(November 1953)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell Comic
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "FLASH GORDON, No. 512." Code number is F.G.O.S. #512-5311. Copyright 1953 by King Features Syndicate. Continued from Flash Gordon (Dell, 1953 series) #2 (May-July 1953).
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Flash Gordon Comic-Book Archives (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 (August 2010)
- in Flash Gordon Comic-Book Archives (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 (August 2010)
- in Flash Gordon Comic-Book Archives (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 (August 2010)
[Cast of Characters]
Flash Gordon / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Frank Thorne
- Inks:
- Frank Thorne
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Flash Gordon; Dr. Zarkov; Dale Arden; Ming the Merciless (villain); Zara (Ming's daughter)
- Synopsis:
- Introduction of the cast of the story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white.
[The Zarkov Line]
Flash Gordon / comic story / 34 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Frank Thorne [as FT] (signed)
- Inks:
- Frank Thorne [as FT] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Dr. Zarkov; Ming the Merciless; Zara (Ming's daughter)
- Synopsis:
- Ming's raiders stage an attack on "The Zarkov Line," an early warning defense system based in an asteroid belt, as a diversion to allow a ship to slip through and kidnap Dr. Zarkov and Dale Arden. Ming intends to force Zarkov to give him information about the Earth's defenses. Flash goes to Mongo to rescue Dale and Zarkov but is captured. Ming's daughter Zara comes up with a plan to allow her and the three captives to return to Earth. Once on Earth, Zara will give false information about the attack in order to sabotage the asteroid defenses.
Indexer Notes
Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. Splash panel is signed "FT".
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Alan Hutchinson
- Merlin Haas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- Ken Lemons
- Chris Launder
- Jim Walls
- Terry Vraspir
- Gary Perlman
- Jerry Hillegas
- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
- Darrel McCann
- Peter Croome
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