Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon ialah sebuah lerang komik bergenre pengembaraan dan opera angkasa lepas karya Alex Raymond Ia mula terbit pada 7 Januari 1934, hasil buah ilham lerang Buck Rogers yang wujud sebelumnya.

 Sejarah 

 Jalan cerita utama 
Bumi didapati akan bertembung sebuah planet asing bernama Mongo. Penemu planet ini, Dr. Hans Zarkov segera membina sebuah kapal roket untuk mengelakkan bencana ini daripada berlaku. Sambil itu juga, Zarkov menculik dan membawa sepasangan kekasih - Flash Gordon dan Dale Arden ke planet tersebut. Mereka bersemuka dengan penugasa planet ini bernama Ming - mereka berperang menentang raja tersebut sambil meneroka banyak kerajaan planet ini.

 Senarai watak 

 Flash Gordon, -  seorang pemain polo kacak dan lepasan Yale University graduate
 Dale Arden -  kekasih Flash.
 Hans Zarkov - seorang saintis yang menemukan planet Mongo.
 Ming the Merciless. - penguasa dan raja yang memerintah planet Mongo secara kuku besi.

 Terbitan dan cetakan 

 Buku komik 

 David McKay Publications King Comics #1–155 (1936–1949) [strip reprints]
 Dell Comics Four Color Comics #10, 84, 173, 190, 204, 247, 424, 512; Flash Gordon #2 (1945–1953) [first 2 strip reprints]
 Harvey Comics #1–5 (1950) [strip reprints]
 Gold Key Comics #1 (1965) [reprints FC #173]
 King Comics #1–11 (1966–1967) (also in Phantom #18–20)
 Charlton Comics #12–18 (1969–1970)
 Gold Key Comics #19–27 (1978–1979); under their "Whitman Comics" #28–37 (1980–1982)

 Cetakan semula 

 Flash Gordon on the Planet Mongo (1934–35), Nostalgia
 Flash Gordon into the Water World  (1935–37), Nostalgia
 Flash Gordon Escapes to Arboria (1937–39), Nostalgia
 Flash Gordon vs Frozen Horrors   (1939–40), Nostalgia
 Flash Gordon Joins the Power Men (1940–41), Nostalgia
 Flash Gordon: A New Kingdom (1939) Pacific Comics Club/Club Anni Trenta, 1977 (edisi terhad pemilik)
 Flash Gordon: The End of Ming (1940) Pacific Comics Club/Club Anni Trenta, 1977 (edisi terhad pemilik)
 Flash Gordon: Return to Earth (1941) Pacific Comics Club/Club Anni Trenta, 1977 (edisi terhad pemilik)
 Flash Gordon: A New War (1941) Pacific Comics Club/Club Anni Trenta, 1977 (edisi terhad pemilik)
 Flash Gordon: The Usurper (1942) Pacific Comics Club/Club Anni Trenta, 1977 (edisi terhad pemilik)
 Flash Gordon: Gundar the Hawk of Tropica (1942-1943) Pacific Comics Club/Club Anni Trenta, 1977 (edisi terhad pemilik)
 Flash Gordon: The End of Brazor (1944).  Pacific Comics Club/Club Anni Trenta, 1977 (edisi terhad pemilik)
 Mongo, Planet of Doom (1934–35), Kitchen Sink Press 
 Three Against Ming    (1935–37), Kitchen Sink Press 
 The Tides of Battle   (1937–39), Kitchen Sink Press 
 The Fall of Ming      (1939–41), Kitchen Sink Press 
 Between Worlds at War (1941–43), Kitchen Sink Press 
 Triumph in Tropica    (1943–44), Kitchen Sink Press 
 Flash Gordon, Dead or Alive! : Daily Strips 5/27/40 to 8/26/40 by Austin Briggs. Pacific Comics Club, 1981(edisi terhad pemilik)
 Prisoner of Ming : Daily Strips 8/27/40 to 11/13/40 / by Austin Briggs. Pacific Comics Club, 1981(edisi terhad pemilik)
 Flight to Freeland : Daily Strips 11/14/40 to 2/28/41 / by Austin Briggs.Pacific Comics Club, 1981 (edisi terhad pemilik)
 Adora of the Forest People : Daily Strips 3/1/41 to 8/23/41 by Austin Briggs.Pacific Comics Club, 1981(edisi terhad pemilik)
 Flash Gordon: The Dailies by Austin Briggs 1940–1942 Volume 1, Kitchen Sink Press  (lerang dari 1940)
 Flash Gordon: The Dailies by Austin Briggs 1940–1942 Volume 2, Kitchen Sink Press  (lerang dari 1941)
 Flash Gordon The Complete Daily Strips 1951–1953, Kitchen Sink Press 
 Flash Gordon - Star Over Atlantis, Dan Barry, Manuscript Press, 2007, , , dailies 1953–1954.
 Flash Gordon: Volume 1 (1934–35), Checker Book Publishing Group 
 Flash Gordon: Volume 2 (1935–36), Checker Book Publishing Group 
 Flash Gordon: Volume 3 (1936–37), Checker Book Publishing Group 
 Flash Gordon: Volume 4 (1938–40), Checker Book Publishing Group 
 Flash Gordon: Volume 5 (1940–41), Checker Book Publishing Group 
 Flash Gordon: Volume 6 (1941–43), Checker Book Publishing Group 
 Flash Gordon: Volume 7 (1943–45), Checker Book Publishing Group 
 Mac Raboy's Flash Gordon, Volume 1, Dark Horse Comics  (Sundays, 1948–1953 S32-S45)
 Mac Raboy's Flash Gordon, Volume 2, Dark Horse Comics (Sunday, 1953–1958)
 Mac Raboy's Flash Gordon, Volume 3, Dark Horse Comics  (Sundays, 1958–1962)
 Mac Raboy's Flash Gordon, Volume 4, Dark Horse Comics (Sundays, 1962–1967)
 The Amazing Adventures of Flash Gordon, Volume 1 Tempo Books  (S132/D2-097 - S135)
 The Amazing Adventures of Flash Gordon, Volume 2 Tempo Books  (D2-081, D2-082)
 The Amazing Adventures of Flash Gordon, Volume 3 Tempo Books  (S114-S118)
 The Amazing Adventures of Flash Gordon, Volume 4 Tempo Books  (D2-105, D2-107)
 The Amazing Adventures of Flash Gordon, Volume 5 Tempo Books  (D2-098)
 The Amazing Adventures of Flash Gordon, Volume 6 Tempo Books  (D2-102, D2-109)
 Al Williamson's Flash Gordon: A Lifelong Vision of the Heroic, Flesk 
 Flash Gordon: On the Planet Mongo: The Complete Flash Gordon Library 1934–37, karya Alex Raymond. Titan Books 
 Flash Gordon: The Tyrant of Mongo: The Complete Flash Gordon Library 1937–41, karya Alex Raymond. Titan Books 
 Flash Gordon: The Fall of Ming: The Complete Flash Gordon Library 1941–44, karya Alex Raymond. Titan Books 
 Flash Gordon: The Storm Queen of Valkir: The Complete Flash Gordon Library 1944-48, karya Austin Briggs. Titan Books 
 Flash Gordon Dailies: The City of Ice: The Complete Flash Gordon Library 1951-1953, karya Dan Barry. Titan Books 
 Flash Gordon Dailies: The Lost Continent: The Complete Flash Gordon Library 1953-1956, karya Dan Barry. Titan Books 
 Flash Gordon Sundays: The Death Planet: The Complete Flash Gordon Library 1967-1971 karya Dan Barry. Titan Books 
 Definitive Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim Volume 1: 1934-1936 IDW Publishing 
 Definitive Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim Volume 2: 1936-1939 IDW Publishing 
 Definitive Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim Volume 3: 1939-1941 IDW Publishing 
 Definitive Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim Volume 4: 1942-1944 IDW Publishing 

 Senarai media lain 

 Filem 
Sebuah filem berjudul Flash Gordon sahaja dikeluarkan tahun 1980 diarahkan oleh Mike HodgesRic Meyers, S-F 2 : A Pictorial History of science fiction films from "Rollerball" to "Return of the Jedi". Secaucus, N.J. : Citadel Press,1984.  (pp. 167-8). dan dibintangi Sam J. JonesFlash Gordon review for UK TV's Channel 4. Retrieved January 2, 2009. sebagai pemeran utama. Ia juga dikenali kerana penglibatan kugiran Queen sebagai penggubah runut bunyi dan skor muzik filem tersebut.Cool Cinema Trash's Flash Gordon: Saviour of the Universe Edition DVD Review & Summary . Retrieved January 2, 2009.

Pada 1967, sebuah filem bajet rendah yang mengadaptasi komik ini dihasilkan di Turki berjudul Baytekin – Fezada Çarpisanlar; watak Flash dilakonkan Hasan Demirtag.Giovanni Scognamillo and Metin Demirhan, Fantastik Türk sineması. İstanbul : Kabalcı Yayınevi, 1999.   (p. 37)

 Siri televisyen 

 Permainan 
 Flash Gordon & the Warriors of Mongo - permainan berperanan keluaran Fantasy Games Unlimited tahun 1977.
 Savage World of Flash Gordon Roleplaying Game - permainan berperanan direka Scott Alan Woodard keluaran Pinnacle Entertainment Group tahun 2018.
 Flash Gordon - format pinball tahun 1980

 Rujukan 

 Pautan luar 
 Flash Gordon - King Features
 Flash Gordon on IMDb
 The New Adventures of Flash Gordon - Big Cartoon DataBase