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Flash Gordon and Dale Arden meet Ming the Merciless for the first time in the Flash Gordon comic serial "On the Planet Mongo" (1934), art by Alex Raymond. Flash Gordon is an American space adventure comic strip from King Features Syndicate, created and originally illustrated by Alex Raymond to compete with the already established Buck Rogers ...
The Buck Rogers rocket pistol that had started it all 20 years earlier had been overtaken by the real world bazooka. "Space guns" in general and "rayguns" in particular only gained in prestige as the Cold War "space race" began and interest in "The Buck Rogers Stuff" was renewed, but it was no longer enough to offer a futuristic cap or pop gun ...
Flash Gordon (along with Buck Rogers) was a big influence on later science fiction comic strips, such as the American Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire (1935 to 1941) by Carl Pfeufer and Bob Moore. [3] In Italy, Guido Fantoni drew Flash Gordon in 1938, after the prohibition by the fascist regime. [ 29 ]
Crabbe made regular television appearances, including an episode of the 1979 series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, in which he played a retired fighter pilot named "Brigadier Gordon", in honor of Flash Gordon. When Rogers praises his flying, Gordon replies "I've been doing that sort of thing since before you were born", not realizing Buck was ...
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938, serial) Buck Rogers (1938, serial) The Phantom Creeps (1939, serial) The Stranger from Texas (1939) Oklahoma Frontier (1939) Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940, serial) The Green Hornet (1940, serial) Night Monster (1942) Enter Arsène Lupin (1944) The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944) Wagons West (1952)
It remained in syndication until 1960. Modeled on the science fiction space operas popular at the time (cf. Captain Video and Space Patrol), it featured sets and costumes emulating the futuristic designs of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. [1]
It is the second of the three Flash Gordon serials made by Universal between 1936 and 1940. The main cast from the first serial reprise their roles: Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon, Jean Rogers as Dale Arden, Frank Shannon as Dr. Alexis Zarkov, Charles B. Middleton as Ming the Merciless, and Richard Alexander as Prince Barin.
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe, Chapter 1. Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe is a 1940 American black-and-white science-fiction 12-chapter movie serial from Universal Pictures, produced by Henry MacRae and co-directed by Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor. The serial stars Buster Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles B. Middleton, Frank Shannon, and Roland ...