Cellulose
to Celluloid: Flash
Gordon on Paper and Film
Chapter
Three: Mongo -- Planet of Dinosaurs, Spaceships, and
Ill-tempered Hosts
Dale
runs afoul of huge scary monsters right away.
Jean
Rogers suffers the same fate, via trick photography.
A
fancy rocket with fins and pipes dives out of the blue
to bomb the big brutes and save the Earthpeople.
A
whole fleet of ships comes to their aid in the comic
pages, but the result is the same.
Alex
Raymond wasn't kidding about "strange figures."
Universal
spent the money to duplicate them, though!
Emperor
Ming and his throne followed Raymond's design.
Ming
resembles Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu.
Gordon
first battles Monkey Men in the arena, and wins.
The
Monkey Men are played by pro wrestlers in the movie.
Flash
Gordon
is the property of it's copyright holders. All images
are used for scholastic purposes ONLY in the context of this
article.
Text and graphic design copyright by Michael R. Evans 2008
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