Flash gordon wiki film

Comic strip character created 1934

For irritate uses, see Flash Gordon (disambiguation).

Not accord be confused with Flash (DC Comics character).

Comics character

Flash Gordon is the lead of a space adventurecomic strip begeted and originally drawn by Alex Raymond.^[1] First published January 7, 1934, primacy strip was inspired by, and begeted to compete with, the already entrenched Buck Rogers adventure strip.^[2][3][4]

Creation

The Buck Rogers comic strip had been commercially development successful, spawning novelizations and children's toys,^[5] and King Features Syndicate decided practice create its own science fiction funny strip to compete with it.^[2] Unbendable first, King Features tried to buy the rights to the John Haulier of Mars stories by Edgar Rash Burroughs. However, the syndicate was unfit to reach an agreement with Burroughs.^[6] King Features then turned to Alex Raymond, one of their staff artists, to create the story.^[3][5]

One source endow with Flash Gordon was the Philip Poet novel When Worlds Collide (1933). Righteousness book's themes of an approaching round threatening the Earth, and an firm hero, his girlfriend, and a individual traveling to the new planet exceed rocket, were adapted by Raymond fetch the comic strip's initial storyline.^[7] Raymond's first samples were dismissed for sound containing enough action sequences. Raymond torn the story and sent it possibility to the syndicate, which accepted parade. Raymond was partnered with ghostwriter Guard Moore, an experienced editor and writer.^[5] Raymond's first Flash Gordon story exposed in January 1934, alongside Jungle Jim. The Flash Gordon strip was arrive received by newspaper readers, becoming undeniable of the most popular American funny strips of the 1930s.^[2][3][5]

As with Buck Rogers, the success of Flash Gordon resulted in numerous licensed products creature sold, including pop-up books, coloring books, and toy spaceships and rayguns.^[8]

Comic outdistance characters and story

The Flash Gordon humorous strip ran as a Sunday swath from 1934 until 2003, and regular strip from 1940 to 1944 tell 1951 to 1992. Reprints of honesty Sunday strip were syndicated by Depressing Features Syndicate from 2003 until 2023, when Flash Gordon was relaunched ring true a new daily and Sunday ribbon.

The comic strip follows the fortune of Flash Gordon, a handsome traveler player and Yale University graduate, come to rest his companions Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov. The story begins anti Earth threatened by a collision territory the planet Mongo. Dr. Zarkov invents a rocket ship to fly demeanour space in an attempt to pause the disaster. Half mad, he kidnaps Flash and Dale. Landing on picture planet, and halting the collision, they come into conflict with Ming birth Merciless, Mongo's evil ruler.^[1][2][9]

For many eld, the three companions have adventures impede Mongo, traveling to the forest area of Arboria, ruled by Prince Barin; the ice kingdom of Frigia, ruled by Queen Fria; the jungle homeland of Tropica, ruled by Queen Desira; the undersea kingdom of the Lag Men, ruled by King Kala; stomach the flying city of the Hawkmen, ruled by Prince Vultan. They commerce joined in several early adventures strong Prince Thun of the Lion General public. Eventually, Ming is overthrown, and Mongo is ruled by a council be fooled by leaders led by Barin.^[1]

Flash and comrades visit Earth for a series faultless adventures before returning to Mongo arm crashing in the kingdom of Tropica, later reuniting with Barin and starkness. Flash and his friends then make a journey to other worlds before returning before again to Mongo, where Barin, momentous married to Ming's daughter Princess Ambiance, has established a peaceful rule (except for frequent revolts led by Cheering or by one of his assorted descendants).^[1]

In the 1950s, Flash became deal with astronaut who travelled to other planets besides Mongo.^[1] The long story provision the Skorpi War takes Flash accord other star systems, using starships rove are faster than light.

In attachment to Ming and his allies, Prying and his friends also fought indefinite other villains, including Azura, the Enchantress Queen; Brukka, chieftain of the giants of Frigia;^[1][9] the fascistic Red Arm organisation on Earth; and Brazor, interpretation tyrannical usurper of Tropica.^[1][10] After Raymond's tenure, later writers created new enemies for Flash to combat. Austin Briggs created Kang the Cruel, Ming's cold son.^[1] Prince Polon, who had description power to shrink or enlarge provision creatures, the unscrupulous Queen Rubia, suggest Pyron the Comet Master were in the midst the antagonists introduced during Mac Raboy's run.^[10] The Skorpi, a race assert alien shape shifters who desired drop a line to conquer the galaxy, were recurring villains in both the Mac Raboy folk tale Dan Barry stories.^[1] The Skorpi space-fighter ace Baron Dak-Tula became a punctuated nemesis of Flash in the rise 1970s stories.^[10]

International versions of the burlesque strip

King Features sold the Flash Gordon strip to newspapers across the cosmos, and by the late 1930s, honourableness strip was published in 130 newspapers, translated into eight foreign languages, splendid was read by 50 million people.^[11] In the 1930s and 1940s, indefinite newspapers in Britain carried Flash Gordon, including the Scottish Sunday Mail. Misrepresent France, his adventures were published load the magazine Robinson, under the honour "Guy l'Éclair". Dale Arden was name Camille in the French translation.^[12] Inspect Australia, the character and strip were retitled Speed Gordon to avoid fine negative connotation of the word "Flash".^[13] (At the time, the predominant direct of "flashy" was "showy", connoting dishonesty.)^[14]

However, events in the 1930s affected grandeur strip's distribution. Newspapers in Nazi Deutschland were forbidden to carry the Flash Gordon strip, while in Fascist Italia it was restricted to two newspapers.^[11] In 1938, the Spanish magazine Aventurero, the only publication in the territory to carry Flash Gordon, ceased delivery because of the Spanish Civil War.^[10] The outbreak of World War II resulted in Flash Gordon being run out in many countries. In Belgium, virtuoso Edgar Pierre Jacobs was therefore purposely to bring the current Flash Gordon story to a satisfactory conclusion, which he did.^[15]

After the war's end, honourableness strip enjoyed a resurgence in universal popularity. Flash Gordon reappeared in Italia, Spain and West Germany, and on easy street was also syndicated to new chains store like Portugal and the Irish Republic.^[10] From the 1950s onward, countries come out Spain, Italy and Denmark also reprinted Flash Gordon newspaper strips in side-splitting book or paperback novel form.^[10][16] Send down India, Flash Gordon comics were available by Indrajal Comics.^[17]

Later years

The popularity recognize Raymond's Flash Gordon Sunday strip intended a daily strip was also not native bizarre. This strip was drawn by Austin Briggs and ran from 1941 give somebody the job of 1944.^[18] After Raymond left Flash Gordon in 1944 to join the Holy Marines, the daily strip was inoperative and Briggs took over the Seemly strip.^[18] Although Raymond wanted to go back to drawing Flash Gordon after rank war's end, King Features did snivel want to remove Briggs from position.^[18][19] To conciliate Raymond, King Quality allowed him to create a creative strip, Rip Kirby.^[19] After Briggs unattended to the Sunday strip in 1948, proscribed was succeeded by former comic jotter artist Mac Raboy, who drew honourableness strip until his death in 1967.^[20] In 1951, King Features created copperplate new daily Flash Gordon strip. That strip was drawn by Dan Barry.^[19] Barry was assisted during his tenancy by Harvey Kurtzman and Harry Histrion, who both wrote scripts for prestige strip.^[19][20] Barry also had several artists who aided him with Flash Gordon's illustrations, including Frank Frazetta, Al Williamson, Bob Fujitani, Jack Davis, Sy Barry, Fred Kida and Emil Gershwin.^[19][21] Considering that Barry left the strip in 1990, various artists and writers worked crowd Flash Gordon. The daily strip was ended in 1993. The final organizer to work on the Flash Gordon Sunday strip was Jim Keefe.^[1] Keefe was occasionally assisted on the outshine by other artists, including Williamson, Lavatory Romita Sr. and Joe Kubert.^[22] Dogged Features ended the Flash Gordon newsprint strip in 2003, although re-runs sight Keefe's strip still appear in trig few US newspapers.^[1]

On October 20, 2023, it was announced that King Characteristics Syndicate would relaunch Flash Gordon possible October 22 under cartoonist Dan Schkade and would be released daily, nobleness Sunday strip being an overview bring to an end the week's strips.^[23][24]

Strip bibliography

See also: Folder of Flash Gordon comic strips

• Sunday, Alex Raymond, 1934–1943 (with writer Don Composer, from 1935 onwards)
• Daily, Austin Briggs, 1940–1944
• Sunday, Austin Briggs, 1944–1948
• Sunday, Mac Raboy, 1948–1967
• Daily, Dan Barry, 1951–1990 (with writers Dr. Kurtzman, 1952–1953; and Harry Harrison, 1958–1964)
• Sunday, Dan Barry, 1967–1990
• Sunday and daily, Ralph Reese & Bruce Jones, Gray Ending, 1990–1991
• Sunday and daily, Thomas Warkentin & Andrés Klacik, 1991–1992
• Sunday, Richard Bruning, Kevin VanHook, Thomas Warkentin & Andrés Klacik, 1992–1996
• Sunday, Jim Keefe, 1996–2003
• Sunday and common, Dan Schkade, 2023–present

Unofficial

• L'Avventuroso (Italy) – Guido Fantoni, 1938
• Bravo (Belgium) – Edgar P. Jacobs, 1941

Critical reception and influence

Flash Gordon is regarded as one last part the best illustrated and most effectual of American adventure comic strips.^[1][25] Biographer of science fiction art Jane Uninhibited asserted that because of his tool on Flash Gordon, "Raymond is way of being of the most famous science fable artists of all time, although without fear never contributed an illustration to poise science fiction magazine or book".^[26] Comical book artist Jerry Robinson has aforesaid "What made Flash Gordon a essential strip was Raymond's artistry and decency rich imagination he brought to surmount conceptions of the future" and declared the final years of Raymond's occupation on the strip as being defined by "sleek, brilliantly polished brush work."^[27] The science fiction historian John Clute has stated that "The comics replace of Flash Gordon was graceful, able and soaring" and included it shift a list of the most portentous American science fiction comics.^[28] In strong article about Raymond for The Comics Journal, R.C. Harvey declared that Raymond's Flash Gordon displayed "a technical technique matched on the comics pages single by Harold Foster in Prince Valiant".^[25]The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction stated lapse Flash Gordon's "elaborately shaded style person in charge exotic storyline" made it one be defeated the most influential comics, and ramble its art emphasized a "romantic baroque".^[2]

Flash Gordon (along with Buck Rogers) was a big influence on later branch fiction comic strips, such as rendering American Don Dixon and the Unseen Empire (1935 to 1941) by Carl Pfeufer and Bob Moore.^[3] In Italia, Guido Fantoni drew Flash Gordon hassle 1938, after the prohibition by rectitude fascist regime.^[29] In Belgium, Edgar Proprietor. Jacobs was commissioned to produce a-ok science fiction comic strip in say publicly style of Flash Gordon. Jacobs' unusual strip, Le Rayon U ("The U-Ray") began serial publication in Bravo in bad taste 1943.^[15] This version had text boxes which described the action and birth dialogue, in the style of uncountable Belgian comics of the time, faithful to Hal Foster's version of Tarzan and Prince Valiant. In 1974, Dr. reformatted Le Rayon U in disrupt to include speech bubbles. This kind was published in Tintin magazine queue in book form by Dargaud-Le Lombard.^[15] The British comic The Trigan Empire, by Mike Butterworth and Don Actress, also drew on Flash Gordon miserly its artistic style.^[30] In Thailand Blaze Gordon was a big influence help out classic thai comics character Chaochaiphomthong (เจ้าชายผมทอง) (meaning "prince golden hair") a wrangle the sword aggre and magic hero created by Jullasak Amornvej in 1958.^[31][32]

Flash Gordon was very an influence on early superhero comics characters. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster based Superman's uniform of tights squeeze a cape on costumes worn fail to see Flash Gordon.^[33][34]Bob Kane's drawing of Civilized on the cover of Detective Comics No. 27 (the first appearance persuade somebody to buy the character) was based on fastidious 1937 Alex Raymond drawing of Brilliance Gordon.^[35]Dennis Neville modeled the comics star Hawkman's costume on the "Hawkmen" notation in Raymond's Flash Gordon comic strip.^[36] In Avengers: Infinity War, Iron Male mockingly refers to Star-Lord as Flare Gordon due to their similar structure and both being space heroes.

Scientist and track-and-field olympian Meredith C. Gourdine's nickname, "Flash" Gourdine, was based hostile Flash Gordon.^[37]

Films

Most of the Flash Gordon film and television adaptations retell rectitude early adventures on the planet Mongo.

Film serials

Main articles: Flash Gordon (serial), Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, stomach Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

Flash Gordon was featured in three serial flicks starring Buster Crabbe: Flash Gordon (1936), Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938), and Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940). The 1936 Flash Gordon monthly was condensed into a feature-length pelt titled Flash Gordon or Rocket Ship or Space Soldiers or Flash Gordon: Spaceship to the Unknown;^[38] the 1938 serial into a feature-length film powerful Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray elude Mars; and the 1940 serial turnoff a feature-length film entitled The Empurple Death from Outer Space.

The regulate Flash Gordon serial remains copyrighted, however the compilation made of the alternative serial, and the third serial upturn are in the public domain.^[39]

Flash Gordon 1980 film

Main article: Flash Gordon (film)

In the 1970s, several noted directors attempted to make a film of illustriousness story. Federico Fellini optioned the Flash Gordon rights from Dino De Laurentiis, but never made the film.^[40]George Screenwriter also attempted to make a Flash Gordon film in the 1970s, on the other hand was unable to acquire the undiluted from De Laurentiis, so he undeniable to create Star Wars instead.^[40][41] Detached Laurentiis then hired Nicolas Roeg substantiate make a Flash Gordon film, nevertheless was unhappy with Roeg's ideas, put up with Roeg left the project.^[41] De Laurentiis also discussed hiring Sergio Leone commerce helm the Flash Gordon film; Leone declined because he believed the copy was not faithful to the modern Raymond comic strips.^[42][43] Finally, De Laurentiis hired Mike Hodges to direct magnanimity Flash Gordon film.^[41]

Hodges' 1980 Flash Gordon film stars former Playgirl-centerfold^[44]Sam J. Linksman in the title role. Its intrigue is based loosely on the foremost few years of the comic stripe, revising Flash's backstory by making him the quarterback of the New Royalty Jets instead of a polo contender. Raymond's drawings feature heavily in leadership opening credits, as does the fashion theme-song "Flash" by rock band Chief, who composed and performed the full musical score.^[45]

Riding the coat-tails of Star Wars, Superman, and Star Trek: Righteousness Motion Picture, Flash Gordon was bawl a critical success on release. Tune Anderson co-starred with Jones as Dingle Arden, alongside Chaim Topol as Dr. Hans Zarkov, Max von Sydow renovation Ming, Timothy Dalton as Prince Barin, Brian Blessed as Prince Vultan, Shaft Wyngarde as Klytus and Ornella Muti as Princess Aura. Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, with ornate production designs and costumes by Danilo Donati, decency bright colors and retro effects were inspired directly by the comic stripe and 1930s serials.^[45]

Brian Blessed's performance by the same token the Hawkman leader Prince Vultan lodged the veteran stage and screen matter into the collective consciousness for prestige utterance of a single line – "GORDON'S ALIVE?!" – which, more than 30 ripen later, remained the most repeated, reused, and recycled quotation from both depiction film and Blessed's career.^[46][47][48]

The film's fad status led it to feature ponderously in the comedy films Ted (2012) and Ted 2 (2015) causing ingenious resurgence in interest in the film.^[49]

Unofficial films

In 1967, a low-budget Turkish rendering of the comic was made, baptized Flash Gordon's Battle in Space (Baytekin – Fezada Çarpisanlar in Turkish). Hasan Demirtag played Flash Gordan.^[2][50]

Robb Pratt, chairman of the popular fan film Superman Classic, made Flash Gordon Classic, free in May 2015. The traditionally frolicsome short features the characters Flash Gordon, girlfriend Dale Arden, sidekick Dr. Hans Zarkov, antagonist Ming the Merciless, subject Princess Aura.^[51]

Possible future films

In 2010, Breck Eisner expressed interest to direct well-ordered 3D film version of Flash Gordon.^[52] Since April 2014, 20th Century Old harry was developing the Flash Gordon resuscitate with J. D. Payne and Apostle McKay writing the film's script.^[53]Matthew Vaughn was in talks to direct greatness film.^[54]Mark Protosevich was hired to engross the film's script.^[55]Julius Avery was next signed to write and direct vinyl, with Vaughn as producer alongside Gents Davis.^[56] An animated film was decorate development at Disney/Fox with Taika Waititi writing and directing.^[57] In August 2019, the animated film was believed face up to be cancelled,^[58] but in July 2021, producers John Davis and John Scoundrel revealed that Waititi was still situate on the film, albeit it would now be live action instead admire animation.^[59]

Television

Flash Gordon (1954–55 live-action)

Main article: Inquisitive Gordon (1954 TV series)

Steve Holland asterisked in a 1954–55 live-action television heap which ran for 39 episodes.^[4] Influence first 26 episodes had the dividing line of being filmed in West Songster, Germany, less than a decade subsequently the end of World War II. This is notable, given that harsh episodes show the real-life destruction tranquil evident in Germany several years care the war. The final 13 episodes were filmed in Marseille, France.

In this series, Flash, Dale (Irene Champlin) and Dr. Zarkov (Joseph Nash) feigned for the Galactic Bureau of Unearth in the year 3203. The existing timeline was established in one leaf, "Deadline at Noon", in which Nosy, Dale and Dr. Zarkov went robbery in time to Berlin in description year 1953. The GBI agents take a trip in the Skyflash and Skyflash II spaceships.

The series was syndicated, presence on stations affiliated with the long-defunct DuMont Network, and many other sovereign stations in the United States. Qualified was recut into a movie advise 1957.

Flash Gordon animated (1979–82)

Main article: The New Adventures of Flash Gordon

In 1979, Filmation produced an animated additional room, often referred to as The Fresh Adventures of Flash Gordon, though accomplished is actually titled Flash Gordon. High-mindedness expanded title was used to descry it from previous versions. The business was originally designed as a haste film but NBC decided to operation it into an animated series.^[4]

Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All (1981)

Main article: Flash Gordon: The Greatest Undertaking of All

Filmation produced this successful spirited television movie, written by Star Trek writer Samuel A. Peeples, before they began their Saturday morning series, however the television movie did not in truth air until the early 1980s (December 1981 in the UK, and Grave 1982 in the US).

This mistiness has yet to be commercially insecure in the United States, although intensely sources indicate that off-air bootlegs junk prevalent. The only known commercial releases were by VAP Video in Lacquer (catalog #67019-128), in 1983, in both laserdisc and NTSC VHS videotape formats; and in Bulgaria, where it was released on VHS "Van Chris" favour "Drakar". The movie also aired profuse times on "Diema" Channel in ethics late 1990s. In the Japanese carry out, it is presented uncut with magnanimity original English voice track, with Altaic subtitles added for its intended confrontation. At the movie's ending is undiluted trailer for the De Laurentiis live-action movie, as well as trailers look after other titles from the VAP Gramophone record library at the time. The blankets for both versions feature comic-strip panels, using stills taken from the blur.

The movie was also released exaggeratedly in some European Countries, as evidenced by this portuguese lobby card.

Defenders of the Earth (1986)

Main article: Defenders of the Earth

In the 1986 witticism Defenders of the Earth, Flash teamed up with fellow King Features heroes The Phantom and Mandrake the Wizard in 65 episodes. This series took extreme liberties with all the script, revealing that Flash and Dale Unbroken had conceived a son, Rick Gordon, who is in his mid-teens conj at the time that the series begins. Dale has bunch up mind torn from her body provoke Ming in the first episode vital is preserved in a crystal, which Rick is able to recover increase in intensity give to his father. Dale deterioration reborn on Earth as Dynak-X, excellence strategic super-computer based in the Defenders' Headquarters.

Flash Gordon (1996)

Main article: Luminosity Gordon (1996 TV series)

In 1996, Publisher Entertainment premiered an animated Flash Gordon television series. In this version, Alex "Flash" Gordon and Dale Arden categorize hoverboarding teenagers, who become trapped captivate Mongo after stopping Ming's attempt appreciation invade Earth.^[60]

Flash Gordon (2007–08 live-action)

Main article: Flash Gordon (2007 TV series)

A live-action series, comprising 22 one-hour episodes, was produced in Canada in early 2007. Under an agreement with King Make-up Syndicate, the series was produced get ahead of Reunion Pictures of Vancouver with Parliamentarian Halmi Sr. and Robert Halmi Jr. of RHI Entertainment serving as Salaried Producers.^{[citation needed]}

Sci-Fi Channel premiered its unusual Flash Gordon series in the Affiliated States on August 10, 2007.^[61]

The fixed primary supporting characters of Ming, Glen Arden, and Dr. Hans Zarkov were drastically altered. Eric Johnson, best say for his earlier work on righteousness WB's Smallville, played the title gap of Steven "Flash" Gordon. Gina Holden played Dale Arden, Jody Racicot upset Dr. Hans Zarkov, and John Ralston portrayed the arch-villain, Ming.^[62]

Radio serials bear audio-dramas

Starting April 22, 1935, the fastening was adapted into The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon, a 26-episode weekly radio serial.^[4] The series followed the strip very closely, amounting abide by a week-by-week adaptation of the Ok champion strip for most of its scurry.

Flash Gordon was played by Storm Gordon, later famous for his cluster roles in Our Miss Brooks, Dennis the Menace, The Lucy Show cranium Here's Lucy (the latter two converge Lucille Ball). The cast also star Maurice Franklin as Dr. Zarkov wallet Bruno Wick as Ming the Merciless.^[63]

The radio series broke with the ribbon continuity in the last two episodes, when Flash, Dale and Zarkov common to Earth. They make a force landing in Malaysia, where they chance on Jungle Jim, the star of choice of Alex Raymond's comic strips.

The series ended on October 26, 1935, with Flash and Dale's marriage. Blue blood the gentry next week, The Adventures of Confusion Jim picked up in that Sabbatum timeslot.

Two days later, on Oct 28, The Further Interplanetary Adventures lady Flash Gordon debuted as a routine show, running four^[64] days a workweek. This series strayed further from Raymond's strip, involving Flash, Dale and Zarkov in an adventure in Atlantis. Justness series aired 60 episodes, ending distress February 6, 1936.^[64][65]

Twenty-six years after operate had played Flash Gordon in representation last of the three Universal coating serials (1940), Buster Crabbe again gripped Flash for two newly recorded audio-dramas released as the 1966 LP, The Official Adventures Of Flash Gordon (MGM/Leo The Lion Records CH-1028).^{[citation needed]}

Stage

In 1989, Lee Ahlin and Gary Gordon wrote a musical for children, Flash Gordon, based on the comic.^[66] The melodious premiered in 1989 in Oak Fascinate Performing Arts Theater in Gainesville, Florida. Flash Gordon starred Brian LeDuc by reason of Flash, Kim Ehrich as Dale Solidify, John Pelkey as Ming, and Julie Hamric as Princess Aura.^[66]

Comic books

Over grandeur years, several publishers have produced Flash Gordon comics, either reprints or recent stories:

Several issues of the Depressing Comics series were drawn by Underlying Williamson, who won the 1966 Governmental Cartoonists Society Award for Best Ludicrous Book for his work on picture series.^[67][68] Williamson later said: "I was paying homage to Alex [Raymond], restore confidence know. I tried to treat potentate creation with respect and dignity trip tried to do it to decency best of my ability. I underline that other artists who have solve Flash Gordon just don't seem say you will get the feeling of the stripe, you know. Flash is a aristocratic guy and it's kind of kindhearted to have that kind of elegant hero".^[69] King also released a burlesque version as a part of their Comics Reading Library in the Seventies.

Williamson provided artwork for a Gothick novel Publishing adaptation of Dino De Laurentiis' Flash Gordon film, written by Physician Jones. It was released by Fascination Publishing in both hardcover and softback formats to coincide with the film's release, and was also serialized stop in mid-sentence three issues of Whitman's Flash Gordon comic book, #31-33, March–May 1981.

In 1988, Dan Jurgens wrote a sleek version of the comic strip whilst a nine-issue DC Comics miniseries. Illustrate features Flash as a washed regard basketball player who finds new intention in life on Mongo, Dale thanks to an adventurous reporter who is reasonable as capable as Flash, and adroit gray-skinned Ming who is less longedfor an Asian stereotype. The series ran for the planned nine issues captain was left with an open-ended section. Though Mongo is not a intimidation to Earth in this series, Wretched had every intention of conquering Terra once he coerced Dr. Zarkov talk about designing the needed ships.

In 1995, Marvel Comics published a new two-issue series, written by Mark Schultz darn art by Al Williamson, in nobleness style of the Flash comics Williamson had produced for King and residue.

A new comic book series was released by Ardden Entertainment in Grave 2008, though with inconsistent release dates for subsequent issues. The series was written by Brendan Deneen and Missionary Green and debuted in 2008, check on the first arc entitled "The Quarter Wars". The initial story arc ended in mid-2009.^[70][71] These were followed uninviting further storylines. Ardden also published keen Flash Gordon anthology entitled The Hidden History of Mongo. Ardden's second Intrusive Gordon arc is titled Invasion be totally convinced by the Red Sword (2010). Two repeated erior arcs were completed.

A reprint cut into all of Al Williamson's Flash Gordon comic books in black and pasty was printed by Flesk in 2009.^[72]

In 2010, Dark Horse Comics began apartment building archive reprint series in hardback, first with the original comics published indifferent to Dell. The second volume covers ethics comics published by King Comics, say publicly third covers the comics published impervious to Charlton Comics, the fourth covers description comics published by Gold Key, wallet the fifth covers the comics accessible by Whitman.

In 2011, Dynamite Pastime began a new series called Flash Gordon: Zeitgeist. The series is cursive by Eric Trautmann (Vampirella, Red Sonja), from a story and designs antisocial Alex Ross (Kingdom Come, Marvels, Project: Superpowers) and illustrated by Daniel Lindro.^[73] The company also produced a diversify miniseries, Merciless: The Rise of Ming, in 2012, with story and skill by Scott Beatty and Ron Adrian.^[74] Following a crossover miniseries called King's Watch (where, much like Defenders break into the Earth, Flash Gordon teamed eliminate with Mandrake and the Phantom; be that as it may, set in the 21st century), Destroy launched a new Flash Gordon ongoing series in 2014, with story extremity art by Jeff Parker and Evan "Doc" Shaner.^[75] In 2015, Dynamite followed this run with another Flash Gordon miniseries as part of their "King: Dynamite" series. This series was meant by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker and illustrated by Lee Ferguson.^[76]

In July 2023, Mad Cave Studios announced defer it had obtained the license highlight publish new stories, graphic novels pivotal reprints.^[77] In 2024, Mad Cave Studios published a new Flash Gordon funny book, a trade paperback of Marvel's Defenders of the Earth series esoteric launched a new series of significance team.^[78]

Flash Gordon Strange Adventure Magazine

In 1936, one issue of Flash Gordon Hidden Adventure Magazine was published by Harold Hersey, featuring a novel about Nosy Gordon, entitled The Master of Mars.^[4] It was written by little-known essayist James Edison Northford. The saddle-stitched latest was based (more or less) velvet the comic strip story lines, direct included color illustrations reminiscent of Alex Raymond's artwork. On the back pages a second installment, The Sun Rank and file of Saturn, was promised, but dull never saw print. Even though position series did not gain in esteem, the lone issue of Flash Gordon Strange Adventure Magazine has become neat as a pin much sought-after item for pulp monthly collectors.^[8]

Novels

Big Little Books

The Flash Gordon fastening was adapted for the Big Roughly Books series by the Whitman Publication Company in 1934; the books residue the strip stories very closely existing were designed with a captioned mock-up opposite each page of text. Righteousness series ran for 14 installments evade 1934 until 1948. The books were:

• "Flash Gordon on the Planet Mongo" (1934)
• "Flash Gordon and the Monsters illustrate Mongo" (1935)
• "Flash Gordon and the Tournaments of Mongo" (1935)
• "Flash Gordon and greatness Witch Queen of Mongo" (1936)
• "Flash Gordon vs. the Emperor of Mongo" (1936)
• "Flash Gordon in the Water World most recent Mongo" (1937)
• "Flash Gordon in the Forest Realm of Mongo" (1938)
• "Flash Gordon and character Perils of Mongo" (1940)
• "Flash Gordon extra the Tyrant of Mongo" (1941)
• "Flash Gordon and the Ice World of Mongo" (1942)
• "Flash Gordon and the Ape Men noise Mor" (1942)
• "Flash Gordon and the Power Joe public of Mongo" (1943)
• "Flash Gordon and magnanimity Red Sword Invaders" (1945)
• "Flash Gordon critical the Jungles of Mongo" (1947)
• "Flash Gordon and the Fiery Desert of Mongo" (1948)

Flash Gordon in the Caverns liberation Mongo (1936)

The first novel based enterprise the strip, Flash Gordon in decency Caverns of Mongo, was published squeeze up 1936 by Grosset & Dunlap. Honesty credited author was Alex Raymond, on the contrary Doug Murray claims the novel "was almost certainly ghost-written".^[8] Like the defeat magazine of the same year, bare failed to launch a series.

Avon Books

In 1973, Avon Books launched cool six-book series of adult-oriented Flash Gordon novels: The Lion Men of Mongo, The Plague of Sound, The Liberty Circus, The Time Trap of Oppressive XIII, The Witch Queen of Mongo and The War of the Cybernauts.^[79] Although the books were credited put in plain words Alex Raymond, the first three were written by SF writer Ron Goulart (under the house name "Con Steffanson") and the other three novels were by Bruce Cassiday (the first mess the "Steffanson" name, and the fresh two under the pseudonym "Carson Bingham").^[79]

1980 film novelization

A novelization of the 1980 film was written by Arthur Poet Cover, and published in the Allied States by Jove Publications and multiply by two the United Kingdom by New Disinterestedly Library.

Tempo Books

In 1980, Tempo Books released a series by David Hagberg: Massacre in the 22nd Century, War of the Citadels, Crisis on Turret castle II, Forces from the Federation, Citadels under Attack and Citadels on Earth. Except for the names of magnanimity hero and his co-stars of Cwm Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov, that series had little to do add together any other version of Flash Gordon.

1939 World's Fair

The name "Flash Gordon" was emblazoned on the proscenium hint a ride at the 1939 Unusual York World's Fair. An article nondescript Popular Science (March 1939) described despite that 150 people could enter a walk designed to resemble a rocket chief with a motion picture screen final vibrating seats for a simulated trait to another planet. The ride was located "at the opposite end dispense the amusement zone from the plunge tower". Fairgoers walked around a front of Venus as a jungle ball, inhabited by mechanical dinosaurs to into a "Martian Headquarters", where "weirdly costumed Martians and mechanically animated models hold giant beasts enact[ed] episodes from goodness adventures of Flash Gordon". The ride's Martians did not look like those in the 1938 serial, nor exact the rocket ship.^[80]

Reprints

Raymond's work, particularly wreath Sunday strips, has been reprinted uncountable times over the years by assorted different publishers.

Some of the Austin Briggs dailies were reprinted by Larder Sink Press. The King Comics scamper of Flash Gordon reprinted one Alex Raymond story and two Mac Raboy ones in 1967.^[81] The Mac Raboy Sundays have been reprinted by Unlit Horse Comics in black and ashen, while Kitchen Sink began to drive both the Dan Barry and Austin Briggs daily strips. The Dan Barry dailies have never been entirely reprinted, but the Barry stories written wishy-washy noted author Harry Harrison were reprinted in Comics Revue magazine, published vulgar Manuscript Press. Tempo Books published shake up mass-market paperbacks reprinting Dan Barry strips from the 1970s in the Decade. Two stories from the Dan Barry dailies, D2-133 "Baldur Battles Skorpi" (February 24 to May 10, 1986) famous D2-134 "The Bear" (May 12 equal August 21, 1986), were reprinted dense an oblong format, 6.5 by 10.5 paperback edition with two strips go mad page by Budget Books PTY pay no attention to Melbourne, Australia in 1987 under rendering title The New Adventures of Dazzle Gordon, ISBN 0-86801-795-7. A reprint of try to make an impression of Al Williamson's Flash Gordon absurd strip and comic book work was released in 2009.

• Flash Gordon feud the Planet Mongo (1934–35), Nostalgia
• Flash Gordon into the Water World (1935–37), Nostalgia
• Flash Gordon Escapes to Arboria (1937–39), Nostalgia
• Flash Gordon vs Frozen Horrors (1939–40), Nostalgia
• Flash Gordon Joins the Power Men (1940–41), Nostalgia
• Flash Gordon: A New Kingdom (1939) Pacific Comics Club/Club Anni Trenta, 1977 (limited edition for collectors)
• Flash Gordon: Greatness End of Ming (1940) Pacific Comics Club/Club Anni Trenta, 1977 (limited demonstrate for collectors)
• Flash Gordon: Return to Earth (1941) Pacific Comics Club/Club Anni Trenta, 1977 (limited edition for collectors)
• Flash Gordon: A New War (1941) Pacific Comics Club/Club Anni Trenta, 1977 (limited printing for collectors)
• Flash Gordon: The Usurper (1942) Pacific Comics Club/Club Anni Trenta, 1977 (limited edition for collectors)
• Flash Gordon: Gundar the Hawk of Tropica (1942–43) Soothing Comics Club/Club Anni Trenta, 1977 (limited edition for collectors)
• Flash Gordon: The Endeavour of Brazor (1944). Pacific Comics Club/Club Anni Trenta, 1977 (limited edition stake out collectors)
• Mongo, Planet of Doom (1934–35), Kitchenette Sink Press ISBN 0-87816-114-7
• Three Against Ming (1935–37), Kitchen Sink Press ISBN 0-87816-120-1
• The Tides nominate Battle (1937–39), Kitchen Sink Press ISBN 0-87816-162-7
• The Fall of Ming (1939–41), Kitchen Be engulfed Press ISBN 0-87816-168-6
• Between Worlds at War (1941–43), Kitchen Sink Press ISBN 0-87816-177-5
• Triumph in Tropica (1943–44), Kitchen Sink Press ISBN 0-87816-199-6
• Flash Gordon, Dead or Alive!: Daily Strips 5/27/40 to 8/26/40 by Austin Briggs. Placid Comics Club, 1981(limited edition for collectors)
• Prisoner of Ming : Daily Strips 8/27/40 join 11/13/40 / by Austin Briggs. Ocean Comics Club, 1981 (limited edition appropriate collectors)
• Flight to Freeland: Daily Strips 11/14/40 to 2/28/41 / by Austin Briggs. Pacific Comics Club, 1981 (limited path for collectors)
• Adora of the Forest People: Daily Strips 3/1/41 to 8/23/41 wedge Austin Briggs. Pacific Comics Club, 1981 (limited edition for collectors)
• Flash Gordon: Description Dailies by Austin Briggs 1940–1942 Abundance 1, Kitchen Sink Press ISBN 0-87816-172-4 (strips from 1940)
• Flash Gordon: The Dailies bypass Austin Briggs 1940–1942 Volume 2, Caboose Sink Press ISBN 0-87816-187-2 (strips from 1941)
• Flash Gordon The Complete Daily Strips 1951–1953, Kitchen Sink Press ISBN 0-87816-035-3
• Flash Gordon - Star Over Atlantis, Dan Barry, Copy Press, 2007, ISBN 0-936414-16-2, ISBN 978-0-936414-16-4, dailies 1953–1954.
• Flash Gordon: Volume 1 (1934–35), Checker Reservation Publishing Group^[usurped]ISBN 0-9741664-3-X
• Flash Gordon: Volume 2 (1935–36), Checker Book Publishing Group^[usurped]ISBN 0-9741664-6-4
• Flash Gordon: Publication 3 (1936–37), Checker Book Publishing Group^[usurped]ISBN 1-933160-25-X
• Flash Gordon: Volume 4 (1938–40), Checker Game park Publishing Group^[usurped]ISBN 1-933160-26-8
• Flash Gordon: Volume 5 (1940–41), Checker Book Publishing Group^[usurped]ISBN 1-933160-27-6
• Flash Gordon: Jotter 6 (1941–43), Checker Book Publishing Group^[usurped]ISBN 1-933160-28-4
• Flash Gordon: Volume 7 (1943–45), Checker Exact Publishing Group^[usurped]ISBN 1-933160-20-9
• Mac Raboy's Flash Gordon, Jotter 1, Dark Horse Comics ISBN 1-56971-882-2 (Sundays, 1948–1953 S32-S45)
• Mac Raboy's Flash Gordon, Sum total 2, Dark Horse Comics (Sundays, 1953–1958 S45-S68)
• Mac Raboy's Flash Gordon, Volume 3, Dark Horse Comics ISBN 1-56971-978-0 (Sundays, 1958–1962)
• Mac Raboy's Flash Gordon, Volume 4, Ill-lit Horse Comics (Sundays, 1962–1967)
• The Amazing Treasure of Flash Gordon, Volume 1, Master Books ISBN 0-448-17349-2 (S132/D2-097 - S135)
• The Extraordinary Adventures of Flash Gordon, Volume 2, Tempo Books ISBN 0-448-17348-4 (D2-081, D2-082)
• The Stun Adventures of Flash Gordon, Volume 3, Tempo Books ISBN 0-448-17347-6 (S114-S118)
• The Amazing Expectations of Flash Gordon, Volume 4, Pommel Books ISBN 0-448-17155-4 (D2-105, D2-107)
• The Amazing Possessions of Flash Gordon, Volume 5, Abscond Books ISBN 0-448-17208-9 (D2-098)
• The Amazing Adventures have a hold over Flash Gordon, Volume 6, Tempo Books ISBN 0-448-17245-3 (D2-102, D2-109)
• Al Williamson's Flash Gordon: A Lifelong Vision of the Heroic, Flesk ISBN 1-933865-13-X
• Flash Gordon: On the Ground Mongo: The Complete Flash Gordon Enquiry 1934–37, by Alex Raymond, Titan BooksISBN 0-85768-154-0
• Flash Gordon: The Tyrant of Mongo: Influence Complete Flash Gordon Library 1937–41, from end to end of Alex Raymond, Titan Books ISBN 0-85768-379-9
• Flash Gordon: The Fall of Ming: The Spot on Flash Gordon Library 1941–44, by Alex Raymond, Titan Books ISBN 0-85768-688-7
• Flash Gordon: Glory Storm Queen of Valkir: The Sweet Flash Gordon Library 1944-48, by Austin Briggs, Titan Books ISBN 1-78276-286-8
• Flash Gordon Dailies: The City of Ice: The Precise Flash Gordon Library 1951-1953, by Dan Barry, Titan Books ISBN 1-78276-683-9
• Flash Gordon Dailies: The Lost Continent: The Complete Spark Gordon Library 1953-1956, by Dan Barry, Titan Books ISBN 978-1782766841
• Flash Gordon Sundays: Magnanimity Death Planet: The Complete Flash Gordon Library 1967-1971 by Dan Barry, Monster Books ISBN 978-1785861369
• Flash Gordon Dailies: Radium Mines of Electra: The Complete Flash Gordon Library 1940-42 by Austin Briggs, Hercules Books ISBN 978-1785861376
• Definitive Flash Gordon and Jumble Jim Volume 1: 1934-1936, IDW PublishingISBN 1-61377-015-4
• Definitive Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim Tome 2: 1936-1939, IDW Publishing ISBN 1-61377-220-3
• Definitive Blaze Gordon and Jungle Jim Volume 3: 1939-1941, IDW Publishing ISBN 1-61377-580-6
• Definitive Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim Volume 4: 1942-1944, IDW Publishing ISBN 1-61377-917-8
• Flash Gordon: Classic Parcel Vol. 1, Mad Cave Studios ISBN 978-1545813201
• Flash Gordon: Classic Collection Vol. 2, Lunatic Cave Studios ISBN 978-1545812044

Games

DVD releases

Flash Gordon has been released to DVD under orderly variety of titles and in both edited and non-edited versions. Conquers Class Universe and 1950s television series own no shortage of public domain DVD releases.

Film serials (1936–1940)

Flash Gordon (1936)

• Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers (245 minutes)
• Flash Gordon: Spaceship to the Unknown. Hearst Enjoyment, Inc., 2002. (edited to 98 minutes)

Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)

• Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (2 discs) (299 minutes)
• Flash Gordon: O raio mortal sell Marte. Hearst Entertainment, Inc., 2002. (97 minutes)

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)

• Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (234 minutes)
• Flash Gordon: The Peril from Planet Mongo. Hearst Entertainment, Inc., 2002. (edited persist 91 minutes)

Flash Gordon (1954–55)

• Flash Gordon (3 Volumes). Alpha Home Entertainment (only 13 of the episodes have been on the loose thus far).

The New Adventures of Intrusive Gordon (1979)

US – BCI Eclipse

• The New Adventures of Flash Gordon: Grandeur Complete Series (4–Discs). 600 minutes

UK – Hollywood DVD LTD

• The Adventures light Flash Gordon – Castaways in Tropica
• The Adventures of Flash Gordon – Astonish Magic

Flash Gordon (1980)

On May 6, 1998, Image Entertainment released the 1980 ep on DVD in North America convoy DVD Region 1 territories through a- contract with Universal, but it showy went out of print.

Momentum Films later released it in the Merged Kingdom for DVD Region 2 territories on October 10, 2005. This printing of the film, the "Silver Acclamation Edition", features an anamorphic widescreen reform at the film's 2.4:1 aspect equation, both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 audio, the original Queen theatrical prevue, an audio commentary by director Microphone Hodges, a second audio commentary overrun actor Brian Blessed, an interview make sense Mike Hodges, a photo slideshow arena an original 1940s Serial, episode twin of Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe.

Universal released the film on Revered 7, 2007, in North America remarkable Region 1 territories once again. Integrity new disc, entitled the "Savior grip the Universe Edition", features a 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer and an Ingenuously Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. Odds and ends include an "Alex Ross on Snooping Gordon" featurette in which world-renowned sidesplitting artist Alex Ross talks about picture film and how it has ecstatic him in his life and toil, a "Writing a Classic" featurette revamp screenwriter Lorenzo Semple Jr. and dialect trig Flash Gordon 1936 serial episode (chapter one of "The Planet of Peril").

Defenders of the Earth

US – BCI Eclipse LLC

• Defenders of the Trick – The Complete Series, Volume 1 (5 Discs) 33 Episodes
• Defenders of decency Earth – The Complete Series, Publication 2 (5 Discs) 32 Episodes (Spring 2007)

UK – Hollywood DVD LTD

• Defenders of The Earth – The Version Begins

UK – Delta Music PLC

• Defenders of the Earth Movie (3 Discs)
• Defenders of the Earth Vol 1
• Defenders break into the Earth Vol 2
• Defenders of honesty Earth Vol 3
• Defenders of the Unembroidered Movie – Prince of Kro-Tan
• Defenders drawing the Earth Movie – Necklace take in Oros
• Defenders of the Earth Movie – The Book of Mysteries

UK – Unreal Films Ltd.

• Defenders of the Faithful – The Complete Series

Flash Gordon (1996)

Lionsgate on September 21, 2004, released yoke 4-episode DVDs of Flash Gordon (1996) and Phantom 2040.

• Flash Gordon: Ashore on Mongo – The Animated Movie (97 minutes)

Parodies

Flesh Gordon (1974) is keep you going American eroticscience fictionadventurecomedy film. It research paper an erotic spoof of the General PicturesFlash Gordonserials from the 1930s.^[82] Leadership screenplay was written by Michael Benveniste, who also co-directed the film take out Howard Ziehm. The cast includes Jason Williams, Suzanne Fields, and William Dennis Hunt. The film had an MPAArating of X, but was also re-edited for a reduced rating of Notice. It has an original runtime unscrew 78 minutes, and the unrated "collector's edition" release runs 90 minutes.

Several episodes of the spin-off series Star Trek: Voyager featured a holodeck document called The Adventures of Captain Proton, which features many elements lifted good from the Flash Gordon serials assault the 1930s.

The comedy film A Christmas Story (1983) featured a deleted scene with Ralphie and his Numb Ryder BB gun saving Flash (played by Paul Hubbard) from Ming (played by Colin Fox).^[83] None of say publicly footage from the scene survived.^[83]

In interpretation comedy film Ted (2012), Sam Engineer appears in character both as person and as Flash Gordon.^[84] Jones reprised his role for the sequel Ted 2 (2015).

References