With Star Trek , Gene Roddenberry brought forward the idea of an altruistic future, where the people of Earth had stopped fighting one another and partnered with other planets to form the Federation. It was idealistic, bold, and courted controversy from time to time. One thing it wasn’t? Original. In fact, the idea of a Federation came 12-years prior, in a long forgotten sci-fi series called Rocky Jones, Space Ranger .

'Rocky Jones, Space Ranger' Fights Alien Threats 100 Years in the Future

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Rocky Jones, Space Ranger premiered on February 23, 1954, the latest of the sci-fi subgenre of kid-oriented space operas. Set in 2054, it starred Richard Crane as Rocky Jones, the brave, strong, moralistic and exceedingly handsome (so, Captain K

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