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                                             September 30, 2008
                                             October   12, 2008


  "Men of Tomorrow" (2004) by Gerard Jones
                                                          MEN_OF_TOMORROW

    "In the archaeology of popular culture,
    the August 1928 issue of _Amazing
    Stories_ appears again and again as a
    pivotal memory of a generation of
    moviemakers, science ficiton writers,
    cartoonists, astronomers, futurists,
    and rocket engineers.  Against a lucid         He's also gripping a
    yellow background floats a man in a            glowing joy-stick
    skintight red costume, leather pilot's         attached to his
    helmet, and sleek black boots, his body        back-pack by a cable.
    prone but angling upward in an attitude
    of nascent flight."  p. 30


  That was an illustration for
  "The Skylark of Space",            The same issue contained
  by Frank R. Paul.                  "Armageddon 2419,"
                                     by Philip Francis Nowlan,
     SKYLARK                         the story that was adapted
                                     to become Buck Rodgers.

                                        http://www.frankwu.com/Paul-2.5.html



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