[Ads-l] Antedating of "Space Cadet"

[Shapiro, Fred]

space cadet (OED 1948, Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction 1943)

1941 Kansas City Journal 20 June 34 [in "Buck Rogers, 25th Century, A.D." comic strip by Dick Calkin] (Newspapers.com)

SPACE CADETS WANTED FOR BUCK ROGERS ROCKET RANGERS!

Fred Shapiro



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