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Flash Gordon facts for kids

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Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon (February 25, 1934)

Flash Gordon is a science fiction adventure story that began as a comic strip in 1934. Since then, the Flash Gordon story has been made into movies, TV shows and a radio show.

In the story, Flash Gordon and Dale Arden blast off into space in a rocket invented by the strange Dr. Hans Zarkov. They travel to the planet Mongo, where the evil Emperor Ming plans to take over the Earth. Flash, Dale and Zarkov have to make friends with the other people on Mongo, to battle Ming and stop his plans.

A new Flash Gordon TV show premieres on the Sci Fi Channel in August 2007.

Images for kids

  • Flash Gordon (King Features Syndicate debut)

    The first Flash Gordon comic strip (1934).

  • Warsaw Uprising Flash Gordon

    A young corporal of the Home Army reading a Polish edition of one of Flash Gordon ("Błysk Gordon - Królowa Błękitnej Magii") graphic novels during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944

  • Flash Gordon Excerpt

    Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon (March 4, 1934). Flash and Thun rush to stop the wedding of Ming and Dale.

  • Flash Gordon Strange Adventures December 1936

    Cover of the December 1936 issue of Flash Gordon Strange Adventures.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Flash Gordon para niños

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