1950s Book

Foreword; H.Jenkins

Introduction; A. Bowdoin Van Riper & C. J. Miller

PROLOGUE: WHEN OUR STORY BEGINS Where It All Began: The Flash Gordon Serials; R. Kinnard

PART I: LEARNING TO BE ROCKETMEN
'A Commotion in the Firmament': Tom Corbett and the Lost Boys; J. C. Tibbetts Boys Wonder: Male Teenage Assistants in 1950s Sci-Fi Movie Serials and Cold War Masculinity; R. Jacobs Girls and 'Space Fever'; A. Foster

PART II: REACHING FOR TOMORROW

Space Fever: From Fantasy to Reality; H. E. McCurdy Shooting for the Stars: Captain Video, the Rocket Rangers, and America's Conquest of Space; P. Luciano & G. Coville Space Opera TV: Seeing the World of Tomorrow; J. P. Telotte

PART III: AS SEEN ON TV The Sky is the Limit: Advertising and Consumer Culture in Rocketman Television Shows of the 1950s; L. R. Samuel Creating a Sense of Wonder: The Glorious Legacy of Space Opera Toys of the 1950's; S. M. Young Space Patrol: Missions of Daring in the Name of Early Television; J. Bassior

PART IV: LOOKING AT THE EARTH Making the Universe Safe for Democracy: Rocky Jones, Space Ranger; W. W. Dixon
"Justice through Strength and Courage": Captain Midnight and the Military-Industrial Complex; M. Broderick
"To Learn from the Past. . .": Becoming Cold War Citizens with Captain Z-Ro; C. J. Miller & A. Bowdoin Van Riper

EPILOGUE: THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AND BEYOND

Confessions of A Commando Cody Addict (Or, How The Flying Suit Changed My Life); G. Hughes