SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES
'In serials from the '30s & '40s, Charles Middleton played this evil emperor seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-03-20_J_13.wmv">here</a>:<br /><br /><i>"The expedition must be destroyed, with two exceptions: Zarkov and Flash Gordon.  As a prisoner, Zarkov will be of great use to me in my conquest of the universe."</i>'
Ming the Merciless