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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

Novels
US - Avon Books

No 1 (1974)

The Lion Men of Mongo
No 2 (1974)

The Plague of Sound
No 3 (1974)

The Space Circus
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

No 1 (1977)

The Lion Men of Mongo
No 2 (1977)

The Plague of Sound
No 3 (1977)

The Space Circus
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
Movie Tie-in Cover Reprints
No 1

The Lion Men of Mongo
No 2

The Plague of Sound
No 3

The Space Circus
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

No 1 (1980)

Massacre in the 22nd Century
No 2 (1980)

War of the Citadels
No 3 (1980)

Crisis on Citadel II
No 4 (1981)

Forces From the Federation
No 5 (1981)

Citadels Under Attack
No 6 (1981)

Citadels on Earth

The Movie

UK (1980)

NEL Books
US (1980)

Jove Books

Comic Strip Books
US - Ace Tempo Books

No 1 (1979)
No 2 (1979)
No 3 (1979)
No 4 (1980)
No 5 (1980)
No 6 (1980)

US - Harper & Row Books

1976

Flash Gordon in the Sand World of Mongo

US - Tor Books

1967

Flash Gordon on the Lost Continent of Mongo
1968

Flash Gordon : The Ice Monster
1982

Flash Gordon : Treachery on Mongo

Beaver Puzzle Books

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
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

No 1 (1987)
No 2 (1988)

Kitchen Sink Press Books

1990

Vol 2 : Three Against Ming
Alex Raymond's Strips (1935 - 1937)
1992

Vol 1 : Austin Briggs' Dailies 1940 - 1942
1993

Vol 2 : Austin Briggs' Dailies 1940 - 1942

Dark Horse Comics

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

No 1 (?)
No 2 (?)
No 3 (1967)
No 4 (1967)
No 5 (1967)
No 6 (1967)
No 7 (1967)

Other Books
In My Collection

1981

Colouring Book
World Books


Flash Gordon Annuals Gallery

Defenders of the Earth Books Gallery