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The Flash Gordon comic strip ran as a Sunday strip from 1934 until 2003, and daily strip from 1940 to 1944 and 1951 to 1992. Reprints of the Sunday strip were syndicated by King Features Syndicate from 2003 until 2023, when Flash Gordon was relaunched with a new daily and Sunday strip.
Intended to compete with the popular comic strip Buck Rogers (which it soon surpassed in popularity), the series concerned the intergalactic adventures of Flash Gordon, his girlfriend Dale Arden, and the scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov on the alien planet Mongo.
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Jul 31, 2020 · A lex Raymond’s adventure comic strip ‘Flash Gordon’ was first commissioned in 1934 by King Features Syndicate to rival the similarly space-set Buck Rogers. Astonishingly, it was still running almost seven decades later (the last new strip appeared in 2003).
Sep 11, 2013 · Originated in 1934 by legendary comic-strip artist Alex Raymond, Flash Gordon has set the standard for science-fiction adventure, even inspiring such modern-day classics as Star Wars.
Sep 2, 2016 · That’s also the main reason why Flash Gordon is counted amongst the most influential comic strips of all time (science fiction or otherwise); inspiring not just Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster to model Superman’s costume of tights and a cape on Flash’s uniform, but also Bob Kane to base his initial drawing of Batman on Flash Gordon.
Flash Gordon soon began being reprinted in comic books and Big Little Books and within two years was also in the movies. Universal produced three extremely popular serials based on the strip. Loosely adapted from some of Moore's newspaper continuities, they starred Buster Crabbe, his hair dyed blond, as Flash.
Feb 13, 2023 · In 1936, the Flash comic strip got its first version in Hollywood with the Flash Gordon serial starring Buster Crabbe. This was the film that partly inspired George Lucas to create Star Wars decades later.
