Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Newspaper Sundays
Now for the first time see five complete years of the world's greatest sci-fi newspaper strip in one volume! Reprinting the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century strips in full color in their original tabloid format, see the gorgeous artwork of Russell Keaton and Rick Yager painstakingly reconstructed in vibrant tones and hues. After a long delay, this volume has finally been published. And the wait has been worth it. This is the best looking reproduction of Buck Rogers that I have ever seen!
Volume 1 reprints Sundays from 1930-1935. Hardcover with deluxe dustjacket and endpapers; 100 pound matte finish coated stock paper; 256 pages; 12" x 11", full color. $60.00

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Newspaper Dailies
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, the first, best, and original science-fiction newspaper strip is back! Hermes Press has begun a complete reprinting of the ground-breaking newspaper strip that got America hooked on Science-Fiction. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century has it all: space ships, anti-gravity belts, space pirates, damsels in distress, invaders from other worlds, nefarious villains, and, of course, heroes. Comic strip historian Maurice Horn notes that Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, �Introduced most of the staples of science-fiction plotting� to the American public�as well as to everyone else in the world who read it. Hermes Press will issue a volume of dailies every five months and one volume of Sundays every year, completely documenting this historically important science-fiction/adventure saga over a period of five years. Each volume will feature an essay on the strip by a leading science-fiction author to place the series in historical perspective along with documentary materials and production artwork. Award winning Sci-Fi writer and popular culture historian Ron Goulart says, �In the annals of sci-fi there is no more important series than Buck Rogers, it set the standards for action, humor, and suspense that have rarely been equaled since the strip premiered in 1929.� Hermes Press is using the original engraver�s proofs as the source for these reprints so the strip will look better than when it was originally printed. For the Sunday version of the strip, which will be released next year, �Hermes Press will digitally recolor all of the Sundays so this complete version of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century will be the definitive version of the most important sci-fi strip ever." Science Fiction legend Ray Bradbury, author of The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and Fahrenheit 451, credits Buck Rogers with sparking his imagination and interest in the future and so have generations of youngsters and their parents; see and experience the thrill and awe of the precursor of Star Trek, Star Wars, and every other science fiction story to come after it, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century!
Volume 1 reprints dailies from 1929-1930. Hardcover with deluxe dustjacket and endpapers; 100 pound matte finish coated stock paper; 336 pages; special 16 page color section with an introduction by cultural historian and sci-fi writer Ron Goulart and documentary materials; first book in a series to present the complete Buck Rogers daily and Sunday strips, 9" x 12" landscape format; 2 years of the strip presented in Volume One, starting with the first strip dated January 7, 1929. $39.99.
Volume 2 reprints dailies from 1930-1932. Hardcover, 320 black & white pages. $39.99
Volume 3 reprints dailies from 1932-1934. Hardcover, 320 black & white pages. $39.99