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Alex Raymond was the creator of the space opera adventure comic strip.The strip was created to compete with the already established Buck Rogers strip.2, 3, and 4
Motion pictures, television, and animated series are all based on the comic strip.The Sci-fi Channel in the United States aired a series called "Flash Gordon" in 2007.
King Features Syndicate decided to create their own science fiction comic strip to compete with the success of the Buck Rogers strip.King Features tried to purchase the rights to the John Carter of Mars stories.The syndicate was unable to reach an agreement.King Features turned to Alex Raymond, one of their staff artists, to create the story.[3][5]
When Worlds Collide was a novel by Philip Wylie.Raymond adapted the themes of an approaching planet threatening the Earth and an athletic hero, his girlfriend, and a scientist traveling to the new planet by rocket for the initial storyline.Raymond's first samples were dismissed because they didn't have enough action sequences.Raymond reworked the story and sent it back to the syndicate.Don Moore was Raymond's ghostwriter.Jungle Jim and Raymond's first flash Gordon story appeared in January 1934.One of the most popular American comic strips in the 1930s was the flash Gordon strip.2, 3, and 5
Pop-up books, coloring books and toy spaceships are just some of the licensed products that resulted from the success of flash Gordon.[8]
The Sunday strip continued until 2003 while the daily strip ran from 1934 to 1992.King Features Syndicate is still syndicated.
The adventures of a Yale University graduate and a polo player are chronicled in a comic strip.Earth is threatened by a collision with the planet Mongo.In an attempt to stop the disaster, Dr. Zarkov invents a rocket ship.He was half mad when he kidnapped Dale.They come into conflict with the Merciless, Mongo's evil ruler, after landing on the planet.[2]
The ice kingdom of Frigia, ruled by Queen Fria, is one of the places the three companions have traveled to many times.They are joined by Prince Thun of the Lion Men.Mongo is ruled by a council of leaders led by Barin.[2]
After visiting Earth for a series of adventures, they return to Mongo and crash in the kingdom of Tropica with Barin and others.Prince Barin, married to Ming's daughter Princess Aura, has established a peaceful rule in Mongo after he and his friends traveled to other worlds.[2]
In the 1950s, Flash traveled to other planets besides Mongo.The long story of the Skorpi War uses starships that are faster than light.
Azura, the Witch Queen, and the fascistic Red Sword organisation are just two of the villains that Flash and his friends fought.After Raymond's tenure, writers created new enemies to fight.The callous son was created by Austin Briggs.Prince Polon, who had the power to shrink or enlarge living creatures, was one of the antagonists introduced during Mac Raboy's run.The Skorpi, a race of alien shape shifters who wanted to conquer the galaxy, were recurring villains in both the Mac Raboy and Dan Barry stories.The villain of the late 1970s stories was the Skorpi space-fighter ace Baron Dak-Tula.10
By the late 1930s, the strip was published in 130 newspapers around the world and was read by 50 million people.The Scottish Sunday Mail was carried in several newspapers in Britain in the 1930s and 1940s.His adventures were published in the magazine "Guy l'clair" in France.There was a French translation of Dale Arden's name.The character and strip were renamed Speed Gordon to avoid being associated with the word "Flash" in Australia.The main meaning at the time was "showy".)
The strip's distribution was affected by events in the 1930s.In Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy newspapers were not allowed to carry the flash Gordon strip.The Spanish magazine Aventurero ceased publication due to the Spanish Civil War.During World War II, flash Gordon was discontinued in many countries.The artist was asked to bring the current flash Gordon story to a satisfactory conclusion in Belgium.[15]
The strip gained international popularity after the war ended.It was syndicated to new markets like Portugal and the Irish Republic after it reappeared in Italy, Spain and West Germany.From the 1950s onward, countries like Spain, Italy and Denmark also published flash Gordon newspaper strips in comic book or paperback novel form.Indrajal Comics published flash Gordon comics in India.[17]
A daily strip was also introduced because of the popularity of Raymond's flash Gordon Sunday strip.Austin Briggs drew this strip from 1941 to 1944.The Sunday strip was taken over byBriggs after Raymond left to join the Marines.Raymond wanted to return to drawing flash Gordon after the war ended, but King Features did not want to remove him from his position.King Features allowed Raymond to create a new strip called Rip Kirby.Mac Raboy drew the Sunday strip until his death in 1967.A new daily flash Gordon strip was created in 1951 by King Features.Dan Barry drew this strip.Barry was assisted by Harvey and Harry, who wrote the script for the strip.Barry had several artists who aided him with his illustrations, including Frank Frazetta, Al Williamson, Bob Fujitani, Jack Davis, and Fred Kida.Barry left the strip in 1990 and various artists and writers worked on it.The daily strip ended in 1993.Jim Keefe was the final artist to work on the strip.Keefe was occasionally assisted on the strip by other artists.In 2003 King Features ended the flash Gordon newspaper strip, but re-runs of the strip still appear in a few US newspapers.[2]
One of the best illustrated and most influential American adventure comic strips is Flash Gordon.Jane Frank said that Raymond is one of the most famous science fiction artists of all time because of his work on Gordon.Jerry Robinson said that Raymond's artistry and the rich imagination he brought to his conceptions of the future were what made flash Gordon a classic strip.According to the science fiction historian John Clute, the comics version of Flash Gordon was graceful, imaginative and soaring, and was included on a list of the most important American science-fiction comics.An article about Raymond was published in The Comics Journal.According to Harvey, Raymond's flash Gordon displayed a technical virtuosity matched on the comics pages only by Harold Foster.The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction stated that flash Gordon's "elaborately shaded style and exotic storyline" made it one of the most influential comics.[3]
The influence of flash Gordon on later science fiction comic strips, such as the American Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire, was significant.After the fascist regime banned the drawing of flash Gordon in Italy, it was drawn by Guido Fantoni.The creator of a science fiction comic strip in the style of flash Gordon was commissioned to do so in Belgium.The U-Ray, Jacobs' new strip, began publication in 1943.In the style of many Belgian comics of the time, this version had text boxes which described the action and the dialogue, similar to Hal Foster's version of Tarzan and Prince Valiant.Le Rayon U was reformatted in 1974 to include speech bubbles.The book version was published by Dargaud-Le Lombard.The British comic The Trigan Empire was written by Mike Butterworth and Don Lawrence.[28]
Early superhero comics characters were influenced by flash Gordon.Superman's uniform of tights and a cape was based on by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.Bob Kane's drawing of Batman is on the cover of a comic book.The first appearance of the character was based on a drawing by Alex Raymond.Dennis Neville modeled Hawkman's costume on the "Hawkmen" characters in a Raymond comic strip.Iron Man referred to Star-Lord as flash Gordon due to their similar appearance and both being space heroes in the movie.
The films and television shows retell the adventures on the planet Mongo.
There were three films starring flash Gordon, one of which was called Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe.The 1936 flash Gordon serial was made into a feature-length film called flashgordon or rocket ship or space soldiers or flashGordon: spaceship to the unknown, as well as the 1938 and 1940 serials.
The first flash Gordon serial is copyrighted, but the second and third serials are in the public domain.[34]
Several noted directors attempted to make a film of the story in the 70s.Fellini optioned the rights to the film, but never made it.George Lucas tried to make a flash Gordon film in the 70s.Lucas created Star Wars because he couldn't get the rights from De Laurentiis.Nicolas Roeg was hired by De Laurentiis to make a film.De Laurentiis wasn't happy with the ideas of Roeg and he left the project.The director of the flash Gordon film declined because he believed the script was not faithful to the Raymond comic strips.Mike Hodges was hired by De Laurentiis to direct the film.36
Sam J. Jones played the title role in the film.It's plot is based on the first few years of the comic strip and was changed to make him the quarterback of New York Jets instead of a polo player.Queen composed and performed the entire musical score for the film, as well as Raymond's drawings, which feature heavily in the opening credits.40
The success of Star Wars, Superman, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture was not a critical success.There were other co-stars, including Chaim Topol as Dr. Hans Zarkov, Peter Wyngarde as Klytus and Ornella Muti as Princess.The bright colors and retro effects were inspired by the comic strip and 1930s serials.40
Veteran stage and screen actor Brian Blessed was catapulted into the collective consciousness after his performance as the leader of the Hawkman.More than 30 years later, it remained the most repeated, reused, and recycled quotation from both the film and Blessed's career.41, 42, and 43 were the days.
The film's cult status led to it being used in two comedy films, Ted and Ted 2.[42]
In 1967, a low-budget Turkish adaptation of the comic was made.Hasan Demirtag played a character.[45]
The director of Superman Classic announced plans to make a sequel to the film.The characters included in the traditionally animated short are flash Gordon, girlfriend Dale Arden, sidekick Dr. Hans Zarkov, and Princess Aura.[46]
In 2010, it was announced that Breck Eisner had signed on to direct a 3D film.The film's story is complete and the screenplay is being worked on.The Hollywood Reporter reported on April 22, 2014, that 20th Century Fox was working on a project with J.D.The film's script was written by Payne and Patrick McKay.The Hollywood Reporter reported on April 15, 2015, that Matthew Vaughn is in talks to direct the film.Mark Protosevich was hired to rewrite the film's script.According to Deadline, Julius Avery will write and direct the film, as well as produce it with John Davis.Taika Waititi was writing and directing an animated film.The animated film was canceled in August.[52]
Steve Holland appeared in 39 episodes of a live-action television series.The first 26 episodes were filmed in West Berlin, Germany, a decade after the end of World War II.The real-life destruction still visible in Germany several years after the war is shown in some episodes.The final 13 episodes were filmed in France.
Dale and Dr. Zarkov worked for the Galactic Bureau of Investigation in the year 3320.The actual timelines were established in one episode, "Deadline at Noon".The agents traveled in spaceships.
The series appeared on many independent stations in the United States, as well as on stations affiliated with the DuMont Network.In 1957 it was recut into a movie.
In 1979 Filmation produced an animated series, often referred to as The New adventures of flash Gordon, though it is actually called Flash Gordon.The expanded title was used to differentiate it from previous versions.NBC decided to change the project from a television film to an animated series.[5]
The animated television movie written by Samuel A. Peeples was produced by Filmation before they began their Saturday morning series.It is considered to be one of the best film versions of flash Gordon, though it will never be aired again.[54]
Some sources say that off-air bootlegs are prevalent, although this movie has yet to be commercially released in the United States.VAP Video in Japan, in 1983, released it in both laserdisc and VHS videotape formats, as well as in Bulgaria, where it was released on VHS "Van Chris" and "Drakar"."Diema" Channel aired the movie many times in the late 1990s.In the Japanese release, it is presented uncut with the original English voice track, with Japanese subtitles added for its intended audience.There are trailers for other titles from the VAP Video library at the end of the movie.The covers for both versions have comic-strip panels.
The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician were in the cartoon Defenders of the Earth.The series took extreme liberties with the characters and it was revealed that Rick Gordon would be in his mid-teens when the series begins.In the first episode, Dale's mind is torn from her body and is preserved in a crystal, which Rick is able to recover and give to his father.Dale is reborn as Dynak-X in the Defenders' Headquarters.
The animated series was created by Hearst Entertainment.In this version, Alex "Flash" Gordon and Dale Arden are teenagers who are trapped on Mongo after stopping Ming's attempt to invade Earth.[55]
On January 12, 2007, at the Television Critics Association tour, it was announced that the live-action series would comprise 22 one-hour episodes.Under an agreement with King Features Syndicate, the series was produced by Reunion Pictures of Vancouver.There is a citation needed.
On August 10, 2007, there was a new series on theSci-fi Channel.There is a citation needed.
The traditional supporting characters were changed.The title character of Smallville was played by Eric Johnson.Gina was in Fantastic Four and Aliens vs.Jody Racicot played Dr. Hans Zarkov in Night at the Museum, while John Ralston played the arch-villain.[56]
The band Louis XIV performed a cover version of Queen's Theme from the 1980 film.The song was not used in the show.There is a citation needed.
The strip was adapted into a weekly radio show.The series followed the strip very closely, amounting to a week-by-week adaptation of the Sunday strip for most of its run.
The character of Flash Gordon was played by Gale Gordon, who later became famous for his roles in Dennis the Menace and Here's Lucy.Maurice Franklin was in the cast as Dr. Zarkov.[57]
The last two episodes of the radio series had a break in the strip continuity.They meet Jungle Jim, the star of another Alex Raymond comic strip, when they crash land in Malaysia.
The last episode of the series was on October 26, 1935.The Saturday timeslot was where The Adventures of Jungle Jim was picked up the next week.
The Further Interplanetary adventures of flash Gordon began as a daily show on October 28.There was an adventure in Atlantis in this series, which was different from Raymond's strip.The series ended on February 6, 1936.There are 58 and 59 words.
Lee Ahlin and Gary Gordon wrote a musical for children based on a comic.Oak Hall Performing Arts Theater in Florida hosted the premiere of the musical in 1989.Brian LeDuc, Kim Ehrich, John Pelkey, and Julie Hamric were all in the movie.60
Several publishers have produced flash Gordon comics over the years.
The 1966 National Cartoonists Society Award for Best Comic Book was won by Al Williamson, who drew several issues of the King Comics series.I was paying homage to Alex Raymond, you know what I mean.I tried to give his creation the respect and dignity it deserved.Other artists who have done the strip don't seem to get the feeling of it.It's nice to have a hero like Flash.King released a comic version in the 1970s.
Bruce Jones wrote the script for the Western Publishing adaptation of the film.It was released by Western Publishing in both hardcover and softcover formats to coincide with the film's release.
Dans wrote a nine-issue DC Comics mini-series about a modernized version of the comic strip.It features a washed up basketball player who finds new purpose in life on Mongo, Dale as an adventurous reporter who is just as capable as Flash, and a gray-skinned Ming who isn't an Asian stereotype.The series ran for nine issues and ended with an open-ended conclusion.Even though Mongo is not a threat to Earth in this series, Ming had every intention of conquering it.
The new two-issue series was written by Mark Schultz and illustrated by Al Williamson, who had worked with King and others.
Ardden Entertainment released a new comic book series in August of 2008.The first arcs of the series were written by Brendan Deneen and Paul Green.There was an open door to a new story in the fall of 2009.These were followed by more stories.The Secret History of Mongo was published by Ardden.Ardden's second flash Gordon story is titled Invasion of the Red Sword.Two more arcs were completed.
Flesk printed a black and white version of the comic books.66
Dark Horse started an archive series in hardback with the original Dell comics.The second volume covers the comics published by King and the third, fourth, and fifth volumes cover the comic books written by Gold Key.
The new series was called flash Gordon: Zeitgeist.The series is written by Eric Trautmann and illustrated by Daniel Lindro.Merciless: The Rise of Ming was produced by the company in 2012 with story and art by Scott Beatty and Ron Adrian.Following the success of King's Watch, a new series was launched with story and art by Jeff Parker.The "King:Dynamite" series followed this run with another flash Gordon miniseries in 2015.The series was illustrated by Lee Ferguson.70
Harold Hersey wrote The Master of Mars, a novel about flash Gordon, in the 1936 issue of Flash Gordon Strange Adventure Magazine.James Northford is a little-known author.The novel was based on the comic strip story lines and had color illustrations that were similar to Alex Raymond's artwork.The Sun Men of Saturn was promised on the back pages, but never came to fruition.The only issue of Flash Gordon Strange Adventure Magazine has become a collector's item because it did not gain in popularity.[8]
The first novel based on the strip was published in 1936 by Grosset & Dunlap.Alex Raymond was credited with the novel, but Doug Murray claims it was ghost-written.The magazine failed to launch a series.
The Lion Men of Mongo and The Plague of Sound were two of the six books in the series.Although the books were credited to Alex Raymond, the first three were written by SF writer Ron Goulart (under the house name "Con Steffanson").71
In 1980, David Hagberg wrote a series called "Massacre in the 22nd Century," "War of the Citadels," and "Crisis on Citadel II."Except for the names of the hero and his co-stars, this series had nothing to do with any other version of Gordon.
At the 1939 New York World's Fair, the name "Flash Gordon" was written on a ride.150 people could enter a ride that looked like a rocket ship with a motion picture screen and vibrating seats for a simulation of a trip to another planet, according to an article in Popular Science.The ride was located at the opposite end of the amusement zone.There are weirdly costumed Martians and mechanically animated models of giant beasts in the "Martian Headquarters", which is a simulation of Venus as a jungle planet, inhabited by mechanical dinosaurs.The ride did not have the same look as the 1938 serial.72
Raymond's work has been published by many publishers over the years, most notably Nostalgia Press, Kitchen Sink Press and Checker Book Publishing Group.[5]
Kitchen Sink Press printed some of the Austin Briggs dailies.One Alex Raymond story and two Mac Raboy stories were published in 1967.Kitchen Sink began to collect both the Dan Barry and Austin Briggs daily strips after the Mac Raboy Sundays were reprinted by Dark Horse Comics in black and white.The Dan Barry dailies have never been completely reprinted, but the stories written by Harry Harrison were published in a magazine.The Dan Barry strips were published in six mass-market paperbacks.Two stories from the Dan Barry dailies, "Baldur Battles Skorpi" and "The Bear", were reprinted in an oblong format.The comic strip and comic book work was re-released in 2009.
Under a variety of titles and in both edited and non-edited versions, flash Gordon has been released to DVD.There are many public domain DVD releases of the serials and 1950s television series.
The 1980 film was released on DVD in North America for DVD Region 1 territories through a contract with Universal, but it quickly went out of print.
On October 10, 2005, it was released in the United Kingdom for DVD Region 2 territories.A second audio commentary from actor Brian Blessed is included in the "Silver Anniversary Edition" of the film.
The film was released in North America and Region 1 territories again.The "Savior of the Universe Edition" features a 2.35:1 transfer and an English 5.1 surround track.There is a "Alex Ross on Flash Gordon" featurette in which world- renowned comic artist Alex Ross talks about the film and how it has inspired him in his life and work.