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The story of Buck Rogers, an astronaut from 20th century, who awakens after remaining dormant for 500 years and attempts to save the earth from an evil ruler.

Buck Rogers has enjoyed incarnations in books, comic strips, movies, radio and television, a run that began in the 1920s. That included a feature serial from Universal in 1939 that starred Buster Crabbe, and a short-lived NBC series that starred Gil Gerard.