Buster crabbe comic book

Buster crabbes chief claim to fame, aside from his olympic gold medal for the 400meter freestyle event in 1932, rests in the trio of movie serials in which he played the popular sciencefiction hero flash gordon. Genre historians alan barbour and william cline both considered him the king of. In the fifties, he appeared on tv and in comics as captain gallantdatajunkie has an issue of the comic book tiein up. He won a gold medal in the 400meter freestyle at the 1932 summer olympics and for playing science fiction hero flash gordon in three movie serials.

February 7, 1908 april 23, 1983, commonly known by his stage name buster crabbe, was an american twotime olympic swimmer and movie actor. Adventures in space, the wild west and the jungle with actor buster crabbe, famed for playing flash gordon. Buster crabbe 11 a, jul 1953 comic book by famous funnies. Art by jack farr, pierce rice, jerry fasano, and h. In the fifties, he appeared on tv and in comics as captain gallant datajunkie has an issue of the comic book tiein up. Larry buster crabbe is probably the bestknown and most popular of all the serial heroes. A vintage ad to join the buster crabbe western club. In 1936, universal released flash gordon, a thirteen part serial film based on the adventures of the comic book character flash gordon, with actor buster crabbe in the title role.

Adventure tales featuring hollywood legend buster crabbe, star of flash gordon, buck rogers and tarzan serials. A publicity portrait of buster crabbe from his days at paramount pictures. After gaining recognition as flash gordon in three universal serials, champion swimmer buster crabbe starred in bwesterns at. Dec 30, 2015 clarence linden crabbe ii, commonly known by his stage name buster crabbe, was an american competitive swimmer and movie actor. Clarence linden buster crabbe ii february 7, 1908 april 23, 1983 was an american olympic swimmer, and a movie and television actor. Titled the buster crabbe show and busters buddies, the program initially ran on new yorks wor tv circa 1951. Although frank frazetta struggles with buster crabbes likeness, his rendering skills are supreme. After gaining recognition as flash gordon in three universal serials, champion swimmer buster crabbe starred in bwesterns at prc from 19411946 as billy the kid, then billy carson. In his youth he held many jobs but after two years training for a career at sea in the school ship hms conway he joined the merchant navy and the royal naval volunteer reserve before the second world war. Buster crabbe character buster crabbe appears in 19 issues. It was later combined together to create a short feature length film that eventually went on to be called rocket ship. In the 1950s, two published comic book series were named after him. Buster crabbe simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lionel crabb was born in 1909 to hugh and beatrice crabb of streatham, southwest london.

The writer is unknown, but the art on both the cover and story is by mike roy, who worked steadily in comics from the beginning of the golden age in. Above is a publicity postcard of crabbe during his time at new yorks wortv in the early 1950s when he hosted the buster crabbe show which featured his westerns. A brief account of buster crabbe s career in sports and motion pictures. All 12 issues have a black and white photo of buster in a cowboy hat in the upper lefthand corner.

See more ideas about flash gordon, actor and hollywood. Williamson brings the same heroic effort to the interior story. As we mentioned earlier, his comic book adventures included scifi and high adventure tales as well as western stories. Just some stunningly good work by al williamson, joe orlando. See more ideas about busters, flash gordon, vintage movies. Buster crabbe western movies to watch free westerns theater. Scroll down to add issues to your want list and well email you when they arrive. Paramount pictures put him in king of the jungle 1933 as kaspa, the lion man after a book of that title but clearly a copy of the tarzan stories. This book has 36 pages and was uploaded by geo on september 7, 2017. A profile of buster crabbe, who was an olympic athlete before becoming an actor. Buster crabbe 1951 famous funnies comic books mycomicshop. Also featuring a cover with possible art by ec legends al williamson and george evans. Then you have the fact that buster crabbe himself is actually a real person an olympic champion swimmer who went on to star in hollywood bmovies playing the likes of buck rogers.

Buster crabbe facts, bio, family, life, info sticky facts. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. It was the advent of his films being released to tv that inspired famous funnies aka eastern color printing co. The buster crabbe show was seen weekday evenings on wortv channel 9 in new york city from monday. All 12 issues have a black and white photo of buster in a cowboy hat in the. He died on april 23, 1983 of a heart attack in his scottsdale, arizona home. Classic western tales featuring buster and sidekick whiskers. Lansing sexton did some investigatin on the comic book run of buster crabbe, and provides the following report. Eastern color published 12 issues of buster crabbe comics from 1951 to 1953, followed by lev gleasons four issues of the amazing adventures of buster. Buster crabbe graduated from the university of southern california. He played flash gordon, buck rogers, tarzan, and now red barry. Eastern color published 12 issues of buster crabbe comics from 1951 to 1953, followed by lev gleasons the amazing adventures of buster crabbe for four issues in 1954. We have 4 books to download or read online the latest is the amazing adventures of buster crabbe.

Features a photo of buster crabbe and a photo of lev gleason. He won the 1932 olympic gold medal for 400meter freestyle swimming. The strong composition is reinforced by fine details on the figures. A classic psa featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend frank frazetta. Red barry is a great detective yarn and very exciting. Ive been trying to score a copy of that book for 5 years always either to late or to expensive. Jul 07, 2017 this issue got mentioned in the ga still flying under the radar thread, and i thought it would be fun to post the story here. Buster crabbe comic books all regular issues are out of stock. In 1965, he was inducted into the international swimming hall of fame. First off, it is a mixed genre in a cowboys and aliens sense where cowboy buster crabbe is whisked away to mars. Population statistics grade universal signature series restored qualified.

Although frank frazetta struggles with buster crabbe s likeness, his rendering skills are supreme. Buster crabbe 252 buck rogers, nexus and drawing styles. Former olympian buster crabbe was the original king of the movie serials, appearing in the 1930s as tarzan, buck rogers and, most memorably, flash gordon three times. We have 12 books to download or read online the latest is buster crabbe 05. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Lev gleason synopsis facsimile letter from buster crabbe to readers of his new comic book from lev gleason, just about the best publisher in the juvenile and comic field. He also had a self titled comic book of mostly westerns. Buster crabbe comic book s all regular issues are out of stock. A brief account of buster crabbes career in sports and motion pictures. Statement from lev gleason to readers urging them to support the comic book, watch buster crabbe on television, start fan clubs, etc. Scroll down to add issues to your want list and well email you when they arrive view pictures of their covers. Amazing adventures of buster crabbe comic book plus.

Like many other actionmovie actors of the 1930s1950s, crabbe had his own comic book where hes shown as buster crabbe, not buster. Publicity for this film emphasized his having won the 1932. How many actors can say they played so many comic book characters. He starred in a number of popular films in the 1930s and 1940s. He won a gold medal in the 400meter freestyle at the 1932 summer olympics and for playing science fiction hero. Buster and whiskers track a killer into the colorado mountains and find foreign agents making atomic weapons. Buck rogers in the 25th century, buster crabbe, colorists, comic book, darwyn cooke, dave gibbons, detective comics, doctor morbius. In 1931, while working on thats my boy 1932 for columbia pictures, he was tested by mgm for tarzan and rejected. Buster crabbe 1953 lev gleason comic books mycomicshop. In the 50s, two comic book series were published named after him. Internet archive bookreader buster crabbe comics, tex ritter comics and rod cameron comics. Clarence linden crabbe ii known professionally as buster crabbe, was an american twotime.

Buster goes to mars and meets an alien woman, in a story with art by comics legends al williamson and roy krenkel. A homage, here, to one of the more striking issues of the early 1950s buster crabbe comics magazine. The scans are from my copy, but were cleaned up by my friend geo for the digital comic museum a few years ago. Buster crabbe and the maid of mars buster crabbe and the maid of mars 0. The show later moved to another new york tv station and ended around 1954. The large club on the cover is a purposely threatening, while the whitened bones on reinforce the danger. Buster crabbe comics, tex ritter comics and rod cameron comics. Clarence linden crabbe ii, commonly known by his stage name buster crabbe, was an american competitive swimmer and movie actor. Crabbe was the only actor to play the roles of tarzan in one movie, flash gordon, and buck rogers, the top three pulp action heroes of the 1930s.

Nov 28, 2005 buster crabbe former olympian buster crabbe was the original king of the movie serials, appearing in the 1930s as tarzan, buck rogers and, most memorably, flash gordon three times. Birthcrabbe was born to edward clinton simmons crabbe, a real estate broker, and lucy agnes nee mcnamara crabbe, in oakland, california. Eastern color published 12 issues of buster crabbe comics from 1951 to 1953, followed by lev gleasons four issues of the amazing adventures of buster crabbe in 1954. Buster and whiskers track a killer to the san juan mountains in colorado and encounter a group of. He won the 1932 olympic gold medal for 400meter freestyle swimming event before breaking into acting. Crabbe is the only actor to play tarzan, flash gordon and buck rogers the top three syndicated comic strip heroes of the 1930s. This book has 36 pages and was uploaded by jonthescanner on january 21, 2011.