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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: At the end of the story, Flash allows Dale to believe he's dead so she can return to her life on Earth while he remains on Mongo.]]
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: At [[spoiler:At the end of the story, Flash allows Dale to believe he's dead so she can return to her life on Earth while he remains on Mongo.]]
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* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: In issue 2, Flash mocks Ming about his guards' incompetence. It takes two panels for Ming to agree with Flash, and he decides to kill him personally.
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* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: In issue 2, #2, Flash mocks Ming about his guards' incompetence. It takes two panels for Ming to agree with Flash, and he decides to kill him personally.
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* SurroundedByIdiots: In issue 2 Flash points out Ming's guards are incompetent; it takes two panels for Ming to come to the same conclusion and try to kill Flash himself.
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* SurroundedByIdiots: In issue 2 #2, Flash points out that Ming's guards are incompetent; it takes two panels for Ming to come to the same conclusion and try to kill Flash himself.
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* WalkingTransplant: The Yellow race of Mongo are acculturated to view their fate as organ replacements for the ruling Grays as the equivalent of going to Heaven.
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* YouGotSpunk: Ming finds Dale's feistiness refreshing.
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** During Flash and Dale's journey across the Himalayas-like Snow Cap, they battle a creature based off the White Apes from the ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'' books. And after they kill the creature, Flash suggests using the carcass to keep warm like from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. Dale refuses that idea.
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** During Flash and Dale's journey across the Himalayas-like Snow Cap, they battle a creature based off the White Apes from the ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'' books. And after books.
** After they kill the creature, Flash suggests doing like in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', using the carcass to keepwarm like from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.warm. Dale refuses that idea.
** After they kill the creature, Flash suggests doing like in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', using the carcass to keep
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* ShoutOut: The treatment of the Yellow People of Snow Cap City is based off the Eloi in ''Film/TheTimeMachine1960''.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** During Flash and Dale's journey across the Himalayas-like Snow Cap, they battle a creature based off the White Apes from the ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'' books. And after they kill the creature, Flash suggests using the carcass to keep warm like from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. Dale refuses that idea.
** The treatment of the Yellow People of Snow Cap City is based off the Eloi in ''Film/TheTimeMachine1960''.
** During Flash and Dale's journey across the Himalayas-like Snow Cap, they battle a creature based off the White Apes from the ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'' books. And after they kill the creature, Flash suggests using the carcass to keep warm like from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. Dale refuses that idea.
** The treatment of the Yellow People of Snow Cap City is based off the Eloi in ''Film/TheTimeMachine1960''.
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* ShoutOut: The treatment of the Yellow People of Snow Cap City is based off the Elois in ''Film/TheTimeMachine1960''.
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* ShoutOut: The treatment of the Yellow People of Snow Cap City is based off the Elois Eloi in ''Film/TheTimeMachine1960''.
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* ShoutOut: The treatment of the Yellow People of Snow Cap City is based off the Elois in ''Film/TheTimeMachine1960''.
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* {{Fanservice}}: Both Flash and Dale [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] that nearly all the women on Mongo are dressed as if from Frederick's of Hollywood.
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''Flash Gordon'' was a 1988 comic book mini-series adaptation of the famous comic strip hero ComicStrip/FlashGordon, written by Dan Jurgens and produced by Creator/DCComics. The series compressed the basic story into 9 issues and still found time for plenty of action, worldbuilding, and character development.
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''Flash Gordon'' was a 1988 comic book mini-series maxi-series adaptation of the famous comic strip hero ComicStrip/FlashGordon, written by Dan Jurgens and produced by Creator/DCComics. The series compressed the basic story into 9 issues and still found time for plenty of action, worldbuilding, and character development.
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''Flash Gordon'' was a 1988 comic book mini-series adaptation of the famous comic strip hero ComicStrip/FlashGordon, written by Dan Jurgens and produced by Creator/DCComics. The series compressed the basic story into 9 issues and still found time for plenty of action, worldbuilding, and character development. In this series Flash is a washed-up basketball star looking for his purpose in life, which he finds in defending the planet Mongo from their tyrannical overlord, Ming the Merciless. Accompanying him are the feisty Dale Arden, and the scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov, while Ming's daugther Aura may be a friend or a foe.
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''Flash Gordon'' was a 1988 comic book mini-series adaptation of the famous comic strip hero ComicStrip/FlashGordon, written by Dan Jurgens and produced by Creator/DCComics. The series compressed the basic story into 9 issues and still found time for plenty of action, worldbuilding, and character development.
In this series Flash is a washed-up basketball star looking for his purpose in life, which he finds in defending the planet Mongo from their tyrannical overlord, Ming the Merciless. Accompanying him are the feisty reporter Dale Arden, and the scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov, while Ming'sdaugther daughter Aura may be a friend or a foe.
In this series Flash is a washed-up basketball star looking for his purpose in life, which he finds in defending the planet Mongo from their tyrannical overlord, Ming the Merciless. Accompanying him are the feisty reporter Dale Arden, and the scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov, while Ming's
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''Flash Gordon'' was a 1988 comic book mini-series adaptation of the famous comic strip hero ComicStrip/FlashGordon, written by Dan Jurgens and produced by Creator/DCComics. The series compressed the basic story into 9 issues and still found time for plenty of action, worldbuilding, and character development.
development. In this series Flash is a washed-up basketball star looking for his purpose in life, which he finds in defending the planet Mongo from their tyrannical overlord, Ming the Merciless. Accompanying him are the feisty Dale Arden, and the scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov, while Ming's daugther Aura may be a friend or a foe.
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* ActionGirl: This Dale is perfectly capable handling herself and only needs Flash when she is outnumbered and surrounded by the enemy.
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* ActionGirl: This Dale is perfectly capable of handling herself and only needs Flash when she is outnumbered and surrounded by the enemy.
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* ActionGirl: This Dale is perfectly capable handling herself and only needs Flash when she is outnumbered and surrounded by the enemy.
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''Flash Gordon'' was a 1988 comic book mini-series adaptation of the famous comic strip hero ComicStrip/FlashGordon, written by Dan Jurgens and produced by Creator/DCComics.
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''Flash Gordon'' was a 1988 comic book mini-series adaptation of the famous comic strip hero ComicStrip/FlashGordon, written by Dan Jurgens and produced by Creator/DCComics. \n The series compressed the basic story into 9 issues and still found time for plenty of action, worldbuilding, and character development.
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* AdaptationDistillation: The series compressed the basic story into 9 issues and still found time for plenty of action, worldbuilding, and character development.
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* AdaptationDistillation: The series compressed the basic story into 9 issues and still found time for plenty of action, worldbuilding, and character development.
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* TheGuardMustBeCrazy: In issue 2, Flash mocks Ming about his guards' incompetence. It takes two panels for Ming to agree with Flash, and he decides to kill him personally.
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* TheGuardMustBeCrazy: TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: In issue 2, Flash mocks Ming about his guards' incompetence. It takes two panels for Ming to agree with Flash, and he decides to kill him personally.
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* TheGuardMustBeCrazy: In issue 1, Flash mocks Ming about his guards' incompetence. It takes a panel and a half for Ming to agree with Flash, and he decides to kill him personally.
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* TheGuardMustBeCrazy: In issue 1, 2, Flash mocks Ming about his guards' incompetence. It takes a panel and a half two panels for Ming to agree with Flash, and he decides to kill him personally.
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* RaceLift: Ming and Aura are gray-skinned here.
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* RaceLift: Ming and Aura are gray-skinned here.here, as as the other inhabitants of Mingo City.
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* YouGotSpunk: Ming finds Dale's feistiness refreshing.
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* YouGotSpunk: Ming finds Dale's feistiness refreshing.refreshing.
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* CliffHanger: Like the serials and stories, every issue ended with a cliffhanger.
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* CliffHanger: Like the serials and stories, comic strips, every issue ended with a cliffhanger.
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: At the end of the story, Flash allows Dale to believe he's dead so she can return to her life on Earth while he remains on Mongo.]]
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* MuggedForDisuise: Flash steals a military officer's uniform to flee Mingo City.
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* TheVamp: Aura.
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* TheVamp: Aura.Aura.
* YouGotSpunk: Ming finds Dale's feistiness refreshing.
* YouGotSpunk: Ming finds Dale's feistiness refreshing.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Between Aura and Barin.
* MuggedForDisuise: Flash steals a military officer's uniform to flee Mingo City.
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* RaceLift: Ming and Aura are gray-skinned here.here.
* SurroundedByIdiots: In issue 2 Flash points out Ming's guards are incompetent; it takes two panels for Ming to come to the same conclusion and try to kill Flash himself.
* TheVamp: Aura.
* SurroundedByIdiots: In issue 2 Flash points out Ming's guards are incompetent; it takes two panels for Ming to come to the same conclusion and try to kill Flash himself.
* TheVamp: Aura.
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The series ran for 9 issues, and while it ended with a hook for a continued series, it was never picked up.
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The series ran for the planned 9 issues, and while it ended with a hook for a continued series, it was never picked up.
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* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Flash and Dale assume this about Dr. Zarkov.
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The series ran for 9 issues, and while it ended with a hook for a continued series, it was never picked up.
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''Flash Gordon'' was a 1988 comic book mini-series adaptation of the famous comic strip hero ComicStrip/FlashGordon, written by Dan Jurgens and produced by Creator/DCComics.
!!This mini-series contains examples of:
* AdaptationDistillation: The series compressed the basic story into 9 issues and still found time for plenty of action, worldbuilding, and character development.
* CliffHanger: Like the serials and stories, every issue ended with a cliffhanger.
* TheHerosJourney: Flash, who begins the strip as a basketball player past his prime, finds new purpose on Mongo.
* InHarmsWay: Flash likes to take risks early on, which ends with him crashing his car and meeting Dale and Dr. Zarkov.
* IntrepidReporter: Dale, much to Flash's annoyance.
* RaceLift: Ming and Aura are gray-skinned here.
!!This mini-series contains examples of:
* AdaptationDistillation: The series compressed the basic story into 9 issues and still found time for plenty of action, worldbuilding, and character development.
* CliffHanger: Like the serials and stories, every issue ended with a cliffhanger.
* TheHerosJourney: Flash, who begins the strip as a basketball player past his prime, finds new purpose on Mongo.
* InHarmsWay: Flash likes to take risks early on, which ends with him crashing his car and meeting Dale and Dr. Zarkov.
* IntrepidReporter: Dale, much to Flash's annoyance.
* RaceLift: Ming and Aura are gray-skinned here.
