Smoke, Sparks, Love & Rockets:
Illustrated Essays about Interplanetary Vixens and
the First Decade of Space Operas on Film



The Spitfires in Context:
The Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers
movie serials were deliberately crafted
for adolescent male fans...
Spitfire Number One:
Priscilla Lawson's portrayal of Princess Aura set a standard for villainous vixens that was unmatched for a couple of generations...

Questions of Continuity:
There was only one Buck Rogers serial, but Flash Gordon flew into space three times to battle the Satanically majestic Emperor Ming...
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Spitfires of the Spaceways