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HUMANITY WATCHES.
AGULLETIN BOARD

THE SCIENTIST DRHANS ZARKOV ABOARD AN EASTBOUND TRANSCONTINENTAE

a WORKS DAY ANG NIGHT, PERFECTING PLANE WE HAVE FLASH GORDON, YALE GRADUATE
A DEVICE WITH WHICH HE HOPES TO SAVE AND WORLD-RENOWNED POLO PLAYER,AND 5)

IN
THE WORLD---HIS GREAT BRAIN IS, DALE ARDEN,A PASSENGER

WHATS THE EAP FRIENDS BAN! YOURE SPIES?

ar uP mast aun‘ were } YOUVE COME TO MAKE MY SECRET
FRIENDS— KNOWN TO THE WORLD!--THEY
SHALL NEVER KNOW! ---~

LANDING NEAR
DR ZARKOVS G
A DISHEVELED,
HIMSELF OF WILD-EYED FIGURE
HIS PARACHUTE CONFRONTS THEM!
NOW GET INTO THE ROCKET!- WITH & DEAFENING ROAR ,DR ZARKOVS ROCKET SHIP, wits
1D TO SHOOT THIS SHIP AT FLASH AND DALE ABOARD, SHRIEKS I1!TO THE HEAVES
HAAS aa ny
DEFLECT THE COMET
FROM ITS COURSE AND (7 WEAVE
SAVE THE EARTH! we |MAN, YOURE
THREE SHALL DIE,
MARTYRS TO SCIENCE!

-AND HEADS STRAIGHT TOWARD THE

ONRUSHING PLANET WITH A MADMAN AT THE
CONTROLS
(To BE CONTINUED)
‘SHE'S
IF T.CAN ONLY GET TO
THAT CITY IN
ee ae
 FLASH GORDON, CARRYING THE UNCONSCIOUS FLASH RAINS BLOWS ON THE
DALE ARDAN TO THE DISTANT CITY, AFTER
THE CRASH OF THEIR ROCKET SHIP
ON JHE NEW PLANET BECOMES
AWARE OF THE PRESENCE OF
A GREAT MONSTER--- mm
KNIFE AND AWAITS

ACTERRIFIED SCREAM --THE GREAT BEAST,

ALARMED, DROPS FLASH, WHO BEHOLDS A BLOOD-FREEZING SIGHT!
THE GROUND TREMBLES AS
THE GIANT ANIMALS FIGHT TO)
JHE DEATH OVER THEIR.
HORRIFIED PREY!

THE LEADER NOSES HIS, > = [THE BEALITY OF THE FEMALE PLEASES ME
SHIP DOWNWARD =--TMERE I3 A - SHE SHALL BE MY WIFE ---THE YOUNGS, ie
CRACKLE OF ELECTRICITY-~ ~ a MAN SHALL BE SLAIN. AS HE
THE FIGHTING MONSTERS, Rie GEE, TOONT KNOW | ‘ Ryn OES NOT MEET THE
HOW TO THANK. YOU, PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
SIR --YOUSAVED AL or ne OF MY ARMY!
IaL
OUR. LIVES" UNIVERSE !

FLASH GORDON SETS HIS JAW AND

LOWLY WALAG INTO THE ARENA Tp
(meee IN MORTAL COMBAT THE
ED MONKEY MEN OF MONGO
MITINVED) A 3.
 FLASH REACHES THE BOTTOM STEP LEADING GRASPING THE FALLING MAN-BEAST AT THE ARMPITS, FLASH WHIRLS: STREAMING ACROSS THE ARENA FLASH DIVES!
INTO THE ARENA---HE LEAPS AND HIM AROUND --- THE BRUTE'S HEELS STRIKE THE SECOND MONKEY MAN'S THE THIRD MONKEY MAN'S HEAD
SWINGS !THERE IS A SHARP CRASHES INTO THE WALL !--HE
CRACK AS HIS FIST SLIDES To THE FLOOR WITH
MEETS THE First
MONKEY MAN'S

[NOMBER FOUR SPRINGS AT FLATS === FLASH PINIONS HIM WITH A DEADLY GRIP/--- THE MUSCLES WRITHE
| KEES : FLASH HURDLES THE OUT AND RIPPLE UNDER HIS GLISTENING SKIN AS THE YOUTH EXERTS
PRESSURE -----~

HE IS GREETED BY A
STUNNED SILENCE
SHOOT HIM! SHOOT HIM DOWN IN
HIS TRACKS !- -HE CANNOT )
f STO STOR LSA
\ IF YOU KILL THIS.
MAKE A FOOL J
oe hes

FLASH DASHES TO
THE FAR END OF THE ARENA
HE LEAPS HIGH INTO THE a
AIR --A BOLT FROM THE age swinas
SOLDIER'S RAY GUN HIMSELF INTO THE
SHATTERS THE BOX OCCUPIED
WALL BEHIND DAUGHTER OF TH! Si .
Him SHE FUNGS HERSELF (N"FROR RIM

OPENS /FLASH FALLS.

THRU !--THE PRINCESS

TWISTING HERSELE
FREE OF THE CLUTCHING

“THE OPENING—
 WIT A MIGHTY EFFORT <=
FLASH PULLS HIMSELF TD A
STANDING POSITION ON THE PIPE---
BEADS OF COLD PERSPIRATION GLISTEN
(ON HIS BODY,AS HE BEHOLDS-
GRIPPING THE f 4, THE HIDEOUS WATER.
PIPE FIRMLY, FLASH Q DRAGONS OF MONGO!
LEANS FAR OUT AND,
CATCHES THE FALLING.
PRINCESS !--HE GASPS,
WITH PAIN AS TH
SHOCK ALMOST
TEARS HIS ARM
FROM ITS

=="THEY MAKE IT! THE GREAT BEASTS CHARGE “FEARLESSLY SHE RUSHES AT THEM! THE DRAGONT
THE PRINCESS RAISES HER ARM --- PRBACK! aSSLIDE BACK INTO THEd WATER. |
THE MONSTERS HESITATE=- ‘SAY! PRINCESS AURA

TAKING FLASH BY JHE HAND,SHE LEADS HIM TD A WALL AT THE

FAR END OF THE PASSAGE - ME PRESSES A STON -THE WALL ROLLS </> MINE! DALE ARDAN
BACK, REVEALING AN ELEVATOR — SHALL NOT HAVE YOO ST
SHALL HOLD YOU HERE:
PA UNTIL SHE BECOMES

TELLING FLASH HE 3
WILL BE SECURE AGAINST +
THE WRATH OF HER FATHER,
THE EMPEROR ,SHE BIDS HIM
ENTER THE SHIP---HE
DOES --SHE SLAMS
THE DOOR AND
BOUTS!

( WHILE PLANNING A
POSSIBLE MEANSOFESCAPE,
| FLASH DONS SOME CLOTHES HE
FINDS ON THE SHIP-- SUDDENLY
HE HEARS AN EAR-SPLITTING
 IWPRISONING FLASH INHER SPACE SHIP HIM!
BUT 1LOVER
TAM SORRY.FATHE r r [Nou SHALL BE TWEEN By THESE TWO |_ OK,MYFATHER NOT)
4 WARRIOR WOMEN TO THEIR COUNTRY THAT! ANYTHING,
Fo. oF ME BEFOR E
MYSOLDIERS, OF ICE AND SNOW AND BITTER COLD!}) BUT THAT!
WHEN LORDERED HIS, (Bd—J THERE FOR SIX MONTHS,YOU
i

FLASH STAGGERS TO HIS FEET AND CLAWS AT

HIS THROAT!--HIS SHIP LURCHES AND DIVES!
 , ae
a cea eae = war OBE YELLOW
mat MEN MEN MY FRI ENDS ? THEN
TPRINCE THUN
THEY ARE My ENEMIES! THEIR EMPEROR. 15, (OF THE LION MEN,AM
3 AM, HIS EYELIDS FLUTTER FORCING THE GIRL I LOVE TO BECOME HIS SOUR FRIENT
VE 1S COMING TO! BRIDE /--HE HAS TRIED TOKILLME! T
a f ATTACKED YOU TO SAVEMYGIRL ==IF
“(“Zr ONE OF YOUR RAYS HAD STRUCK |
\ Ry
‘ \ (ome WN AY » r ate p
S Y
Z eZ S /

18S THE LION MAN 5

RAISES HIS SWORDFOR tbe |
THE DEATH BLOW, FLASH
GROANS AND TURNS OVER,
THAT DEVICE 1S A THOUGHT-PROJECTOR==] DALE ‘DALE! THIS 15
CONCENTRATE SOUR THOUGHTS TOWARD | FLAGH--ARE YOU
f
0 ee ooins toe
(08 LET ME KNOW THE BEST
J our CAUSE 1S HOPELESS,
COMEWF YOURS mA NOTMY BiWREGXED
WI MEO n=LS
Asao)
5 %Ys f,

THE CITY AND PURSUES THE FLEEING SPACE GYROS

CH FLASH, CANITREALY BEM] [WHATS HE MATTER. J HER MIND 1S NOLONGER WORKING ! AFTER ALONG RUN, THEY COME TOA TUNNEL FLANKED
You? TLTHOUGHT YOUWERE DEAD !-- |]|MyBOY ? SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO. GOLDEN DRAGONS.
DONT TRY TOSAVEME! IT 1S HOPELESS B HER! COME ON.WE CANT
EVERY GATE IS GUARDED ! THE

R18ew To BE CONTINUED 4m
 PICKING UP
AS TSAK,THE TWO-HEADED MONSTER THUN'S SWORD
ADVANCES TOWARD FLASH AND HIS FLASH RUSHES:
FRIEND, FLASH SLIPS AND FALLS !
PRINCE “THUN OF THE LION MEN LEAPS
TO HIS RESCUE !

Mes
AVOIDING THE YAWNING BELLOWING IN PAIN TSAK SEIZES:
MOUTHS AND CLUTCHING FLASH f-—— HE HIDEOUS HEADS: cana ANS LOSE !
TALONS FLASH DIVES “SHAKING LIKE
UNDER THE BEAST SINKS TO THE ALEAF!
AND THRUSTS GROUND !

Goo THESE WHIRLPOOLS +]

ARE TERRIBLE, BUT IM GOING
_=-\ To GET DALE AWAY FROM THAT
‘ CITY IF I'S THE LAST
MING LEVER. DO!-- fay
HELLO! A =
LIGHT!

PICKING UP HIS:
UNCONSCIOUS FRIEND
FLASH CONTINUES —
ONWARD THRU THE
“TUNNELOFTERROR

| SEIZED WITH AN UNCONTROLLABLE [

|FURY HE LEAPS To THE ATTACK!

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MPOSSIBLE
TH HIS HEAVY BURDEN ,| | ‘AS THE GIANT RED
| FLASH DROPS THE LION DROKS RUSH TOWARD
MAN AND ADVANCES --~ THEIR TERRIFIED
L, SUDDENLY THE WALL, VICTIM FLASH HEARS U
OPENS!AMAN THE MOCKING LAUGHTER.
FALLS
A THRU! OF THE EMPEROR ! CONTINUED
 |
CSeeed oa a
oaanan
SWORD / ~ 3
f > ‘
i a
HE SPRINGS TO HIS,
MONSTER! THE CRUEL,
TALONS PIERCE HIS

BSS Wears 10
H MEI. VICTIM

Pl THE BACK OF

THE FEROCITY OF THE ATTACK

THROWS THE BEAST OFF ITS
BALANCE I THE LION MAN'S
STEEL-SINEWED HANDS:
TIGHTEN ABOUT THE HUGE
MONSTER'S THROAT--
IMA FEW SECONDS
IT IS ALL OVER-

---THE SOLDIERS SINK TO THE

GROUND --UNCONSCIOUS !
 [BASHING BEHIND THE GREAT STONE GOO FLAGH AND DALE THROW THEIRWEIGHT] [7 rowune mr wn QAGE THE
TWISTING OUT F Quick, DALE, GET JAGAINST IT..THE LION MAN SENDS HIS MGHTY BODY CRASHING
TOTHER AID. EMPERORS OFFICERS SWARI UP
(OF THUNS GRASP. THE STEPS TO AVENGE THEINSULT
FLASH RUSHES,
FROM BEHIND THE
!DOL AND SENOS
THE Hig PRIEST
AND THE EMPEROR
SPRAWLING.

[ COME
on,DALE, THIS
f)_ | Trar-cooe tar was|§
SIS UNDER THE IDOLS \Y
| ue ony Hance HERE
| LET mecarey you! y

A DEAFENING CRASH.
THEN SILENCE ----
ABEOLAM OF
SCREAMS AND.
GROANS FILLS THE
AIR.

NEVER STOP UNTIL HE

HAS TAKEN HIS.
HIDEOUS REVENGE!

A SOLDIER PAINFULLY ORAGS HIMSELF TO THE TRAP-DSOR ..HE

HIS DAGGER ANO STARTS CUTTING THE ROPE LADDER
a Bo ez
CAUGHT IN AN IRRESISTIBLE

CONTINUED —
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THE HEAD
---HELL COME
Bl
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eetieen he meeeeoe
DALE AND THUN, THE é POLINA BOW SERONDS.

Seen ances
moar ne eum
PALS BEONO

STUNNED BY ME INCREDIGLE THING THAT HAD [aia

HAPPENED TOTHEM, FLASH AND DALE ARE LED [al
TOWARD A'GIANT ROCKET SUBMARINE:

THIRD PLACES 4,
HELMET
OFTRANSPARENT

HIS SUPREME INTELLIGENCE, MING THE

MERCILESS , RULEROFTHE UNIVERSE,
HAS ORDERED THAT YOU DALE ARDEN,
SHALL BE RETURNED TO HIM..HIS,

LR. [APTERTRAVELING FORMORETHAN ANHOUR

GSE
A=|THe sue svovency Noses Down TOWARD A
BY C2 JEWEL
mastaricunrr cry amocine Clee oer E
ON THE BED OF THE OCEAN,

Ree i 7 Tue ARENAS

Exe cREEN Tey
IERCILESS' AND YOUCALL KAM
POURSELF KING KILLED
oe 0 ONTHENEOLENCE,
SPOT By |||omens se ner. EAcuso
ADVANCE TOWARD
bell ee THE DEATH!
BODY WiTH MY OWN
TWO HANDS --TAKE:
HIM TO THE UNDER
Ay WATER ARENA,
 SNARLING WITH RAGE
Fis coa00n AND DALE ARDEN SAVE THE EARTH KALA, KING OF SHARK
BY SHOOTING A ROCKET AT THE PLANET WHICH MEN, RUSHES AT FLASH
THREATENS TO COLLIDE WITH IT_.THEY BECOME AND PINNING HIM.
MAROONED ON THE PLANET(MONGO) - MING. THE IN HIS POWERFUL,
MERCILESS, RULER OF MONGO, ORDERS FLASH KILLEO GRIP, ATTENOTS TO. AiR TUBE OF THE
AND DALE TO MARRY HIM." AURA, MINGS DAUGHTER, . TEAR FLASHS HELMET KINGS HELMET,
LOVING FLASH, SAVES HIM_FOR THIS SHE IS EXILED. AND TWISTS IT,
AMONG THE WOMAN WARRIORS —PREVENTING THE SHUTTING OUT
WEDDING, FLASH, DALE AND HUN, THELION MAN,ESCAPE
UNDERGROUND_THEY ARECAPTURED BY THE SHARIC MEN

| carried EARTHLUNG, YOU ARE THE FIRST MAN GOSH, KING, 1M.
KALA SINKS TO THE Yo HIS [To EVER DEFEAT ME IN PHYSICAL, GLAD TO SEE YOU
FLOOR UNCONSCIOUS, CHAMBERS, COMBaT, THEREFORE, 1SALUTE. TAKE IT THAT
IFLASH RELEASES HIS, |THE King YOU... CAPTAIN, TAKE THIS YOUTH way...
GRIP AND STEPS 1S REVIVED HO THE SOUTH CHAMBER AND IN,
ae
|cectoes:
SME MORNING SEE THAT HE ANO
THE GIRL,OALE ARDEN, ARE

| WHAT A FOOL I WAS

_} To TRUST THAT KING, THE
TREACHEROUS DOG! GREAT
SCOTT, THE ROOM IS
DOOR CLANGS BEHIND HIM, FILLING WITH WATER!
AND FLASH HEAPS THE
RAUCOUS LAUGHTER OF
THE GUARDS!

[faxo = HommirieD at wuat HE |

WELL, WHOEVER OWNED THAT BEHOLDS...THE WINDOW 15
YELLOW ARM SAVED MY LIFE .- TORN OUT FROM. THE
LETS SEE WHAT THIS NOTE SAYS... OUTSIDE,THEROOM 15,
Y TAP THE PANEL OPPOSITE THE
DOOR... THE PANEL WILL OPEN JANO DALE 1S
AND RELEASE YOU FROM THE MISSING!
ROOM... SWIM DOWN TO THE
THIRD FLOOR OF THE BUILDING,
AND AT THE FOUR! WINDOW
YOU WILL SEE DALE ARDEN,
SHE IS WAITING FOR YOU!

RELEASED FROM HIS PRISON, FLASH SWIMS TO DALES ROOM!

= Tae
 wen. 1 GOT THAT FELLOWS
Marooned Of THE PLANET MONGO AFTER THEY HAD DEFLECTED, rete TEU. HELMET AND KNIFE. NOW IF
IT WITH THEIR ROCKET SHIP PROM IT'S COURSE TOWARD THE EARTH, THEY WERE TAKEN | []L CAN ONLY GET To THE
FLASH GORDON ANO DALE AROEN FALL INTO THE CLUTCHES OF YO OUR CTY. CIty IN TIME... WHATS THAT
MING, THE MERCILESS, RULER OFMONGO.....MINGS. DALE ARCEN 5 TO IN THE DISTANCE ?.. LOOKS
JATTEMPT TO FORCE DALE TO MARRY HIM IS FRUSTRATED B 7 | 9c RETURNED To CUR ||L&E A SeA-MONSTER!
BY FLASH AND PRINCE THUN OF LION MEN..FLASH ARDEN OR TLL RULER, MING, THE
JAND DALE ARECAPTURED BY SHARK MEN ANDBROUGHT SNAP YOUR MERCILESS .-- FLASH
tO THEIR UNDERSEA CITY...THUN IS LEFT.UNCONSCIOUS NECK LIKE ( f GORDON 15TOBe
ON THE BANK OF THE RIVER..KALA KING OF SHARK KILLED... THEY are
MEN, ORDERS DALE RETURNED TO MING..FLASH COMING BACK FOR
IS THROWN INTO A TORTURE CHAMBER... THE WALL brou-cLeT ME Go...
OPENS, A YELLOW HAND GIVES FLASH A DIVING-
HELMET AND DIRECTIONS To DALES ROOM..
ONARRIVING AT THE ROOM FLASH FINDS
THE WINDOW TORN OUT AND.
DALE MISSING! TuEy TOOK FLAS}
AND DALE TO THEI]
CNDERSEA City:...
THEY LL BE SURPRISED
WHEN THEY FIND IM NOT
TWERE, ANO THEY'LL BE

WATER ATA SPEED OF |.

300 MILES PER HOUR
THE HYDROCYCLE SKIDS TO A STOP THE SHIP WITH THE LION
ON THE SLIMY SEA BOTTOM.. MAN AT THE CONTROLS,
THREE SHARK MEN EMERGE AND} PLY ROARS BACK TOWARD
SWIM TO THE SURFACE-. THECTYBENEATH THE SEA

ARRIVING AT THE CITY THUN,

TAKES A HELMET AND WAR
CLUB FROM THE SHIP AND
STARTS SEARCHING FOR AN
ENTRANCE..SUODENLY HE
SEES 4 FAMILIAR FACE HERE THEY COME!
PEERING FROM IN A MINUTE THE WHOLE
CITY WILL BE AROUSED..1

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IT 1S DALE! REALIZING THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BREAK THE
TRANSPARENT STEEL WINDOW, THE LION MAN BATTERS THE
Ay i S WALL IN WITH HIS HUGE WAR CLUB
A i
CONT
TER WORRY, DALE...
NOM WERE - i WERE GUT OF wane
A TUNNEL THE ||THE SHP LEAPS OUT OF THE Tu INNEL AT BLINDING
r SPEED.. TH THERE 1S GRIND
AGRINDING CRASHSH AS 5 IT
1T PLUNGES|
PLUNG!
WILL LEAD US QUT IN THE OPEN wet ||NTOAHUGE STEELNET PLACED OVE THE TUNNEL ENTRANCE ...AGREATSHOUT RISES’ FROM THE
FED TG KA COUNTRVANG RING A: Taos ATHOUSAND MEN AND THE YELLOW SOLDIERS OF MING,THEMERCILESS, RUSH UPON
FLEET OF SPACE - GYROS: BREN ae
AND HUNOREOS OF LION

JHE MOTORS START WITH

A ROAR.-THUN WHIPS THE
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=
ano DALEreARDEN,
s TWO EARTH) PEOPLE "O° ie JO‘LLFIND
GO BACK ar
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THUN, THEN wel |
MAROONEDONTHE PLANET "MONGO, ey, COME BACK HERE AND (4. ¥
PLANETS RULER, ‘MING, THE
RIL WANTS TC Tear tis cy apaRr-_|
1 WONT BELIEVE THAT (7
JOALES DEAD... SHE -
cant setJ
UNDER THE SEA, THUN RESCUES.
p. DALE, BUT THEY ARE CAPTURED By
MINGS SOLDIERS, FLASH ARRIVES AT
* DALES PRISON ONLY
TO FIND THE “©
~ WALL
(AS SMASHED By THON) AND

WELL, WHAT IN HE DID, BUT 1 ESCAPED]

BLAZES ARE YOU DONG) ANO CAME HERE ....ty
DOWN HERE>... F TIME TO SAVE YOUR
THOUGHT YOUR FATHER LIFE ..1 HANDED YOU
THAT HELMET AND.
SAVED YOU FROM
DROWNING WHEN | }
THE SHARK MEN THREW)
YOU IN THE TORTURE!
CHAMBER... BY THE WAY,
HUN SMASHED THE Wat
OF DALES ROOM AND.
RESCUED HER

SIGNAL THEM THAT ALL IS WELL

WE ARE TAKING THEM TO HIS
‘SUPREME INTELLIGENCE,

FLASH "TAS USTUNNEL

Wit LEAD OUT”
PJ
F tcoc pavucur

UP OUT OF THE SEA...UP THRU THE CENTER OF A GREAT MOUNTAIN! THE

TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN ROLLS BACK_ THE CITY EMERGES AND Takes |]
TIS POSITION THERE' FROM ALL SIDES ROCKETS ROAR FROM THECTY
som -
FLASH AND AURA RUN OUT OF THE TUNNEL AND STOP IN AMAZEMENT JHE YOUTH AND THE PRINCESS WHIRL AROUND IN
BEFORE THE WRECKAGE OF THE HYDROCYCLE IN WHICH THUN. TIMETO SETHE CITYOFSHARK MEN DISAPPEAR IN THIN AIRY
AND DALE ESCAPED
TTCAN MEAN ANYTHING...
My FATHERS SOLDIERS HAVE
QUICK, LETS CLIMB THAT MOUNTAIN.
IE Mav BE ABLE TO SEE THEM
7
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THERE 1S A BUNDING
FLASH AND A DEAFENING
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