Flash gordon winged man

Comic strip character created

For other uses, see Flash Gordon (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Flash (DC Comics character).

Comics character

Flash Gordon is the protagonist of a space adventurecomic strip created and originally drawn by Alex Raymond.^[1] First published January 7, , the strip was inspired by, and created to compete with, the already established Buck Rogers adventure strip.^[2][3][4]

Creation

The Buck Rogers comic strip had been commercially very successful, spawning novelizations and children's toys,^[5] and King Features Syndicate decided to create its own science fiction comic strip to compete with it.^[2] At first, King Features tried to purchase the rights to the John Carter of Mars stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

However, the syndicate was unable to reach an agreement with Burroughs.^[6] King Features then turned to Alex Raymond, one of their staff artis