Old Time Science Fiction Adventure Serials #SciFiSunday

The first popular sciene fiction hit was a show called Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. It was a radio adventure serial aimed at young people, and like many things aimed at young people, everybody ended up digging it. Nowadays anyone with an internet connection can hear old time radio serials. Here’s more from the Old Time Radio Catalog:

The first science fiction old time radio shows were primary adventure serial shows intended for juveniles co-opted with a scientific theme, most notably Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. These shows for children tended to glamorize scientific progress and featuring larger than life heroes.

Buck Rogers…was first published in “Amazing Stories” in 1928 and the adventure hero moved to comic strips, film, movies, radio, and eventually television. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was one of the earliest of the juvenile adventure serials of the 1930s and aired four times a week from 1932 through 1947.  While working in a mine, Anthony (Buck) Rogers was in exposed to a gas that left him in suspended animation until the 25th century.  With the help of Wilma Dearing (Adele Ronson) and the scientist and inventor Dr. Huer (Edgar Stehli), Buck Rogers fights evil warlords of the future.

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