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KING OF THE ROCKET MEN ('49) KING OF THE ROCKET MEN ('49) 1sh OR search current auctions Auction History Result s013 KING OF THE ROCKET MEN linen one-sheet movie poster '49 cool serial! Date Sold 7/3/2007Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) King of the Rocket Men, the 1949 Fred Brannon science fiction (sci-fi) fantasy serial ("A Republic Serial in 12 Chapters"; "Power-packed Adventure!"; "There's never been such action... such suspense.. such dynamite-charged excitement in Any serial!"; 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 (in the title role as Jeff King), Mae Clarke, House Peters Jr., Don Haggerty, I. Stanford Jolley (as Dr. Vulcan), and James Craven. Note that in 1951, this movie was massively edited into the Republic feature film "Lost Planet Airmen", 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 "Lost Planet Airmen" as a separate title, but we don't argue with anyone who sees it as the "feature version" of this serial. Note that in 1966, an entirely different feature version of "King of the Rocket Men" was created for TV distribution. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: very good. The poster had a nickel-sized area of paper loss at the center crossfold, and tiny paper loss at the other two crossfolds. There was a small circular area of paper loss 1" to the left of the top crossfold and some areas of paper loss in the left 6" of the middle and bottom horizontal folds. There were some creases, smudges, tears, and tiny areas of paper loss around the edges, and some creases and tears on the parts of the foldlines not mentioned above. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was really expertly backed, and the above defects were quite nicely repaired, but I doubt anyone would notice them, except on the closest inspection, and the poster does not have a "restored" look to it. I would think any collector would be happy to display this great poster on their wall! Learn More about condition grades 
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