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Flash Gordon
25 episodes · 1935 · Syndicated (Hearst) · Sci-Fi
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Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon first appeared as a Sunday strip on January 7, 1934. In 1935 Hearst's Sunday supplement, The Comic Weekly, put it on the radio as a 26-week serial that followed the Sunday page week by week: Flash, Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkov on the planet Mongo, up against Ming the Merciless, the Hawkmen and Queen Azura. Gale Gordon played Flash, Maurice Franklin Zarkov and Bruno Wick Ming, and Himan Brown produced. In the last two chapters the three crash back to Earth and meet Jungle Jim, who took over the time slot the next week.
Sources: Wikipedia: Flash Gordon; RadioGOLDINdex; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs: Flash Gordon
Episodes
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1935
- On the Planet Mongo
The mad Dr. Zarkov carries Flash and Dale off to the planet Mongo, where Flash beats the Monkey Men, only to be taken prisoner when the Lion Men attack. - Befriends Lion Men and Stops a Wedding
Flash and Princess Aura are caught by a strangling plant; Flash fights dragons underground, bores into Ming's palace in a mechanical mole, and saves a rival prince in the pit of the Tigrons. - Imprisoned by Hawkmen
Flash and his friends get away from Ming, only to be captured by the Hawkmen. - Death Battle Won by Flash
Zarkov saves the Hawkmen's city and wins his friends their freedom; Ming announces a Tournament of Death, and Flash ends up king of the caves. - Blue Magic Men Capture Flash
Zarkov plans to rescue Flash, and Queen Azura of the Blue Magic Men readies her army against the Hawkmen, with Flash at its head. - Dr. Zarkoff to the Rescue
Zarkov slips Captain Mars into Queen Azura's palace as a spy, while Flash orders a ray gun turned on his friends the Hawkmen. - Aide Tal Plants Seeds of Doubt
Flash leads the attack on the Hawkmen, Zarkov throws up a wall of ice to protect them, and Queen Azura is urged to demote Flash. - Flash Charges Ice Barricade of Hawkmen
Flash spares the man who tried to kill him, then hurls a living-icicle bomb at his old friend Zarkov. - Dr. Zarkoff Is Thawed Out
The captured Zarkov is revived, finds Dale again, and plans an escape with a pair of electric meat-roasting prongs. - Dr. Zarkoff Shoots Crooks with Electrodes
Zarkov, Kan and Dale take over the kitchen; Dale warns Flash his wine is drugged to wipe his memory, and it's Queen Azura who ends up drinking it. - Flash Regains Memory
The antidote brings back Flash's memory and makes him King of Blue Magic Land, and General Tal's sneak attack from behind goes badly for Tal. - General Tal Rescued Azora
Flash and Dale search the palace for weapons and find a dozen gas globes, and the queen is kidnapped. - General Tal Attacks Flash Behind a Huge Door
Flash and Dale hold off the rebels with gas globes, until the rebels bring up a dissolving gun. - Dr. Zarkoff Builds Invisible Ray Machine
The friends climb down a vine to a herdsman's shack, Zarkov builds an invisibility machine, and Flash becomes the Avenging Shadow. - Flash, the Avenging Shadow
The invisible Flash heads back to the palace, where the queen's memory is returning, until she's tricked into a second dose. - Azora Regains Memory
With his invisibility recharged, Flash returns to the palace, the queen shakes off the drug again, and the Avenging Shadow strikes. - Flash, Still Invisible, Escapes
Flash gets away, saves Dale from an Ape-Man, frees his Hawkman friend, and grabs Queen Azura just as he starts to turn visible. - General Tal Tries Capturing Dr. Zarkoff
- Pit of Peril and Death Dwarfs
- Pit of Fire
Flash kills the king of the dwarfs and pole-vaults across the fiery pit with Queen Azura holding on, only to find the iron door locked. - Trapped Behind the Iron Door
Flash and the queen get ready to go down fighting, until Zarkov, who has freed Kan, rescues them and takes the queen prisoner. - Flash, King of Cave World
Dale is heartbroken to find Flash in the queen's arms, though he's only pretending; Kan takes on King Tal, and the queen makes Flash king again. - General Tal Seizes Azora's Throne
Tal is overthrown, Flash is hailed as king, and Zarkov builds a spaceship to survey Mongo, which is headed for a crash on Earth. - Flash, Dale and Dr. Zarkoff Crash in Rocket
As the ship falls, the story jumps to Jungle Jim and Kolu in the Malaysian jungle, who are talking with the Reverend and Mrs. Chalmers when Flash's ship crashes nearby. - Flash and Dale Married in the Jungle
The Reverend Chalmers marries Flash and Dale in the jungle, and the three head for home; next week the show becomes Jungle Jim.