Forgotten Stories: MEET BUCK ROGERS in "Armageddon - 2419 A.D." by Philip Francis Nowlan (1928)

Well . . . technically, he isn't "Buck" yet. His given name here is Anthony. But after two appearances in Amazing Stories (this first is from August 1928), he got his own comic strip, and changed his name to Buck, and the rest is future history. That first strip, illustrated by Dick Calkins, appeared Jan. 7, 1929. 

At the end of this tale you'll see the cover of this pulp, which famously does not depict Anthony/Buck, though it sure looks like him. The cover was meant to depict E.E. Smith's very cool "Skylark of Space," which began in the same issue. Thanks to the Internet Archive for posting this mag.

Forgotten Stories: "Robots Can't Lie" by ROBERT LESLIE BELLEM (1941)

Dan Turner in outer space? No, not really, but it makes you wonder what might have been. This is the first science fiction saga I've seen from Mr. Bellem, so I find it sorta interesting. What will Turnermaniac Art Scott think of it? Maybe he'll tell us. This one is from the July 1941 issue of Fantastic Adventures, and was scanned for comicbookplus by someone called "SLiV." 

Forgotten Stories: JON JARL of the Space Patrol by Eando Binder (1946)

Back in 1946, Otto Binder began this series of text shorts that appeared in 83 straight issues of Captain Marvel Adventures. The first, you'll note, appeared under his own name, while the rest bore the "E-and-O" byline honoring his brother and former writing partner Earl. Binder is probably best known for the Adam Link robot series (including the story "I, Robot") than ran in Amazing Stories between 1939 and 1942. He also scripted a ton of comic book stories featuring various members of the Captain Marvel and Superman families. 

We present here the first three spacey adventures of John Jarl, from Captain Marvel #s 66 through 68. 

Otto Penzler Auction Results: FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION

$22,500

$5,750

$4,750 Third edition Frankenstein

$812.50

$1,000

$42,500 for concept art, designs and storyboards from an unproduced film version of Dune planned by Alejandro Jodorowsky

$2,000

$937.50

$1,750

$1,375

$4,000

$2,375

$1,500

$1,375

Okay, this isn't Fantasy or SciFi, but I didn't know where else to put it. This "Moo-Reese" Tabletop Cow by Maurice Sendak sold for $93,750. I want it so I can sell it and buy books instead.