Cellulose
to Celluloid: Flash
Gordon on Paper and Film
Chapter
Thirteen: There is more to Zarkov's Invisibility Ray
than meets the eye!
Flash
made some minor mischief with the ray before Ming's
soldiers destroyed it in the movie.
This
Invisibility Ray gimmick led to a whole new chapter
in Raymond's Witch Queen of Mongo saga.
The
Saturday serial and Sunday comic featured Flash raiding
the throne rooms of Azura and Ming.
This
Invisibility Ray gimmick was over a year old when Universal
stole the idea.
Flash
did some low comedy and played some slapstick tricks
with his adversaries on paper and film.
One
result of the invisibile palace raids was --
Azura and Ming were both ROYALLY PISSED OFF.
Flash
used his invisibility to spring his Hawkman ally
...
...
from the dungeons of his enemies.
On
the Sunday pages, the Invisibility Ray caper
preceded a bizzare underground adventure with Queen
Azura, after which she allied herself with the Earth
People.
Princess
Aura implacably makes more mischief after
Flash's invisible shenanigans. (See Chapter 14)
Flash
Gordon
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Text and graphic design copyright by Michael R. Evans 2008
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