Who was the main enemy of Flash Gordon?
The New Adventures of Flash Gordon first animated "Flash Gordon" series, although the Flash Gordon character had appeared in animated form before in "Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter". "Blasting off on a desperate mission to save Earth from the evil plottings of the tyrannical space lord Ming the Merciless. Dr. Hans Zarkov and Dale Arden have joined me, Flash Gordon, on a fantastic journey into worlds where peril and adventure await us." The animated series first season follows, more or less, the traditional "Flash Gordon" mythos, opening with the launch of the rocketship carrying Flash, Dale Arden, and Dr. Zarkov from somewhere in the
Flash Gordon and television adaptations retell the early adventures on the planet Mongo. Flash Gordon was featured in three serial films starring Buster Crabbe: "Flash Gordon" (1936), "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars" (1938), and "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" (1940). The 1936 "Flash Gordon" serial was condensed into a feature-length film titled "Flash Gordon" or "Rocket Ship" or "Space Soldiers" or "Flash Gordon: Spaceship to the Unknown"; the 1938 serial into a feature-length film entitled "Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray from Mars" and the 1940 serial into a feature-length film entitled "The Purple Death from Outer Space". The first Flash Gordon serial