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From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
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Subject: Re: (Tears) The Collected Works of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Date: 13 Apr 2025 17:33:30 GMT
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In article <1lnnvjh4rhd3k3nvt40g5cp72jkjrkt553@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>On Sun, 13 Apr 2025 13:05:04 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
>Nicoll) wrote:
>
>>
>>The Collected Works of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
>>By Philip Francis Nowlan & Dick Calkins, Edited by Robert C. Dille 
>>
>>A 20th century American wakes in the bewildering 25th century.
>>
>>https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/on-my-way-to-mars
>
>Although the name "Buck Rogers" is known, apparently I never read any
>of the comic strips. So the review was very interesting and
>informative.
>
>The inserted panels, incidentally, expand when opened on a new tab so
>that the text, while fuzzy, is readable. 
>
>I am sorry to read that this joins the group of books named "The
>Collected Works of" when they are, in fact, only "Some Collected Works
>of". I am familiar with this from reading older authors in Kindle
>omnibus editions. One is tempted to blame Marketing.
>-- 

As far as I know, there is no project that has ever or is contemplating
reprinting the complete run of the BR comic strip as there is for Thimble
Theater, Pogo, Dick Tracy, Calvin & Hobbes, Peanuts, & Barnaby for
example.

There are various other reprints which hit additional bits & pieces
including several of the reboots. 

To my recall, the last book reprints of the seminal stories were somewhat
bowlderized by Spider Robinson, but the originals are available on
Project Gutenberg:

	Armageddon -- 2419 A.D. by Philip Francis Nowlan
	https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32530

	The Airlords of Han by Philip Francis Nowlan
	https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25438

The last reboot that I am aware of was in comics by Howard Chaykin
which cast early 20th Buck as a Wobblie (because Chaykin...) and
thus very forward thinking about racial equality.
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