Raymond's first samples were dismissed for not containing enough action sequences. The themes of an approaching planet threatening the Earth, and an athletic hero, his girlfriend, and a scientist traveling to the new planet by rocket, were adapted by Raymond for the initial storyline. One source for Flash Gordon was the Philip Wylie novel When Worlds Collide (1933). King Features then turned to Alex Raymond, one of their staff artists, to create the story. However, the syndicate was unable to reach an agreement with Burroughs. At first, King Features tried to purchase the rights to the John Carter of Mars stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Buck Rogers comic strip had been commercially very successful, spawning novelizations and children's toys, and King Features Syndicate decided to create its own science fiction comic strip to compete with it. Creation The first Flash Gordon comic strip (1934). First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by, and created to compete with, the already established Buck Rogers adventure strip. Art by Ron Salas.įlash Gordon is the protagonist of a space adventure comic strip created and originally drawn by Alex Raymond. Artwork for the cover of King: Flash Gordon #1 (January 2015 Dynamite Entertainment).
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