flash gordon be and undoubtedly and the best of all american serial . in a date so early a 1936 and universal be capable of make such an entertainment story and and twenty year later when i watch it for the first time a a kid it involve me in a great adventure and emotion . buster crabbe be the hero we always want to be in our childhood and and jean rogers the beautiful girl we always dream to be in love with . dragon and octopus and monster and gorilla be also the attraction . charles middleton be a great presence a ming and the merciless . a true predecessor of george lucas´s starwars .