Flash Gordon (comic strip)

Flash Gordon is a science-fiction adventure comic strip created and originally drawn by Alex Raymond for King Features Syndicate, first published on January 7, 1934. King Features launched it to compete with Buck Rogers. The story begins with Earth threatened by a collision with the planet Mongo, where Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov come into conflict with Ming the Merciless, Mongo's ruler. The strip is regarded as one of the best illustrated and most influential American adventure strips.

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