Tie-Ins: Buck Rogers

Barely known today, and mostly for the annoying "beedie beedie beedie" robot, Buck Rogers began life as the novella Armageddon 2419 A.D.  in Amazing Stories, August 1928, followed by The Airlords of Han in the March 1929 issue.  Written by Philip Francis Nowlan, the original novellas were strictly earthbound, with Rogers waking to a world of future gang warfare after 492 years of suspended animation.

Buck Rogers mostly took off in comic strips in 1929, where the name became synonymous with science fiction.  He also appeared in comic books, movie serials, two television series, and RPGs.  The character has been slipping ever deeper into obscurity, with multiple failed revival attempts over the last couple decades.

1933: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century by Philip Nowlan - a retelling of Buck's origin story, issued as a breakfast cereal premium.

Two novelizations based on the of the TV series by Addison E. Steele (Richard A. Lupoff)
1978: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - novelization of the pilot theatrical film
1979: That Man on Beta - based on an unproduced script for a sequel to the film

There were a series of authorized sequels based on an outline by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle:

1981
Mordred by John Eric Holmes
Warrior's Blood by Richard S. McEnroe
Warrior's World by Richard S. McEnroe

1982: Rogers' Rangers by John Silbersack

TSR released a board game in 1988 and an role-playing game in 1990, with a series of books covering both:

1989:
Arrival (anthology)
Rebellion 2456 by M.S. Murdock
Hammer of Mars by M.S. Murdock
Armageddon off Vesta by M.S. Murdock

1990
First Power Play by John Miller
Prime Squared by M.S. Murdock

1991: Matrix Cubed by Britton Bloom

1992
The Genesis Web by Ellen C. & Theodore M. Brennan
Nomads of the Sky by William H. Keith, Jr.

1993: Warlords of Jupiter by William H. Keith, Jr. (TSR, Feb 1993, ISBN 1-56076-576-3)

1995: Buck Rogers: A Life in the Future by Martin Caidin - produced by TSR, but may have a different back story than the above.  A reboot of sorts by the creator of the Six Million Dollar Man, with Buck being placed into suspended animation by Cyberdine Systems.