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An October 2001 installment [29] of the comic strip Get Your War On by David Rees featured one of the characters joking that George W. Bush would reveal himself to be Ming the Merciless at a press conference. In 2007, Ming the Merciless was ranked number 2 on the Forbes Fictional 15. [30]
Defenders of the Earth is an American animated television series produced in 1986, featuring characters from three comic strips distributed by King Features Syndicate—Flash Gordon, The Phantom, Mandrake the Magician, and Mandrake's assistant Lothar—opposing Ming the Merciless in the year 2015. Supporting characters include their children ...
Alex "Flash" Gordon: The blond, teenage hero of the series. He is charismatic, daring, and always ready to impress Dale Arden (which doesn't always succeed). He met Dale during a skateboard contest, shortly before Ming's army attempted its first invasion on Earth. The name "Alex" is specific to this version.
The prequel, Merciless:The Rise of Ming depicts Ming's ascent to power over Mongo. In this version Emperor Krang, wishes to unite Mongo's five warring realms (Arboria, Ardentia, Aerie, Aquaria, and Frigia). Krang's son, Ming, eventually does so by force. [36] [37] In the later Dynamite Flash Gordon series, Mongo is the base of Ming's empire ...
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 ...
For their part, Flash and Dale understand Zarkov's mission and quickly agree to help him. - The use of 1939 terrestrial firearms by Flash and Zarkov upon arrival while battling a monster. - A discussion between Flash and Thun indicating that Ming's Lizard Woman overseers eat human prisoners.
Max Von Sydow's archly evil Ming the Merciless from Flash Gordon has been branded a 'discriminatory stereotype' by the British Board of Film Classification.
Flash Gordon and Dale Arden meet Ming the Merciless for the first time in the comic serial "On the Planet Mongo" (1934), art by Alex Raymond. The Flash Gordon comic strip ran as a Sunday strip from 1934 until 2003, and daily strip from 1940 to 1944 and 1951 to 1992.