• Side view of light green and orange rocket ship figure with character figure in cockpit. "Rocket Police Patrol" is painted on the side of the cockpit in yellow and black.
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    This Rocket Police Patrol Ship toy from 1934 was merchandise for Buck Rogers, the popular space-based adventure series. Rogers first appeared in Philip Francis Nowlan's story "Armageddon 2419 A.D." published in the pulp magazine Amazing Stories in August 1928. When he bought the character for a comic strip, National Newspaper Service president John F. Dille suggested renaming him "Buck" to capitalize on the popularity of Westerns. The Buck Rogers comic strip (written by Nowlan and illustrated by Dick Calkins) debuted in 1929, followed by a color Sunday strip in 1930 and a radio program in 1932.

  • Side view of light green and orange rocket ship figure with character figure in cockpit. "Rocket Police Patrol" is painted on the side of the cockpit in yellow and black.

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Eric Long

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NASM2014-04377

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