Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon is the titular main protagonist of the comic book series of the same name. Flash Gordon took off as a series in the form of radio serials from the 1940's. His popularity among the children of the era lead to merchandising, and serial shorts before movies. Flash Gordon was the protagonist of multiple theatre releases, the most recent in 1980, starring Sam J. Jones as Flash. The villain Flash is best known for fighting is the tyrant of nearby worlds, Ming the Merciless.
He made his debut on January 1934 in a comic strip made by the late .
==Personality==
An exceptional athlete and courageous man, Flash was dubbed "King Of the Impossible" due to many fantastic adventures and accomplishments including thwarting an invasion from the planet Mongo orchestrated by his arch nemesis Ming the Merciless. 
== Origin ==
Flash Gordon was once a smart, athletic but still ordinary man, a graduate of Yale and a part-time Polo player -- until he was captured by evil forces and taken to distant planet, Mongo. There he became the great fighter of these evil forces named Flash Gordon, the "King of the Impossible". Together, with his acquaintances Dr. Hans Zarkov and his love interest, Dale Arden. He has saved Earth on several different occasions, namely from his Arch-Foe Ming the Merciless, the Evil Emperor of the Planet Mongo.
When several meteors crashed into Earth, Dr. Hans Zarkov kidnapped Flash and Dale Arden, to find where the meteors came from. They set their course for the planet Mongo on a rocket ship invented by Zarkov. While there they discovered that the meteors are actually being used as weapons by Ming the Merciless. Ming is immediately attracted to Dale and desires her to be his wife, but she refuses.
== Story ==
For years Flash, Dale, and Zarkov have many great adventures on the planet Mongo. Along their adventures they occasionally team up with Prince Thun. They travel to many different places on their journey including the Jungle Kingdom, Undersea Kingdom, the Ice Kingdom, and even the Flying city of the Hawkmen. After their long adventure on Mongo they are called back to Earth to defend it from the Red Sword Invaders. Afterwards they leave Earth for a short time and explore other planets. When they return to Earth they make it their home base.
After that Flash joins the World Space Council. During the Skorpii War, Flash and his two friends travel to other planets and even return to Mongo at times. While back at Mongo they discover that Prince Barin of the forest kingdom, has taken over and married Ming's daughter Aura. Since Prince Barin has taken over Mongo it has been a relatively peaceful planet except for the occasional attempts to retake control of Mongo by Ming.
==Other appearances==
Flash had comic adaptations as well, including DC Comics' Flash Gordon (1988) miniseries, and a 2011 comic book adaptation called Flash Gordon: Zeitgeist. The most recent Flash Gordon series was written by Jeff Parker with Doc Shaner on art, spinning out of Parker's King's Watch miniseries, a crossover with The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician. It ran eight issues and was popular enough to kick off an expanded "King-Dynamite" universe, with follow-up miniseries for Flash, The Phantom, Jungle Jim, Prince Valiant and Mandrake the Magician.
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