Review of
Flash Gordon: Treachery on Mongo!
by Bill Pearson and Ric Estrada
Five out of five stars
The original
Flash Gordon of the 1930’s
Two of my
favorite serial comic strips since my youth are Flash Gordon by Alex Raymond
and Mandrake the Magician by Lee Falk. Even though they have been modernized, I
still enjoy the original creations of the 1930’s. While the storylines are a
bit corny to modern readers, they are a look back into the escapist comics of
the Great Depression.
As the title
implies, Flash, Zarkov and Dale are on Mongo and are facing threats from the
tyrant Ming the Merciless. Once thought dead, Ming still lives and is sending
his proxy forces in an attempt to kill Flash. The first threat is from the
Lizardmen, the second is from the massive Monolith and the third is the
Beastmen.
The comics
provide creative people with a literal canvas to create creatures and situations
far removed from reality. Which is the point, especially at a time when a large
percentage of the country was destitute. This book of Flash Gordon adventures
that mimics the strip of the thirties is both entertaining and was suitably escapist
for the times.
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