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I'm really happy today! For our annivesary my wife bought me the Buck Rogers collection that I've been wanting.

I've literally been wanting this for about 30 years! Yeah I'm old enough to have wanted something for about 30 years...

I've mentioned before in the blog that I read a Buck Rogers collection while in elementary school. It was great, but this is WAY cooler. This is a collection of EVERY existing Buck Rogers daily comic. Well, not all in this one book, but this is the first in the set that will eventually contain them all. They are also going to release a separate collection of Sunday comics.

One word of warning... some of the ideas and attitudes don't play well with modern sensibilites. The depiction of the Mongols is pretty jarring to say the least, but like everything else it must be taken in the context of its time.

I've always loved the idea of the anti-gravity belt and rocket pistol Buck and Wilma used. One particular story line I enjoyed pitted Buck against an evil Martian in ship to ship combat in the atmosphere. I loved the strip where Buck's ship had lost its weapons, so he blows the canopy and fires his pistol at his enemy. Very WWI bi-plane style action. Remember that Buck was an aviator in WWI. I also liked the fact that he had been a Boy Scout and showed off his mad skilz with a bow to Wilma while lost in the forest. Woot! Go Buck!

I highly recommend the book for anyone who likes newspaper comics and science fiction. Don't forget I've added it to my little Amazon Book Store and would be very appreciative if you bought it from there!