Friday, March 10, 2017

FLASH GORDON ATTACKED BY A CAVE CREATURE !!!


Stranded on an alien world, Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov struggle against the evil emperor Ming the Merciless who seeks to enslave the entire planet of Mongo. Flash Gordon was originally created by the legendary Alex Raymond to compete with the popular Buck Rogers adventure comic strip.

In Whitman Comics Flash Gordon #29, an undercover operative infiltrated  the group in order to capture the most wanted man on Mongo. However, when she comes face to face with certain horrible death, will even Flash Gordon save the life of an agent of Ming the Merciless.






  
Flash Gordon #29
Flash Gordon imperils his life to rescue an agent of...Ming the Merciless!

"The Deadly Depths, Part One"
Written by John Warner (Deadly Hands of Kung Fu) with art by Gene Fawcette (Seduction of the Innocent 3-D).
Ming gets word that Flash Gordon might be in the Cave Kingdom so he sends an agent to find out. Flash is off exploring the caverns when the agent catches up with him and pretends to be a messenger from Zarkov.
"The Deadly Depths, Part Two"
Written by John Warner with art by Carlos Garzon (Bladerunner).   
A creature in the caverns attacks Flash's group.








This issue was reprinted in Dark Horse Comics Flash Gordon Comic Book Archives Volume 5
The magnificent hardcover, complete with a slipcover, reprints Flash Gordon #28-37.

The movie adaptation (presented by Bruce Jones and Al Williamson) was also reprinted in a nice collection in trade paperback.
Something to look forward to in the near future, beginning with issue #31, is when we will encounter the comic book adaptation of the exciting Flash Gordon movie starring Sam Jones as the flamboyant nemesis of Ming the Merciless. 


Live Large My Friends!

Thank You!

Nice star studded cast to the great movie. And how can you forget that wonderful Queen soundtrack?

18 comments:

  1. i hope you saw the TED movies :) i saw Sam Jones a couple years ago at a convention in San Jose CA he's sporting a crew cut these days.

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  2. I'm surprised you didn't display some pages from the FLASH GORDON movie adaptation. The hardcover of that story I got on ebay for less than 5 dollars back in 2003, one of the best purchases I ever made, story by Bruce Jones, art by Al Williamson (and if you like that adaptation, Williamson also did MARVEL SUPER SPECIAL movie adaptations of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, RETURN OF THE JEDI, and BLADE RUNNER in the same era, fantastic work!)

    That FLASH GORDON comic series amazingly had 3 different publishers during its sporadic run.

    The early issues were by King Features syndicate (their only venture into comics publishing?) from Sept 1966-Dec 1967, for 11 issues. Issues 1, 4 and 5 also by Williamson. issue 10 had a 4-page backup, with Rich Buckler's first pro comics work.

    Then the series continued again with issues 12-18 by Charleton from Feb 1969-Jan 1970, all issues in this period with art by Pat Boyette, plus a few backups by others.
    Most notably, a 4-page backup in issue 18 with Michael Kaluta's first professional comics work!
    Issue 17 was the first I purchased off the stands. Which to my 7 year old eyes, was one of the coolest things I'd ever seen.

    The series resumed again with issues 19-37 from Sept 1978- March 1982, published now by Gold Key/Western/Whitman.
    Garzon art in issues 19-20, 23-28, and 35.
    Bolle art in 21-22.
    Gene Fawcette art in 29-30, 34, and 37.
    Al McWilliams art in 36.
    And gloriously, the 3-part movie adaptation by Al Williamson in issues 31-33, cover-dated March, April and May 1981.

    I thought that 3 parter was fantastic. But then in 2003 I realized there were larger 8" X 11" offset-printed harcover and trade paperback versions of the same story. For me it was the equivalent of a digitally re-mastered, half-speed, stereo-surround sound version of the same story. Beautiful! I'm so glad I found that book, it's one I pull off the shelf often. A clear labor of love for Williamson.

    I re-watched the 1980 movie about 5 years ago, and more recently purchased the first 1936 "Flash Gordon" movie serial on DVD. And also the Alex Raymond comic strips that inspired both, begun in 1934. And for whatever negative reviews of the 1980 movie and how it was seen in 1980 and in the modern era, I think it's a fairly representative 1980 version of the original comic strip and the 1936 serial.

    The 1980 movie also has a lot of stars that became better knowwn for other films later.
    Timothy Dalton went on to play James Bond in the late 1980's, and a role in The Rocketeer.
    Max Von Sydow was famous even then, my favorite of his roles being the contract assassin in Three Days Of The Condor (1975), The Exorcist (1973), Never Say Never Again (1983), Dreamscape (1984), Dune (1984) and Minority Report (2002), to name just a few.


    I struggled so hard to get all these scattered issues, for many years. And just a few years after I completed my run, they released them in harcover.

    Sigh....

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