Buck Rogers is one of the greatest comic strips of all time. I'm here for the '39 TV show, but the space opera made its debut in Amazing Stories, August
Buster Crabbe Archives
The property has inspired many different takes on the character including multiple comic series, film serials starring Buster Crabbe (1936-1940), the classic 1980 movie starring Sam Jones with music by Queen and a recent television series on SyFy (2007-2008).
George Lucas has said on many occasions that he originally wanted to remake the Flash Gordon serials,[...]