  • S26 - "Martian Invasion of Earth" (12/25/38 to 10/20/40) (Series I, Strips 457 to 552) (1)
  • S27 - "N.E.L.D.A. (No Earthman Leaves Doomar Alive)" (10/27/40 to 3/9/41) (Series I, Strips 553 to 572)
  • S28 - "The Four Powers of Doomar" (3/16/41 to 2/8/42) (Series I, Strips 573 to 600, Series II, Strips 1 to 20) (C), (2)
  • S29 - "Planet of the Rising Sun" (2/15/42 to 1/30/44) (Series II, Strips 21 to 122) (D), (E), (3)
  • S30 - "Parchment of the Golden Crescent" (2/6/44 to 3/11/45) (Series II, Strips 123 to 180) (4)
  • S31 - "Misadventures of Admiral Cornplaster" (3/18/45 to 12/1/46) (Series II, Strips 181 to 270) (5)
  • S32 - "Battle on the Moon" (12/8/46 to 8/1/48) (Series II, Strips 271 to 357) (F), (6)
  • S33 - "Escape from the Martian Fortress" (8/8/48 to 2/20/49) (Series II, Strips 358 to 386)
  • S34 - "Venusian Vaporizing Mystery" (2/27/49 to 7/10/49) (Series II, Strips 387 to 406)
  • S35 - "The Eye of the Universe" (7/17/49 to 11/6/49) (Series II, Strips 407 to 423)
  • S36 - "Invasion of the Green Ray Smackers" (11/13/49 to 1/29/50) (Series II, Strips 424 to 435)
  • S37 - "Martian Undersea Threat" (2/5/50 to 6/18/50) (Series II, Strips 436 to 455)
  • S38 - "The Treasure of Benito" (6/25/50 to 12/3/50) (Series II, Strips 456 to 479)
  • S39 - "Mystery Planet" (12/10/50 to 6/3/51) (Series II, Strips 480 to 505)
  • S40 - "The Space Hermit" (6/10/51 to 8/12/51) (Series II, Strips 506 to 515)
  • S41 - "Great Za" (8/19/51 to 10/21/51) (Series II, Strips 516 to 525)
  • S42 - "Cadet's First Flight" (10/28/51 to 12/23/51) (Series III, Strips 100 to 108) (G)
  • S43 - "Hidden Martian Moon Base" (12/30/51 to 5/4/52) (Series III, Strips 109 to 127)
  • S44 - "Space Pirates" (5/11/52 to 9/28/52) (Series III, Strips 128 to 148)
  • S45 - "Trespassing on Incuba" (10/5/52 to 6/14/53) (Series III, Strips 149 to 185)
  • S46 - "Immorta Vapor" (6/21/53 to 10/18/53) (Series III, Strips 186 to 203)
  • S47 - "Plot to Steal Squadron X-99" (10/25/53 to 4/18/54) (Series III, Strips 204 to 229)
  • S48 - "Returning the Sacred Pearls" (4/25/54 to 11/21/54) (Series III, Strips 230 to 260)
  • S49 - "Prisoner of Zopar" (11/28/54 to 6/26/55) (Series III, Strips 261 to 291)
  • S50 - "Brand O' Mars" (7/3/55 to 1/8/56) (Series III, Strips 292 to 319) (H)
  • S51 - "The Invisible Martian" (1/15/56 to 7/1/56) (Series III, Strips 320 to 344)
  • S52 - "Mad Meteors" (7/8/56 to 12/23/56) (Series III, Strips 345 to 369)
  • S53 - "Land of the Sleeping Giant" (12/30/56 to 6/30/57) (Series III, Strips 370 to 396)
  • S54 - "Moment-Zero on Videa" (7/7/57 to 1/12/58) (Series III, Strips 397 to 424)
  • S55 - "Operation Moon-Pull" (1/19/58 to 5/11/58) (Series III, Strips 425 to 428)
  • S56 - "Search For Impervium" (5/18/58 to 9/28/58)
  • S57 - "Supernova Threat" (10/5/58 to 1/11/59)
  • S58 - "California Earthquake Plot" (1/18/59 to 4/19/59)
  • S59 - "Rebels of Uras" (4/26/59 to 8/16/59) (I)
  • S60 - "Stolen Zero-Bomb Formula" (8/23/59 to 12/13/59)
  • S61 - "Greetings to Earth From Elektrum" (12/20/59 to 4/3/60)
  • S62 - "Revolt of the Dwarf Princess" (4/10/60 to 7/10/60)
  • S63 - "Caltechium Heist" (7/17/60 to 10/16/60)
  • S64 - "Imperfect Duplicator " (10/23/60 to 2/12/61)
  • S65 - "Shape Changing Elixir" (2/19/61 to 5/21/61) (J)
  • S66 - "Water Polo Caper" (5/28/61 to 8/27/61)
  • S67 - "Greatest Gourmet on Tour" (9/3/61 to 12/17/61)
  • S68 - "The Richest Man in the Universe" (12/24/61 to 4/15/62)
  • S69 - "Security Risk!" (4/22/62 to 7/22/62)
  • S70 - "Googie and Carol" (7/29/62 to 10/14/62)
  • S71 - "Space Survival Kit" (10/21/62 to 1/6/63)
  • S72 - "Huk's Hostage" (1/13/63 to 3/31/63)
  • S73 - "The Old Toymaker" (4/7/63 to 6/30/63)
  • S74 - "Heart Central" (7/7/63 to 9/29/63)
  • S75 - "Exploring Transient-101" (10/6/63 to 1/5/64)
  • S76 - "Human Chess" (1/12/64 to 3/22/64)
  • S77 - "Interplanetary Olympic Games" (3/29/64 to 7/5/64)
  • S78 - "Slippery Circus Clown" (7/12/64 to 9/27/64)
  • S79 - "Alfie the Inventive Genius" (10/4/64 to 12/27/64)
  • S80 - "A New Brain" (1/3/65 to 3/21/65)
  • S81 - "Big Game Hunt" (3/28/65 to 6/13/65)

Notes:

  • General - The term "series" refers to a new numbering sequence and are differentiated using Roman numerals. The dates used for strips that contained only strip numbers (prior to 2/16/58) are the dates these strips ran in most newspapers. Some newspapers ran the strips several months behind. At two points in the strip's run "extra" individual strips were run that ran in a limited number of papers.
  • (A) - Beginning with strip number 243, a one-tier "sub-strip" was included at the bottom of the Sunday page in some papers that ran the strip in a tabloid format. They contained a storyline independent of the story in the main Sunday strip.
  • (B) - The sub-strip was dropped after Sunday strip number 380 with the final storyline left unresolved.
  • (C) - The last full-page format Sunday was strip number 578 (4/20/41)
  • (D) - There was an un-numbered "extra" strip between strip numbers 54 and 55 that did not run in all papers
  • (E) - Strip number 10½ was an "extra" strip between strip numbers 110 and 111 that did not run in all papers
  • (F) - Strip number 314 was misnumbered 214
  • (G) - The third strip numbering series began with number 100
  • (H) - The strip that should have been numbered 296 contains no strip number
  • (I) - The Sunday and daily strip began running the same storyline with this story
  • (J) - The Sunday strip once again began running the stories independent of the daily strip with this story

Six of the Sunday stories by Rick Yager contained multiple sub-plots that are broken out as follows:

  • (1) - S26 - Martian Invasion of Earth:
    • Part 1 - "Captured by Tigermen" (Series I, Strips 457 to 480)
    • Part 2 - "The Island of Doom" (Series I, Strips 481 to 506)
    • Part 3 - "Flight of the Ghost Ship" (Series I, Strips 507 to 538)
    • Part 4 - "The Red Ray" (Series I, Strips 539 to 552)
  • (2) - S28 - The Four Powers of Doomar:
    • Part 1 - "Hydro" (Series I, Strips 573 to 581)
    • Part 2 - "Scorpia" (Series I, Strips 582 to 597)
    • Part 3 - "Arcto" (Series I, Strips 598 to 600, Series II, Strips 1 to 6)
    • Part 4 - "Hexxo" (Series II, Strips 7 to 20)
  • (3) - S29 - Planet of the Rising Sun:
    • Part 1 - "Through the Door of No Return" (Series II, Strips 21 to 58)
    • Part 2 - "The Mission of 99-Zero" (Series II, Strips 59 to 77)
    • Part 3 - "Marooned on the Planet of the Rising Sun" (Series II, Strips 78 to 101)
    • Part 4 - "Arrival of the Mysterious Sky Wizard" (Series II, Strips 102 to 122)
  • (4) - S30 - Parchment of the Golden Crescent:
    • Part 1 - "Enslaved in Niarb's Mind Foundry" (Series II, Strips 132 to 143)
    • Part 2 - "Treasure Hunting on Llore" (Series II, Strips 144 to 180)
  • (5) - S31 - Misadventures of Admiral Cornplaster:
    • Part 1 - "Voyage of the Golden Spaceship El Dorado" (Series II, Strips 181 to 216)
    • Part 2 - "Trapped on Tantoris" (Series II, Strips 217 to 250)
    • Part 3 - "The Terrible Creations of Dr. Nameless" (Series II, Strips 251 to 270)
  • (6) - S32 - Battle on the Moon:
    • Part 1 - "Moon Song's Misfortune" (Series II, Strips 271 to 285)
    • Part 2 - "The Ring and Arrow Boys" (Series II, Strips 286 to 302)
    • Part 3 - "Enter Commodore Pounce" (Series II, Strips 303 to 321)
    • Part 4 - "Dogfight for the Uranium Fields" (Series II, Strips 322 to 357)

Artist/Writer credits:

  • Mar 1930 to Sep 1933 – Russell Keaton (a), Philip Nowlan (w)
  • Oct 1933 to Apr 1937 – Rick Yager (a), Philip Nowlan (w)
  • May 1937 to June 1958 – Rick Yager (a), Rick Yager (w)
  • July 1958 to Apr 1959 – Murphy Anderson (a), ??? (w)
  • Apr 1959 to Apr 1960 – George Tuska (a), Jack Lehti (w)
  • Apr 1960 to Feb 1961 – George Tuska (a), Howard Liss (w)
  • Feb 1961 to May 1961 – George Tuska (a), Ray Russell (w)
  • May 1961 to Dec 1961 – George Tuska (a), Fritz Lieber (w)
  • Dec 1961 to Jun 1965 – George Tuska (a), Howard Liss (w)

Art Assistants:

  • 1951 to 1956 - Leonard Dworkins
  • 1957 to 1958 - William Juhre

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