Features
- Cover Type: Paperback
- Published by: Nostalgia Press, Inc. 1978
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0878970312
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0878970315
Reader ReviewsI confess to being a tremendous fan of the Flash Gordon comic strip as well as the animated cartoon series that aired in the late `70s. I recorded the episodes on audio tapes and played them over and over again until the tapes were unusable. In my opinion, "The New Adventures of Flash Gordon" was the best cartoon series ever made in the days when animations were done by hand. The music, dialog and intensity of the action held me spellbound. Unlike some of the other collections of Flash Gordon cartoons, all of these are in color and so better recapture the magic of the characters. The artwork is superb in every caption and Dale Arden is ravishing in many captions where she is as scantily clad as was possible in the 1930's. The storyline is one of overthrowing tyranny, a theme that was politically significant in the 1930's when it appeared that fascism and communism were the only political systems capable of governing in a world devastated by the economic chaos created by the great depression. Hitler had risen to power in Germany, Stalin was in firm control in the Soviet Union and Japan was embarked on a war of conquest in China. In most countries, the political middle had largely evaporated, so there was a great deal of economic and political despair. As action expressed as artwork, this book is one of the best demonstrations of what can be done in the comic genre. It also demonstrates a political message of hope and success, as in the end, the tyrant Ming is overthrown and the people of the planet Mongo are once again free after enduring a long period of tyranny. This was a message that was desperately needed at a time when it was clear to all that there was going to be a battle for control of the planet Earth
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