In 1953 and 1954, while working as an assistant to Al Capp, Frank Frazetta drew a series of eight covers for Famous Funnies comics #209 through #216, all featuring the character Buck Rogers.

Frazetta said in 1995: "I did those covers at a time when I had total mastery; I could draw anything and draw it superbly. Remember that, up to that point, I had been drawing in pen and ink for 10 years professionally. I was drawing every day. The more you draw, the better it gets. At least, that's the way it worked with me. I tried to vary my approach on each one of the Famous Funnies covers — different subjects and different rendering techniques. I was very pleased with those Famous Funnies covers; they are me at my very best."

In 1975, Russ Cochran published the Frank Frazetta Famous Funnies Portfolio. The eight cover illustrations were printed on heavy stock, reproduced from the original drawings, without type or logos, with color added by Frazetta.

The art is reproduced at nearly the same size as the originals.

The prints are all 12 1/2 inches wide, but the heights vary from 13 inches up to 17 1/2 inches tall.

Includes a 13-in. x 19-inch envelope with Frazetta art printed on the front.

Despite not being signed or numbered, this portfolio is much scarcer than The Lord of the Rings, Kubla Khan, or Women of the Ages portfolios. Possibly because it was a more modest package, the plates were often tacked up on walls and otherwise abused. Thus it is hard to find complete and in good condition.

The three largest plates are neatly mounted onto foamcore (one plate is slightly sunned). The five other plates are Fine to Very Fine. The envelope is Near Fine (a half-inch white dot is stuck to the lower corner and there is a neat half-inch tear along the side of the envelope).