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King Features Syndicate
A legendary hero of the past and still a hero, now.
Description:First published on January 7th, 1934, by the great artist Alex Raymond as a science fiction Sunday comic strip. The comic strip plot follows the adventures of Flash Gordon, an American football player, and his companions Dale Arden and Hans Zarkov. The story begins with the Earth being bombarded by fiery meteors. Dr. Zarkov believes the meteors are from outer space, and invents a rocket ship to locate their place of origin. Half mad, he kidnaps Flash and Dale, and the three travel to the planet Mongo, where they discover that the meteors are weapons devised by Ming the Merciless, evil ruler of Mongo who wants to conquer the Earth. In the course of their adventures they find their allies amongst the other people subjugated and half enslaved by Mongo.
Interesting data:• Target:
- Primary: 18-34 year people.
- Secondary: Nostalgic collectors and people fond of the protagonist.
• Launching of new TV series on August 1st, 2007. The balance of the series will be of 22 one-hour episodes and will be released on the USA Channel SCI-FI.
• On top of the comic strips, Flash has been the central character of a live image series, a radio show, fiction novels, comics, animation films, DVD releases and in 1995, the strip was one of 20 included in the Comic Strip Classics series of commemorative US Postal Service postage stamps.
• The 1980 film "Flash Gordon" was directed by Mike Hodges and stars Sam J. Jones in the title role and also features Melody Anderson as Dale Arden, Topol as Dr. Zarkov, Max von Sydow as Ming, Timothy Dalton as Prince Barin, Brian Blessed as Prince Vultan, and Ornella Muti as Aura.
• New style guide of the classic Flash Gordon.