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Auction History Result 1r507 LOST PLANET AIRMEN 1sh 1951 great art of Tristram Coffin as King of the Rocket Men, rare! Date Sold 11/8/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Lost Planet Airmen, the 1951 Fred C. Brannon New York City science fiction (sci-fi) thriller ("Top secret! The brains and brawn of America combine to hold off the madmen who would rock the world in disaster!"; "Re-edited from 'King of the Rocket Men"; about a group of atomic scientists who suspect a traitor in their midst, so one of the scientists becomes a super hero Rocket Man, and works on exposing the evil "Dr. Vulcan", who has a device that can cause an earthquake, and when the Mayor of New York City refuses to pay a billion dollar ransom, the device is used, and there is an earthquake and massive tsunami in New York City's harbor, which was done by reusing footage from Republic's earlier 1939 disaster movie, "S.O.S. Tidal Wave"!) starring Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, Don Haggerty, House Peters Jr., and James Craven. Note that because this movie was massively edited from the 1949 Republic serial "King of the Rocket Men", and because it was made two years later, and because it was so condensed that entire characters were lost and major plot elements were eliminated, many collectors see it as a re-edited separate movie, and not as a feature version of a serial, so we list it as a separate title, but we don't argue with anyone who sees it as the "feature version" of the serial. Note that in 1966, an entirely different feature version of "King of the Rocket Men" was created for TV distribution. Also note that in 1967, a country rock band was formed which called itself "Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen", and the lead singer, George Frayne, took the name "Commander Cody"! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this is an extremely rare serial poster. We have only auctioned it three times before, and the last time was in 2015 and it sold for $582! Condition: good to very good. There are several tiny pinholes around the edges of the poster. Most affect the blank borders but a few are in the borders of the artwork mostly in the upper half. There is a vertical crease to the right of the vertical foldline, and there are some pinholes between the vertical foldline and the crease at upper center (in the art of the mountains), center (just under Coffin's chin) and to the left and right of the center crossfold. There is some blue ink writing on the back that slightly bleeds through to the front at center (slightly visible in the "A" of "PLANET") but it is not very noticeable or distracting. There are a few creases and tiny bits of paper loss in the lower horizontal fold. The rare poster is otherwise in pretty good condition and after a simple relatively linenbacking with some restoration the poster will look great! Learn More about condition grades 
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