One-Sheet (27" x 41") ; Chapter 5 "The Phantom Plane"
Fine- on Linen
Universal, 1939
With the advent of a runaway success with Universal Pictures Flash Gordon serials, the studio was game to pursue another science fiction star of the comics, Buck Rogers. This is a beautiful and scarce one-sheet to Chapter 5 of the 12-chapter serial.
This poster on linen has had professional restoration work to previous issues, including a missing section in the lower left corner, slight paper loss above Crabbe's right eye and a small tear in the left, some chipping off the lower right corner, and pinholes, including in the upper corners. The folds have also been carefully done, including the center fold cross point and sporadic airbrushing of the borders, but the poster now presents very attractively.
Flash Gordon star Buster Crabbe took a sabbatical as Buck Rogers in this Universal serial about the 20th century soldier who wakes up in the future after 500 years in suspended animation and has to fight the villain "Killer" Kane (Anthony Warde).
Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000
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