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Issue: Flash Gordon #[2]
Publication Date: January 1971
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Issues: #[2] of 2 Issues
Title: Into the Water World of Mongo
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Publisher: FlagNostalgia Press
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Indicia Publisher: Nostalgia Press Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 150
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Price: $12.95 USD
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Content Items: 16 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Collection of Sunday newspaper comic strips from April 12, 1936 through October 30, 1938. Book design by Ron Barlow. Mechanicals by Lois Wallace. Price from a publisher's promo.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color cover; black & white interior
Dimensions: 12 1/4" w x 9 1/4" h
Paper Stock: Bond
Binding: squarebound; hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Doctor Hans Zarkov; Ming the Merciless
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Disclose Notes: Dust jacket, designed by Don Barlow, from original art by Alex Raymond.
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Prince Barin; Doctor Hans Zarkov; Ming the Merciless
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: End sheets. Montage from original art by Alex Raymond.
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Flash Gordon
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Doctor Hans Zarkov
First Line: Flash Gordon
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Genres: non-fiction
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Chapter One: Into the Water World of Mongo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Doctor Hans Zarkov: Queen Undina; Triton; Lord Pluton
First Line: So this is the famous "Sea of Mystery"...
Synopsis: When their rocket crashes into the sea, an unconscious Flash is captured by water-dwelling people and surgically altered so as to breathe water rather than air. When Queen Undina discovers Dale's existence on a nearby island, she jealously orders her and Zarkov to be altered too. Once they help beat off an attack by Ming's forces, Flash and his friends are welcomed as heroes. When Flash frees Undina and Triton from the rebellious Pluton, she agrees to have their surgery reversed, and to let them go free.
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Disclose Notes: In the introduction, Maurice Horn identifies Don Moore as the originally-uncredited author. Story opens with a montage splash page including text on "The story thus far."
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Chapter Two: The Forest Kingdom of Mongo

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Doctor Hans Zarkov; King Barin; Queen Aura; Captain Truno; One-Tusk; Bent-Back; Grombo; unnamed horned ape-men; Dr. Bono; unnamed farmers; Ming the Merciless
First Line: Come on, darling...We'll have a chance if it's clear on this side...
Synopsis: Flash and his party crash and become separated in the forests of Arboria. King Barin sends out search parties and after many dangers all are made welcome at Barin's capital. When word reaches Ming he makes war and captures Flash, staging a public execution. A sympathetic doctor restores him to life even as Dale and Zarkov make contact with farm folk who are ripe for rebellion.
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Disclose Notes: In the introduction, Maurice Horn identifies Don Moore as the originally-uncredited author.
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Chapter Three: The Outlaws of Mongo

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Flash Gordon; Dale Arden;Doctor Hans Zarkov; Ming the Merciless; Kugor; Count Bulok; Hong; Sonja; Ruduk; Captain Sudin
First Line: The city-wide search for Flash traps Dale and Zarkov...
Synopsis: Flash and his friends lead a rebellion against Ming, gathering forces from malcontent farmers along with dissatisfied nobles and military men. Despite several near-victories, in the end betrayal crushes the rebellion, driving Flash and the others into hiding in the mountains.
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Disclose Notes: Maurice Horn states in his introduction that artwork for the 1938 entries of July 24, August 7, August 21, September 4, and October 30 (all unsigned by Raymond) are all the work of Raymond's assistant, Austin Briggs. He also identifies Don Moore as the originally-uncredited author.
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Doctor Hans Zarkov; Prince Barin
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Flash Gordon; Ruduk; Sonja
First Line: The assassin, Ruduk, hides in Flash Gordon's room -----
Synopsis: An assassin shoots Sonja, mistaking her for Flash.
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Disclose Notes: Back of dust jacket. One page coloured and repeated from interior.

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