Alex Raymond. Flash Gordon in the Caverns of Mongo. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1936. First edition. Octavo. 218 pages. Jacket art and pictorial endpapers by Robb Beebe. Publisher's original orange cloth with titles in black on the spine and front board. The first novel based on the strip.

THE LION MEN OF MONGO is the first of a series inspired by the world famous comic strip FLASH GORDON, read daily and Sunday by millions of fans throughout the world. After crash landing on the planet Mongo, Flash, Dale, and the eminent scientist, Dr. Zarkov, fight against the evil forces of Emperor Ming, who seeks to perpetuate his rule by ruthless and savage methods.

A spaceship captured in a magnetic field and pulled beneath the earth into an underground city, Flash Gordon jumps to safety only to be caught in the web of a giant man-eating spider, then saved by a titian haired beauty. Pan, a madman musician, seeks to rule a planet by the shattering effects of ultra-high frequency sound. Romance, spine tingling adventure, the sciences of the future, all combine to make The Plague of Sounds a book you won't put down.

The 3rd title in the Novel series inspired by the Flash Gordon comic strip—read and loved by millions of fans around the world. Flash has been kidnapped, auctioned and forced to perform as a trapeze artist in a circus of slaves. But our hero foils his evil blue captors and with the help of Dr. Zarkov and Dale, escapes the planet Mesmo, and then dispatches an expedition to end forever the tyranny of that planet. Alex Raymond (1905-1956) was an American cartoonist best known for creating the Flash Gordon comic strip for King Features Syndicate in 1934. Con Steffanson is a pseudonym for Ron Goulart, a professional author who is considered one of the country's leading authorities on comic books and comic strips.

After his scientists design the Tempendulum, a machine that can transport people backward and forward through generations of time, Ming XIII sends his evil henchmen back to change the course of history by assassinating Flash Gordon. After a series of hair-raising adventures, Flash turns the tables on Ming's men and propels them back to their own century.

Victimized by a psychic teenage prankster, Flash Gordon, Dale Arden, and Dr. Zarkov find themselves instantly transported to the planet Mongo, where Flash is captured and drugged by the ravishing witch Queen Azura and her evil cohort—none other than Ming the Merciless, Jr! But Zarkov and Dale escape to Arboria, and enlist the aid of Prince Barin, who, by use of a brilliant ruse, sets in motion a series of violent encounters and hair's breadth escapes that place Flash's life in imminent peril.

THE WAR OF THE CYBERNAUTS is the sixth in the series of fabulous novels inspired by the famous comic strip FLASH GORDON, read daily and Sunday by millions of fans throughout the world. Twelve detection satellites mysteriously vanish while on routine space probes. Dr. Zarkov and Flash Gordon are sent to investigate. They encounter an amazing series of adventures when their space ship crashes on a gypsy planet inhabited by robots and plagued by an endless war. Two beautiful queens cast interested eyes toward Flash's visage. Zarkov's scientific genius saves our heroic pair from certain annihilation.

Sent on a mission to investigate the mysterious reappearance of the Interstellar Exploration ship GOODHOPE, Colonel Flash Gordon and his companions, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov discover much more than they had bargained for. Stranded in deep space, the trio find themselves drawn against their will into a war of worlds which has lasted thousands of years...and which threatens the very existence of the planet Earth. Auf ihrer Mission, die das geheimnisvolle Wiederauftauchen des interstellaren Forschungsraumers goodhope klären soll, entdecken Flash Gordon und seine beiden Begleiter Dale Arden und Dr. Hans Zarkov mehr, als sie erwartet hatten. Im tiefen Raum gestranded und ohne die Möglichkeit zur Heimkehr findet sich das Trio in einen interstellaren Krieg hineingezogen, der schon seit Jahrtausenden andauert - und der jetzt auch die Existenz der Erde bedroht.

Sent on a rescue mission by the leaders of the planet Earth, Flash Gordon and his companions Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov find themselves involved in an intricate war plan which threatens the existence of the entire universe. Each step they take propels them further into the complex plots and counterplots of two warring worlds.