'Flash Gordon' Will Be A Comic Book Origins Story

Airlock Alpha ^ | 07/15/10 | ALAN STANLEY BLAIR

[KevinDavis]

The year was 1934 and the "Buck Rogers" adventure strip was a huge success.

Hoping to break into the lucrative goldmine that were science-fiction comics, Alex Raymond conceived of a new futuristic superhero who could protect the Earth and liberate alien worlds from merciless villains. And so "Flash Gordon" was born.

Following the outer space adventures of Flash and his companions Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov, the strip became immensely popular and proceeded to run as a daily comic strip for more than 60 years. During that time, "Flash Gordon" was transformed into three serial films and eventually received the big-screen treatment in 1980.

[pookie18]

[Vaquero]

1932 400 meter freestyle swimming gold medal winner Buster Crabbe (pronounce crab-bey by funnyman Chuck McCann)

was Buck Rogers

and Flash Gordon

and Tarzan

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

Yes it was X-rated, back in 1974.
Nowadays that same movie would only receive an R rating at best.

[camle]

“Flesh Gordon” was much more entertaining...
“A monster’s work is never done....”

[TheRobb7]

I still remember how Sam Jones introduced his character to Ming in the movie:

“Flash Gordon, quarterback, New York Jets”

Simple. Cool. And a brain-worm celebrating its 40th birthday. :)

[allmendream]

Flash Gordon owes a debt to Edgar Rice Burroughs and his "John Carter of Mars" series.

[a fool in paradise]

Who needs the movie when Al Williamson drew the adapation (and also drew the Charlton and King comics in the 1960s)?

[a fool in paradise]

Dino De Laurentiis was accountable for the Barbarella, Diabolik, and Flash Gordon comic book movies.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209569/

[a fool in paradise]

There was a pathetic John Carter Warlord of Mars movie released straight to video this year. I suspect that it was a production made to maintain copyright licensing to the project.

[allmendream]

Apparently they are making a full fledged Hollywood production of ‘John Carter of Mars’ based upon “A Princess of Mars” and starring the guy who played Gambit in the Wolverine movie and Riggins in Friday Night Lights.

[a fool in paradise]

The previous Princess of Mars starred Traci Lords.

It had the production values of a 1978 made-for-tv movie and a bare bones plot.

[Question_Assumptions]

The cartoon series was from 1979 and it has been released on DVD.

[LiberConservative]

The first thing that came to my mind was the soft core porn film “Flesh Gordon” from the 70’s. ;)