Flash Gordon, A History
Flash Gordon was created in 1934 by Alex Raymond for a newspaper comic strip. Flash is a fair-haired spaceman who, along with his girlfriend Dale Arden, has adventures on the planet Mongo and elsewhere.
Alex Raymond was a $15-a-week King Features Syndicate staff artist when he created Flash Gordon. Raymond also created Secret Agent X-9, Jungle Jim, Rip Kirby, and a police strip scripted by Dashiell Hammett. Flash Gordon was introduced by King Features as competition to Buck Rogers, but it soon surpassed the older strip in popularity, That popularity lead to a live action tv series, movie serials, cartoons and eventually a feature film in 1980.
Although his popularity seems to have waned in recent years, Flash Gordon has at one time or another conquered about ever medium out there from comics to to movies, to television. The nature of the character and the stories may seem quite dated by modern standards, but the core appeal of Flash Gordon remains.
Over this series of posts I’m going to look at several incarnations of Flash Gordon from the comics through the movie serials and the 1980 feature film.
1) Flash Gordon, A History
2) Flash Gordon - The Comic Strip
3) Flash Gordon Movie Serials
4) Flash Gordon The Movie
5) Flash Gordon - The Future
2 Comments, Comment or Ping
Havier
This is very interesting i was searching for Flash Gordon history recently and coudn’t find it until i accidently found this site.
Thanks guys, keep up the good work
Nov 16th, 2006
Chuck
Flash Gordon is a tried and true classic and will always have my repect.
However; If you can find the Adult Spoof “Flesh Gordon”
you will be in for lots of laughs.
Aug 29th, 2007
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