Four Color #10 - Flash Gordon
(1942)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "FLASH GORDON, No. 10." Copyright 1938, 1939, 1940 by King Features Syndicate. Much of the data from this index was supplied by Arthur Lortie (via e-mail June 18, 1999).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Flash Gordon / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Raymond ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Flash Gordon

Indexer Notes

Cover is likely traced from panel 6 of the Flash Gordon Sunday strip from 1941.10.12. The airplane is from panel 4 of 1941.12.07.

Modern Jules Verne (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Alex Raymond (photo); Alex Raymond, Jr. (photo); Lynne Raymond (photo); Patricia Quinn (photo)
Synopsis
A brief profile of Alex Raymond with photographs of him working with 17-year-old model Patricia Quinn; with his children, Alex and Lynne; with his wife; and with his fan mail.

Indexer Notes

Article begins on inside front cover, concludes on inside back cover. Black, red, and white.

[The Forest Kingdom; The Ice Kingdom] (Table of Contents: 2)

Flash Gordon / comic story / 64 pages (report information)

Script
Don Moore
Pencils
Alex Raymond (signed); Austin Briggs (p 2)
Inks
Alex Raymond (signed); Austin Briggs (p 2)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Dr. Zarkov; Ming the Merciless; Prince Ronal; Korro; Lupi; Queen Fria; King Barin
Synopsis
Adventures in the forest kingdom of King Barin and the ice kingdom of Queen Fria.
Reprints
  • From Flash Gordon (King Feature Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strips 1938.10.23 to 1940.02.25 (omitting 1939.01.07, 1939.07.30, 1939.08.06, 1939.08.13, 1939.08.20, 1939.12.03, and 1939.12.10)

Indexer Notes

The reprinted strips lack "next week" teasers and titles and have been altered to fit the dimensions of a comic book page. The final panel's dialog is missing.

[Supporting Cast] (Table of Contents: 3)

Flash Gordon / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Raymond
Inks
Alex Raymond
Colors
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Dale Arden; Prince Ronal; Korro; Lupi; Queen Fria

Indexer Notes

back cover. Detail of panel 2 from page 50 (Sunday page of 1939.10.22).

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Flash Gordon
  2. 1. Modern Jules Verne
  3. 2. [The Forest Kingdom; The Ice Kingdom]
    Flash Gordon
  4. 3. [Supporting Cast]
    Flash Gordon
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Darrel McCann
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Tony R. Rose