The golden era of paper comic strips was a wonderful time for imaginative readers, with renowned runs of Superman, Prince Valiant, Buck Rogers, and naturally Earths fair-haired area traveler, Flash Gordon.Gordon, the handsome Yale University alumnus and celeb polo gamer, first looked like a King Features Syndicate strip in January of 1934. Created and drawn by Alex Raymond, Flash Gordon started a day-to-day series of other-worldly escapades with his beloved Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov as they battled the world Mongos wicked villain named Ming The Merciless. The official strip ran in hundreds of documents around the world from 1934-1992, with full-color Sunday strips being released until 2003. Many adjustments of the characters have actually been seen in comics, games, serialized TV shows, episodic radio programs, and even a big-budget disco-era feature film instilled with a galaxy-saving Queen soundtrack.A new 276-page detailed hardcover entitled “Flash Gordon Dailies: Austin Briggs – Radium Mines Of Electra” coming Feb. 15 is the current release in Titan Books exceptional brochure of luxurious Flash Gordon collections.The cover of Titan Books “Flash Gordon Dailies: Austin Briggs – Radium Mines Of Electra.” (Image credit: Titan Books) This approaching edition gathers for the really first time more than two-years of comics from the early 1940s that transport readers back to a lost era of bold heroes, alien animals, odd beasts, laser handguns, spaceship, dames in hazard, and rousing sci-fi spectacle.Arriving in comic stores and book shops on Feb. 15, Titans premium volume showcases the excellent writing of Don Moore and dynamic pencil work courtesy of artist Austin Briggs as the creative duo enjoyed the pulpy sci-fi fare in the heyday of their industry.A preview at the Flash Gordon cartoons featured in Titan Books new collection. (Image credit: Titan Books) Moore was the well-known wordsmith behind Flash Gordons paper appearances for over two decades, stepping in for famous creator Alex Raymond in August 1935. Moore had previous experience as a pulp editor, had actually formed the Nassau News Bureau, and later on plied his trade as the fiction editor for Cosmopolitan magazine and story editor for Screen Gems tv. After penning a remarkable run of “Flash Gordon” strips, he continued in Tinseltown as a respected TV author for “Captain Video,” “Rawhide,” “Sea Hunt” and “Death Valley Days.” A preview at the Flash Gordon cartoons included in Titan Books new collection. (Image credit: Titan Books) As his innovative associate, Briggs began providing illustrations for the popular pulp publication “Blue Book” prior to becoming Alex Raymonds assistant on “Flash Gordon.” In 1940, Raymond passed on the mantle of daily “Flash Gordon” strips to Briggs, where he remained until 1944. His great linework and illustrations were viewed on other tasks by millions inside regulars like Readers Digest and The Saturday Evening Post.Titan Books “Flash Gordon Dailies: Austin Briggs – Radium Mines Of Electra” lands Feb. 15. Follow us on Twitter @Spacedotcom and on Facebook..
