From the age of six on, I was a gung-ho follower of "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" in the funny papers.

In the less than spectacular "Buck Rogers" television series (which I looked forward to it with great anticipation, but unfortunately, it was a sort of bargain basement "Star Trek"), one of the high spots of the series was that Michael Ansara played "Killer Kane," Buck's arch-enemy. Killer Kane and his "girlfiend" Ardala first appeared in the comic strip way back.

Actually, Buck's real arch-enemy was Ardala, who sort of led Killer Kane around by the nose. They had a kind of MacBeth and Lady MacBeth relationship.

But Michael Ansara was a most menacing presence!

Ardala and Killer Kane.

Ansara was a fairly handsome dude without all the menacing make-up:   CLICKY.

Don Firth