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Flash
Gordon started in 1934 as a comic strip drawn by Alex Raymond and was
later featured in three serial films starring Buster Crabbe... Flash Gordon
(1936), Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938), and Flash Gordon Conquers
the Universe (1940). A television series followed from 1954 to 1955 starring
Steve Holland as Flash Gordon that ran for thirty-nine episodes. Filmation
made an animated series that ran for two seasons (comprising of 32 episodes
in total) from 1979 to 1980 and a follow-up animated film 'Flash Gordon:
The Greatest Adventure of All' in 1982. In 1980 there was a live-action
Flash Gordon movie starring Sam Jones in the title role. A further animated
series titled 'Defenders
of the Earth' featuring Flash Gordon and others ran for one season
of sixty-five episodes from 1986 to 1987. Another animated TV series ran
for twenty-six episodes from 1996 to 1997 and finally another live-action
TV series starring Eric Johnson in the title role ran for one season of
twenty-one episodes from 2007 to 2008.
There have been several series of Flash Gordon books. The original novels by Alex Raymond were published by Star Books in the UK from 1977 to 1978. In the US, two series of Flash Gordon books were published by Ace Tempo, the "Citadel" novels and a collection of comic strip books which were printed first in 1971 and then reprinted from 1979. There were also other paperback novels published by Tor and by Harper & Row, though I am not sure exactly how many - the gallery shows only the ones I have in my collection. There were also two longer landscape comic strip books published in Australia by Budget Books. The 1980 movie was novelised and in addition several of Alex Raymond's original books were reprinted showing Sam Jones on the cover (though unimaginatively using exactly the same picture as the novelisation book for all six reprints).  =
In My Collection / 
= Not in My Collection
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Novels
US - Avon Books
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No
1 (1974)
 The Lion Men of Mongo |
No
2 (1974)
 The Plague of Sound |
No
3 (1974)
 The Space Circus |
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No
4 (1974)
 The Time Trap of Ming XIII |
No
5 (1974)
 The Witch Queen of Mongo |
No
6 (1975)
 The War of the Cybernauts |
UK - Star Books
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No
1 (1977)
 The Lion Men of Mongo |
No
2 (1977)
 The Plague of Sound |
No
3 (1977)
 The Space Circus |
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No
4 (1977)
 The Time Trap of Ming XIII |
No
5 (1978)
 The Witch Queen of Mongo |
No
6 (1978)
 The War of the Cybernauts |
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No
1
 The Lion Men of Mongo |
No
2
 The Plague of Sound |
No
3
 The Space Circus |
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No
4
 The Time Trap of Ming XIII |
No
5
 The Witch Queen of Mongo |
No
6
 The War of the Cybernauts |
US - Ace Tempo Books
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No
1 (1980)
 Massacre in the 22nd Century |
No
2 (1980)
 War of the Citadels |
No
3 (1980)
 Crisis on Citadel II |
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No
4 (1981)
 Forces From the Federation |
No
5 (1981)
 Citadels Under Attack |
No
6 (1981)
 Citadels on Earth |
The Movie
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UK
(1980)
 NEL Books |
US
(1980)
 Jove Books |
Comic
Strip Books
US - Ace Tempo Books
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No
1 (1979)
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No
2 (1979)
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No
3 (1979)
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No
4 (1980)
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No
5 (1980)
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No
6 (1980)
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US - Harper & Row Books
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1976
 Flash Gordon in the Sand World of Mongo |
US - Tor Books
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1967
 Flash Gordon on the Lost Continent of Mongo |
1968
 Flash Gordon : The Ice Monster |
1982
 Flash Gordon : Treachery on Mongo |
Beaver Puzzle Books
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No
1 (?)
 Flash Gordon vs Ming the Merciless |
No
2 (1979)
 Flash Gordon vs Bloody Brazor and the Metal Men |
No
3 (1980)
 Flash Gordon vs King Vultan |
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No
4 (?)
 Flash Gordon vs Linchu and the Lizard Women |
No
5 (?)
 Flash Gordon vs The Beast Men |
No
6 (1981)
 Flash Gordon vs The Incredible Kang |
Australia - Budget Books
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No
1 (1987)
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No
2 (1988)
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Kitchen Sink Press Books
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1990
 Vol 2 : Three Against Ming Alex Raymond's Strips (1935 - 1937) |
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1992
 Vol 1 : Austin Briggs' Dailies 1940 - 1942 |
1993
 Vol 2 : Austin Briggs' Dailies 1940 - 1942 |
Dark Horse Comics
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2003
 Mac Raboy's Flash Gordon Volume 1 |
2003
 Mac Raboy's Flash Gordon Volume 2 |
2003
 Mac Raboy's Flash Gordon Volume 3 |
2004
 Mac Raboy's Flash Gordon Volume 4 |
World
Distributors (World Adventure Library)
Comic Strip Paperbacks
From
the World Distributors 'World
Adventure Library' series
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No
1 (?)
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No
2 (?)
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No
3 (1967)
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No
4 (1967)
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No
5 (1967)
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No
6 (1967)
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No
7 (1967)
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Other
Books
In My Collection
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1981
 Colouring Book World Books |
Flash
Gordon Annuals Gallery
Defenders
of the Earth Books Gallery