When I was growing up I spent a lot of time in front of the TV or reading comics. While I read a variety of comic strips and comic books I tend to mention that Alex Raymond’s “Flash Gordon” was what I consider my first real push into comics. There are photos of me reading Marvel & DC, and I remember reading “Peanuts” and “Hagar the Horrible” but “Flash Gordon” was the one that sticks in my mind. This is not Flash Gordon, this is Buck Rogers. Funny that Buster Crabbe played both characters in the serials something I would watch whenever they would come on. I love the style of those old Science Fiction serials. Hence the MINIon being in black & white (You may also notice a bit of graininess to the image).
This was another one of my “give-a-way” MINIon badges, and I have sadly forgotten who I gave it to! I blame MINIUSA, so much was going on that I could barely remember my own name at the end of the day. The number comes from “Armageddon 2419 A.D.” the novella by Philip Nowlan that introduced the world to Buck Rogers.