Comics on Television in the 1950s

Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon
1953 thru 1954

Character Name

Actor

Flash Gordon

Steve Holland

Dr. Zarkov

Joe Nash

Dale Arden

Irene Champlin


AKIM THE TERRIBLE
Flash encounters an evil ruler named Akim and his mind machine.

THE BRAIN MACHINE by Edward Gruskin
Flash meets Zydereen, the mad witch of Neptune. Zydereen vows to rule the entire Galaxy or destroy it from her castle on the planet Saturn.  She uses a Matter Transmitter and Solar Ray, both designed by Dr. Zarkov, to begin her evil conquest and uses a Brain Recorder to obtain all the information she needs for her conquest from Command Richards and Zarkov.
Produced by Edward Gruskin, Directed by Gunther V. Fritsch
An Intercontinental Television Films Company and A Telediffusion Production.

THE BREATH OF DEATH
A crook stows away aboard the SKYFLASH, and forces Flash to land on a planetoid.

THE CLAIM JUMPERS
An old asteroid miner and his daughter are in peril when claim jumpers learn that he has discovered a rich deposit of ore.

THE DANCING DEATH
Chelsey and Mestnor of the planet Thor use a super harp to make men dance to death.

DEADLINE AT NOON
Flash, Dale and Zarkov travel to 1953 in a race against time to find and deactivate a deadly time bomb that is set to blow up the Earth.

THE DEADLY DECEPTION
A deadly android that is secretly carrying an atomic time bomb is planted at an important meeting of the United Planets.

DEATH IN THE NEGATIVE
The Queen of Cygni has a machine called a Negativizer that kills all living things and she intend to use it to help her to become the ruler of the Galaxy.

DUEL AGAINST DARKNESS
Flash and Zarkov pose as a minstrel and wizard in order to save a planet that has been held back in its dark ages by a diabolical court magician named Warbuck.

THE EARTH'S CORE  by Earl Markham & Bruce Elliot
Because a series of earthquakes have been following a specific pattern, Dr. Zarkov believes that the answer may be found by burrowing to the Earth's core. Commissioner Erickson agrees, and sends Flash, Dale and Dr. Zarkov to investigate in Zarkov's Atomic Earth Borrer. But the adventurers run into trouble when they reach a super heated fissure and Zaldu, ruler of the sub-surface people at the Earth's Core, who is bent on conquering the surface world.
Produced by Wenzel Luedecke Direct by Wallace Worlsey, Jr..

THE ELECTROMEN
Flash, Dale and Zarkov travel to the planet Odin, and are captured by the Electromen. They fall under the power of the great god Em on a planet where all life is metal.

ENCOUNTER WITH EVIL
Flash meets up with a man who turns all of Flash's friends into enemies. Scenes from "Akim the Terrible" and "Death in the Negative" are viewed as flashbacks.

ESCAPE INTO TIME
The galaxy's arch criminal, Fizdar, forces Dale to go back to the Stone Age with him, as he escapes from his guards by using a time machine.

THE FORBIDDEN EXPERIMENT
Dr. Prentice has been killed by a lion transmutation of himself, and Dr. Zarkov is made prisoner by a diabolical inventor.

THE FRIGHTENED KING
Melmark the magician is controlling the King of the planet Xerxes by scientific magic. The terrified King is plagued by phantoms with strange fourth-dimensional properties.

THE GREAT SECRET
Furry aliens try to steal a machine that can pull planets into the sun. Enemy agents try to turn Dr. Zarkov experiment to bring life to now-dead worlds into a plot of destruction.

HEAT WAVE
Cold blooded Kalarians try to make the Earth hot so that they can take over the planet.

THE HUNGER INVASION
Giant insect rulers from another Galaxy cause giant locust on Neptune to ruin its crops. Terror reigns as giant insects invade planet after planet.

THE LAW OF VELORUM
Queen Lyra must, according to custom, give up her life &endash; but finds a look-a-like in Dale Arden. Flash tries to solve Dale's mysterious disappearance.

THE LURE OF LIGHT
Queen Prudentia of the planet Diana kidnaps Dale Arden.

THE MATTER DUPLICATOR
After a scientist named Morina, invents a matter duplicator, the galaxy's most valuable gems are stolen, only to reappear three months later.

THE MICRO-MEN MENACE
A scientist threatens to shrink everyone on earth unless they do as he commands.

MISSION TO MASCA
Flash and Dale set off into space to find out why no one has heard from Masca in over three years. The Queen of Masca uses a machine to drain all men of their strength.

THE MYSTERY OF PHAROS
The evil King and Queen of Pharos try to keep Flash and Dale from bringing serum to epidemic ridden Ceres after the Silverflash is forced to land on their planet for repairs.

THE PLANET OF DEATH by Earl Markham & Bruce Elliot
Professor Gibbon claims that everyone in his party was killed by the curse of a stone God.

THE RACE AGAINST TIME by Edward Gruskin
Kribian of Pluto is the latest to vote on disbanding the G.B.I. Commander Richards is authorized to carry Earth's deciding vote to the Mars Conference, and asks Flash and Dale to accompany him in the Skyflash II. However as they pass Planetoid Epsilon 30 their ship is hit by a mysterious Ray in an attempt to keep them from representing Earth in the United Planets election. (the year is noted as 3063 A.D. in this episode)
Produced by Edward Gruskin, Directed by Gunther V. Fritsch,

THE RAINS OF DEATH
Dr. Zarkov and his fellow scientist believe that the floods that plague the solar system are not natural, as all of the planets except Venus experience heavy rains.

THE RETURN OF THE ANDROIDS
An enemy agent tries to use ancient androids stored in vaults over 300 years to invade Flash's planet. Queen Fuvia of the planet Sithio and Tridon of the planet Futura make a deadly pack.

SABOTEURS FROM SPACE
Flash, Dale and Dr. Zarkov try to discover the source of the mysterious paralysis ray that has slowed down or stopped Earth's machinery. King Cirius of the Planet X threatens to kill Flash unless he obtains what he wants.

THE SHADOWY DEATH
Prince Klangor is able to vanish into the second dimension at will, and attacks Flash.

THE SKYJACKERS
An attempt is made to steal the molecular densifier invented by Professor Talmundy.

THE SOUND GUN
Professor Mulmum invents a machine that can magnify sound. When the Skyflash is almost torn apart by a sound machine that can control and amplify all noises, Flash, Dale and Dr. Zarkov try to find the villain that put it aboard.

THE SPACE SMUGGLERS
Flash and Dale learn that a hypnotic drug, used by an evil gang to make people commit crimes against their will, is being smuggled into earth. They are assigned to find out how these "brain tabs" are being smuggled past customs.

STRUGGLE TO THE END by Edward Gruskin
Zydereen escapes. Flash pits himself against the mad witch, who is again trying to completely dominate the Universe. and/or  Flash leaves Saturn with Commander Richards and Dr. Zarkov with proof of their innocence. Prostar is allowed to escape, as Flash prepares to turn the tables on Zydereen. 
Music scored: Roger Roger; Production Manager: Fred Surin; Art Director: Raymond Gubutti; Sound Engineer: Jean Bertrand; Dialogue Director: Doran Van Praag; Film Editor: Rog Pacaut; Administrative Director: Maurice Duault; Assistant Director: Alain Jessua; Technical Director: Louis Grospierri; Director of Photography: Jean Isnard; Makeup: Igor. 

THE SUBWORLD'S REVENGE by Earl Markham & Bruce Elliot
Zaldu leader of the Fire World at the Earth's core is planning another attack on the earth's surface.

THE VENGENCE OF RABEED
Rabeed finds the secret of immortality, and plans to rule the universe.

THE WATER WORLD MENACE by Earl Markham & Bruce Elliot
A planet of frog-like creatures that live under water learn that Dr. Zharkov has invented a machine that would enable them to live in the air. The want the invention and kidnap Dale Arden to use as ransom.

THE WEAPON THAT WALKED
A woman from another planet arrives on Earth my mistake. People are mysteriously turned to stone.

THE WITCH OF NEPTUNE by Edward Gruskin
Zydereen, the mad witch of Neptune, hatches a plane of death to avenge her banishment. and/or Commander Richards and Dr. Zarkov have come under the influence of Zydereen and cause the oxygen converters on Neptune to explode.  Flash and Dale are on a scouting assignment in the Skyflash II to test secret equipment when the Oxygen-to-Methane Converter on Neptune is destroyed by an Atomic devise. Zydereen sends her aid Prostar to Neptune to prevent Flash from fixing an auxiliary converter.
Produced by Edward Gruskin, Directed by Gunther V. Fritsch.
An Intercontinental Television Films Company and A Telediffusion Production.


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