Killer Kane

This article is about the Buck Rogers villain. For the New York Dolls bassist, see Arthur Kane.
Not to be confused with the character in The Ninth Configuration.
Killer Kane
Buck Rogers character
First appearanceJanuary 30, 1929
Created byPhilip Francis Nowlan
Portrayed byAnthony Warde (1939 serial)
Henry Silva (1979 film)
Michael Ansara (1979 series)
In-universe information
AliasThe Leader Kane
The Leader
GenderMale
TitleThe Leader of the Planet Earth and, briefly, Dictator of the Planet Saturn

Killer Kane is a fictional character in the Buck Rogers comic strip and its subsequent 1939 Buck Rogers serial film produced by Universal Studios.[1][2] The character also appeared in the 1979 film and subsequent TV series, in which he was a defector from Earth to the Draconian Empire and sought to assist its malevolent leader Emperor Draco and his daughter Princess Ardala in their plans to conquer Earth.

  1. ^ Garyn G. Roberts, "Buck Rogers", in Ray B. Browne and Pat Browne (.ed) The Guide To United States Popular Culture. Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 2001. ISBN 0879728213 (p.120)
  2. ^ M. Keith Brooker, Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels.Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood Press, 2010. ISBN 9780313357473 (pp. 551-2)