Flash Gordon
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Tear at back of jacket now repaired with tape.
One of the most iconic heroes of the golden age of American comics, Flash Gordon first blazed across newspaper strips in 1934, transporting readers to the exotic and dangerous planet Mongo, where the square-jawed athlete and his companions Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov wage an endless battle against the tyrannical Ming the Merciless. This Nostalgia Press edition presents Alex Raymond's original strip artwork in faithful reproduction, allowing a new generation of readers to experience the breathtaking draughtsmanship that made the strip a cultural phenomenon and cemented Raymond's legacy as one of the greatest visual storytellers in comics history. Raymond's linework is a masterclass in dynamic composition — swooping cityscapes, alien creatures, and pulse-pounding duels rendered with an elegance and muscularity rarely matched in the medium. The strip stands as a cornerstone of science fiction and adventure storytelling, its influence rippling through decades of film, television, and comics that followed. Whether approached as a historical artefact or a pure adventure yarn, this volume leaves readers marvelling at how one artist's imagination shaped the very blueprint of the genre hero — and wondering how Flash will escape his next impossible predicament.
Author: Raymond
Format: Hardback
Published: 1967, Nostalgia Press, Franklin Square, N.Y.
Genre: Graphic novels
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Tear at back of jacket now repaired with tape.
One of the most iconic heroes of the golden age of American comics, Flash Gordon first blazed across newspaper strips in 1934, transporting readers to the exotic and dangerous planet Mongo, where the square-jawed athlete and his companions Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov wage an endless battle against the tyrannical Ming the Merciless. This Nostalgia Press edition presents Alex Raymond's original strip artwork in faithful reproduction, allowing a new generation of readers to experience the breathtaking draughtsmanship that made the strip a cultural phenomenon and cemented Raymond's legacy as one of the greatest visual storytellers in comics history. Raymond's linework is a masterclass in dynamic composition — swooping cityscapes, alien creatures, and pulse-pounding duels rendered with an elegance and muscularity rarely matched in the medium. The strip stands as a cornerstone of science fiction and adventure storytelling, its influence rippling through decades of film, television, and comics that followed. Whether approached as a historical artefact or a pure adventure yarn, this volume leaves readers marvelling at how one artist's imagination shaped the very blueprint of the genre hero — and wondering how Flash will escape his next impossible predicament.