They are joined in several early adventures by Prince Thun of the Lion Men.
Half mad, he kidnaps Flash and Dale, whose plane has crashed in the area, and the three travel to the planet Mongo, where they discover the meteors are weapons devised by Ming the Merciless, evil ruler of Mongo.įor many years, the three companions have adventures on Mongo, traveling to the forest kingdom of Arboria, ruled by Prince Barin the ice kingdom of Frigia, ruled by Queen Fria the jungle kingdom of Tropica, ruled by Queen Desira the undersea kingdom of the Shark Men, ruled by King Kala and the flying city of the Hawkmen, ruled by Prince Vultan. Zarkov invents a rocket ship to locate their place of origin in outer space. The story begins with Earth bombarded by fiery meteors. The comic strip follows the adventures of Flash Gordon, a handsome polo player and Yale University graduate, and his companions Dale Arden and Dr. 11.3 The New Adventures of Flash Gordon (1979)Īlex Raymond's Flash Gordon (February 25, 1934).11.1.3 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940).7 Flash Gordon Strange Adventure Magazine.
A print comic book series by Brendan Deneen and Paul Green and published by Ardden Entertainment debuted in 2008, with the first arc entitled "The Mercy Wars". The latest version, a Flash Gordon television series, appeared on the United States Syfy in 2007–2008. The Flash Gordon comic strip has been translated into a wide variety of media, including motion pictures, television and animated series. In Spain, Mexico and some countries in Latin America, the strip is called Roldán el Temerario ( Roldan the Fearless) and in Turkey the strip is called "Bay Tekin" (Mister Canny). Dale Arden was named Camille in the French translation. In France, his adventures were published in Le Journal de Mickey, under the name "Guy l'Éclair". At the time, the predominant meaning of "flash" was "showy", connoting dishonesty. In Australia, the character and strip were retitled Speed Gordon to avoid a negative connotation of the word "Flash". Elmo and Larry Antoinette and Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire (1935 to 1941) by Carl Pfeufer and Bob Moore. Also inspired by these series were comics such as Dash Dixon (1935 to 1939) by H.T. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by and created to compete with the already established Buck Rogers adventure strip. Flash Gordon is the hero of a science fiction adventure comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond.