# Flash Gordon facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon (February 25, 1934)

Flash Gordon is a science fiction adventure story that began as a comic strip in 1934. Since then, the Flash Gordon story has been made into movies, TV shows and a radio show.

In the story, Flash Gordon and Dale Arden blast off into space in a rocket invented by the strange Dr. Hans Zarkov. They travel to the planet Mongo, where the evil Emperor Ming plans to take over the Earth.

A new Flash Gordon TV show premieres on the Sci Fi Channel in August 2007.

## Images for kids

- The first Flash Gordon comic strip (1934).

- A young corporal of the Home Army reading a Polish edition of one of Flash Gordon ("Błysk Gordon - Królowa Błękitnej Magii") graphic novels during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944

- Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon (March 4, 1934). Flash and Thun rush to stop the wedding of Ming and Dale.

- Cover of the December 1936 issue of Flash Gordon Strange Adventures .

## See also

In Spanish: Flash Gordon para niños

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