Flash Gordon Dailies: Austin Briggs: Radium Mines Of Electra
Published on 1. February 2022
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-78586-137-6 (ISBN)
Description
Collecting together, for the first time ever, over two-year's worth of strips from the golden age of newspaper comic strips. Harken back to a bygone era of swashbuckling heroes, science fiction high-adventure, with ray guns, rocket ships, strange monsters, damsels in distress and unbridled heroism!
FLASH GORDON, the swashbuckling, all-American hero has been saving Earth and the universe from madmen, megalomaniacs and Ming the Merciless since 1934. He is science fiction's most enduring super-hero icon, and his name has become synonymous with heroic deeds. Flash Gordon is also the original inspiration behind Star Wars, the muse to rock super group, Queen and star of his own cult 1980s movie! This new volume is presents the continuing adventures of Flash Gordon, the original guardian of the galaxy as he strives to save us all from a slew of villains hell-bent of domination, destruction and devilment!
FLASH GORDON, the swashbuckling, all-American hero has been saving Earth and the universe from madmen, megalomaniacs and Ming the Merciless since 1934. He is science fiction's most enduring super-hero icon, and his name has become synonymous with heroic deeds. Flash Gordon is also the original inspiration behind Star Wars, the muse to rock super group, Queen and star of his own cult 1980s movie! This new volume is presents the continuing adventures of Flash Gordon, the original guardian of the galaxy as he strives to save us all from a slew of villains hell-bent of domination, destruction and devilment!
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Titan Books Ltd
Illustrations
Illustrations, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 324 mm
Width: 253 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78586-137-6 (9781785861376)
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Don Moore was the writer of Flash Gordon between 1935-1967. He was previously a pulp editor.
Austin Briggs began his cartooning career in advertising as one of the original Mad Men of New York. This led to his first cartooning gig as assistant to the great Alex Raymond on the Sunday Flash Gordon series. He succeeded him on Secret Agent Corrigan and also was the first artist on the daily Flash Gordon series. He died in 1973.
Austin Briggs began his cartooning career in advertising as one of the original Mad Men of New York. This led to his first cartooning gig as assistant to the great Alex Raymond on the Sunday Flash Gordon series. He succeeded him on Secret Agent Corrigan and also was the first artist on the daily Flash Gordon series. He died in 1973.