Flash Gordon (King/Charlton/Gold Key/Whitman)

    (King, 1966-1969, 1978-1982)
©1966 King Features Syndicate

The adventure began as a mysterious planet appeared on a collision course with the Earth. Star athlete Flash Gordon joined with female sidekick Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov to investigate. They launched themselves toward the planet on Zarko’s rocket ship. When they arrived, they were on a fantastic world called Mongo, ruled by the tyrant Ming the Merciless. Although they soon stopped Ming’s plans to conquer the Earth, Flash, Dale, and Zarkov still had countless adventures in Mongo’s many locales.

Flash Gordon has long been one of the best-loved science-fiction heroes, appearing in novels, film serials, newspaper strips, and in comic books published by half a dozen publishers. Strangely, Flash never seems to last long at any given publisher. This title is no exception, beginning its run under the King Features Syndicate label, moving on to Charlton, then to Western Publishing, who published Gordon under their Gold Key and Whitman imprints.
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  • 1
    #1
    Flash Gordon and the Underwater People coloring pin-up inside front cover by Al Williamson
    Sep 1966
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Al Williamson  ·  A: Al Williamson, Don Heck
    King begins publishing; Mandrake the Magician backup story
    7 copies from $8.20
  • 2
    #2
    Nov 1966
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    W: Archie Goodwin  ·  A: Frank W. Bolle, Don Heck
    3 copies from $4.50
  • 3
    #3
    Jan 1967
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    W: Bill Pearson  ·  A: Ric Estrada
    4 copies from $5.25
  • 4
    #4
    Mar 1967
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    W: Archie Goodwin  ·  A: Al Williamson
    7 copies from $4.90
  • 5
    #5
    May 1967
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Archie Goodwin, Larry Ivie  ·  A: Al Williamson
    14 copies from $3.47
  • 6
    #6
    Jul 1967
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Bill Pearson, Archie Goodwin  ·  A: Reed Crandall
    5 copies from $6.00
  • 7
    #7
    Aug 1967
    Cover: $0.12
    A: Mac RaBoy
    3 copies from $12.00
  • 8
    #8
    Sep 1967
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Bill Pearson, Gary Poole  ·  A: Reed Crandall
    3 copies from $28.50
  • 10
    #10
    Nov 1967
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    W: Alex Raymond, Raymond Marais  ·  A: Alex Raymond, Jack Sparling, Rich Buckler
    2 copies from $6.50
  • 11
    #11
    Dec 1967
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    W: Bill Pearson  ·  A: Reed Crandall
    3 copies from $15.00
  • 12
    #12
    Feb 1969
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Bill Pearson, Charles Nicholas  ·  A: Reed Crandall, Vince Alascia
    Charlton begins publishing
    3 copies from $22.85
  • 13
    #13
    Apr 1969
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    W: Bill Pearson, Charles Nicholas, Joe Gill  ·  A: Jeff Jones, Vince Alascia, Pat Boyette
    3 copies from $17.00
  • 14
    #14
    Jun 1969
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Bill Pearson  ·  A: Pat Boyette, Don Perlin
    4 copies from $3.90
  • 15
    #15
    Aug 1969
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Joe Gill  ·  A: Pat Boyette, Don Perlin
    1 copy for $35.00
  • 16
    #16
    Oct 1969
    Cover: $0.15
    A: Pat Boyette, Pete Morisi
    2 copies from $5.04
  • 17
    #17
    Nov 1969
    Cover: $0.15
    A: Pat Boyette, Paul Norris
    2 copies from $4.00
  • 18
    #18
    Jan 1970
    Cover: $0.15
    W: Raymond Marais  ·  A: Pat Boyette, Michael W. Kaluta
    Kaluta’s first professional work.
    2 copies from $8.00
  • 19
    #19
    Sep 1978
    Cover: $0.35
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Carlos Garzón
    Gold Key begins publishing
    5 copies from $8.00
  • 19/A
    #19 Variation A
    Sep 1978
    Cover: $0.35
    1 copy for $725.00
  • 20
    #20
    Nov 1978
    Cover: $0.35
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Carlos Garzón
    4 copies from $2.47
  • 21
    #21
    Jan 1979
    Cover: $0.35
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Frank W. Bolle
    4 copies from $2.47
  • 22
    #22
    Gold Key cover by Mel Crawford
    Mar 1979
    Cover: $0.35
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Frank W. Bolle
    6 copies from $2.06
  • 22/A
    #22 Variation A
    Whitman cover
    Mar 1979
    Cover: $0.35
    2 copies from $0.82
  • 23
    #23
    May 1979
    Cover: $0.40
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Carlos Garzón
    5 copies from $2.47
  • 23/A
    #23 Variation A
    May 1979
    Cover: $0.40
    2 copies from $3.36
  • 24
    #24
    Jul 1979
    Cover: $0.40
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Carlos Garzón
    Whitman begins publishing
    7 copies from $0.25
  • 25
    #25
    Sep 1979
    Cover: $0.40
    W: Gary Poole  ·  A: Carlos Garzón
    5 copies from $4.10
  • 26
    #26
    Nov 1979
    Cover: $0.40
    W: Gary Poole  ·  A: Carlos Garzón
    7 copies from $1.99
  • 27
    #27
    Jan 1980
    Cover: $0.40
    W: Gary Poole  ·  A: Carlos Garzón
    3 copies from $0.75
  • 30
    #30
    Oct 1980
    Cover: $0.40
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Gene Fawcette
    Released outside U.S. market
    4 copies from $7.50
  • 31
    #31
    Mar 1981
    Cover: $0.40
    W: Bruce Jones  ·  A: Al Williamson
    The Movie Adaptation
    1 copy for $9.00
  • 32
    #32
    Apr 1981
    Cover: $0.40
    W: Bruce Jones  ·  A: Al Williamson
    The Movie Adaptation
    1 copy for $8.20
  • 33
    #33
    May 1981
    Cover: $0.40
    W: Bruce Jones  ·  A: Al Williamson
    The Movie Adaptation
    1 copy for $4.90
  • 34
    #34
    Oct 1981
    Cover: $0.50
    W: John David Warner, George Kashdan  ·  A: Gene Fawcette, Frank W. Bolle
    3 copies from $1.99
  • 35
    #35
    Dec 1981
    Cover: $0.50
    W: John Warner, George Kashdan  ·  A: Carlos Garzón
    3 copies from $3.27
  • 36
    #36
    Feb 1982
    Cover: $0.60
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Al McWilliams
    3 copies from $3.68
  • 36/A
    #36 Variation A
    Feb 1982
    Cover: $0.60
    W: George Kashdan  ·  A: Al McWilliams
    90148-202; White Whitman logo
    4 copies from $1.24
  • 37
    #37
    Mar 1982
    Cover: $0.60
    W: George Kashdan  ·  A: Gene Fawcette
    2 copies from $8.00