Princess Ardala
A classy gladiatrix with a wry sense of humor, Princess
Ardala-daughter and servant of the evil (and absent)
Draco unexpectedly meets her match in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
Expecting to find the frightened citizens of new Chicago easy to subjugate,
with her Trojan Horse ploy, she soon learns that under Buck's supervision
and advice, the people of Earth are no longer such sitting ducks-that Buck
can boogie with the best of them and fly by the seat of his pants.
Ardala shares his readiness for action, his quickness to use common sense
and his intuitive way of thinking; and she cannot suppress a sneaking
admiration for him. But they differ on this: Buck fights to restore freedom;
Ardala fights for power-for a grand noose she can tighten around the necks of
all Earthlings.
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Killer Kane
The Leader Kane is a handsome devil (in the 1939 Buck Rogers serial) with a
snide and brittle voice. He demands absolute fidelity from his followers,
who are legion; and for those few who hold out against him he has a simple
little helmet that cancels both memory and will-power and turns a brave man
into a boot-licking slave.
He feels sure he can subjugate or destroy the latest outpost of freedom on
Earth-an underground city in which Dr. Huer and Wilma Deering are leaders
in the struggle for survival.
Kane has badgered the confused race of Zuggs on Saturn into an alliance. Not
even Buck Rogers and his sidekick Buddy Wade can stop Kane and his combined forces . . .
unless Buck can persuade the Zuggs to switch their allegiance to the side of
bravery and freedom. Curse you, Buck Rogers!
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