Flash Gordon #1

Name: Flash Gordon #1
Brand: Western

Jun 1965 · Western · 0.12 USD

“Iron and Steel, Number 5: The Bessemer Process”

Flash Gordon #1 (1965) kicks off with Flash and Dale crash-landing on the darkened planet Opto, where the populace wears blinders due to the sun’s sudden extinction and re-ignition. Under the rule of the tyrant Optik, they fight to restore sight—and hope—to a world in perpetual shadow. Paul Norris handles both pencils and inks for the interior art, while George Wilson provides the cover.

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artist, inker Paul Norris · cover George Wilson

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artist, inker Paul Norris

cover pencils, inks George Wilson

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Flash and Dale crashland on Opto. Everyone on Opto wears blinders after the planet's sun having gone out, leaving it in darkness, and re-ignited. Flash helps the insurgency triumph over the tyrant Optik.

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