Buck Rogers (Gold Key/Whitman)

    (Gold Key, 1964, 1979-1981)
©1964 National Newspaper Syndicate

Based on a concurrent television series with the same premise, this title updates the 1930s cliffhanger science-fiction hero for a contemporary audience. Buck Rogers of the 1930s lived in the 1980s. This Buck Rogers, circa 1979, has traveled through time to the 25th century, where spaceships and his intergalactic struggle against the nefarious Princess Ardala seem more plausible to the current audience. Buck’s girlfriend, Wilma Deering, enjoys an update as well. Rather than a damsel in distress, she’s now a colonel of the Earth Directorate, aiding Buck in his fight against evil.

Buck Rogers himself is still the swashbuckling adventurer he always was; a character who has equal appeal no matter what century he is in.
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Buck Rogers (Gold Key/Whitman) #1

October, 1964
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $58.00 		  
Buck Rogers (Gold Key/Whitman) #2

August, 1979
Cover Price: $0.40
3 copies available from $3.00 		Paul S. NewmanFrank W. Bolle
Buck Rogers (Gold Key/Whitman) #2 Variation A

August, 1979
Cover Price: $0.40
2 copies available from $2.75 		Paul S. NewmanFrank W. Bolle
Buck Rogers (Gold Key/Whitman) #3

September, 1979
Cover Price: $0.40
5 copies available from $3.25 		Paul S. NewmanAl McWilliams
Buck Rogers (Gold Key/Whitman) #3 Variation A

September, 1979
Cover Price: $0.40
3 copies available from $4.50 		Paul S. NewmanAl McWilliams
Buck Rogers (Gold Key/Whitman) #4

October, 1979
Cover Price: $0.40
5 copies available from $1.90 		Paul S. NewmanFrank W. Bolle
Buck Rogers (Gold Key/Whitman) #4 Variation A

October, 1979
Cover Price: $0.40
3 copies available from $4.98 		Paul S. NewmanFrank W. Bolle
Buck Rogers (Gold Key/Whitman) #5

December, 1979
Cover Price: $0.40
3 copies available from $2.25 		Paul S. NewmanAl McWilliams
Buck Rogers (Gold Key/Whitman) #6

February, 1980
Cover Price: $0.40
1 copy available for $7.50 		  
Buck Rogers (Gold Key/Whitman) #6 Variation A

February, 1980
Cover Price: $0.40
1 copy available for $59.00 		  
Buck Rogers (Gold Key/Whitman) #7

April, 1980
Cover Price: $0.40
2 copies available from $4.75 		  
Buck Rogers (Gold Key/Whitman) #11

February, 1981
Cover Price: $0.50
3 copies available from $4.99 		  
Buck Rogers (Gold Key/Whitman) #12

July, 1981
Cover Price: $0.50
2 copies available from $9.00 		B.S. Watson 
Buck Rogers (Gold Key/Whitman) #13

October, 1981
Cover Price: $0.50
3 copies available from $2.55 		B.S. WatsonMike Roy
Buck Rogers (Gold Key/Whitman) #14

February, 1982
Cover Price: $0.60
3 copies available from $2.75 		B.S. WatsonMike Roy
Buck Rogers (Gold Key/Whitman) #14 Variation A

February, 1982
Cover Price: $0.60
1 copy available for $16.00 		White Whitman Logo; White Whitman logo B.S. WatsonMike Roy
Buck Rogers (Gold Key/Whitman) #15


Cover Price: $0.60
2 copies available from $8.50 		Yellow Whitman Logo; Yellow Whitman logo B.S. WatsonMike Roy
Buck Rogers (Gold Key/Whitman) #15 Variation A


Cover Price: $0.60
4 copies available from $3.00 		White Whitman Logo; White Whitman logo B.S. WatsonMike Roy
Buck Rogers (Gold Key/Whitman) #16 Variation A

May, 1982
Cover Price: $0.60
1 copy available for $12.00 		White Whitman Logo; Final Issue; White Whitman logo B.S. WatsonMike Roy