"their original theatrical release titles, chapters, and running times. A deadly plague is ravaging the Earth, known as the Purple Death because of a purple spot left on victims' foreheads. Flash Gordon and Dr. Zarkov learn that Ming the Merciless is behind the plague, when they spot one of his spaceships spreading the ""Death Dust"" in the Earth's atmosphere. Flash Gordon, along with Dr. Alexis Zarkov and Dale Arden, return to the planet Mongo to find a possible cure, first seeking the assistance of their old friend Prince Barin. The trio continue to battle Ming and his allies, led by"
"his father, and became a semi-regular antagonist for Flash in Barry's strips. In the 1957 story ""The Time Pendulum"", a descendent of Ming from the future, Ming XIII, travels back in time to kill Flash and thus ensure the victory of his ancestor. Jim Keefe used Ming as Flash's main opponent during his run on the ""Flash Gordon"" comic strip. In the 2011 Dynamite Comics ""Flash Gordon: Zeitgeist"", Ming is shown as attempting to invade Earth in the year 1934.As in the 1980 film, Ming's main henchman is the masked Klytus. In this version Klytus has the full name Klytus"
"were among the antagonists introduced during Mac Raboy's run. The Skorpi, a race of alien shape shifters who desired to conquer the galaxy, were recurring villains in both the Mac Raboy and Dan Barry stories. The Skorpi space-fighter ace Baron Dak-Tula became a periodic nemesis of Flash in the late 1970s stories. King Features sold the ""Flash Gordon"" strip to newspapers across the world, and by the late 1930s, the strip was published in 130 newspapers, translated into eight foreign languages, and was read by 50 million people. In the 1930s and 1940s, several newspapers in Britain carried ""Flash Gordon"","
"like Caniff and Eisner to borrow from film. That’s real storytelling. But for Raymond to study illustrators, well, that's just not comics."" Debuting on January 7, 1934, Raymond's first ""Flash"" strip introduced the ""world-famous polo player"", improbably roped into a space adventure alongside love-interest Dale Arden and scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov. Transported by rocket to the planet Mongo, ""which was about to collide with Earth"", the trio ""immediately became embroiled in the affairs of Mongo's inhabitants—particularly those of its insidious warlord, Ming"", who would become Flash Gordon's nemesis throughout the franchise's many incarnations. Early in 1935, Hammett decided to depart"
"Eobard Thawne Eobard Thawne, otherwise known as Professor Zoom and the Reverse-Flash, is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The most well-known character to assume the ""Reverse-Flash"" mantle, he is the archenemy of Barry Allen (the second superhero to be called the Flash), a descendant of Malcolm Thawne, and a maternal forefather of Bart Allen, Thaddeus Thawne, and Owen Mercer. He has been established as one of the fastest speedsters in the DC Universe. IGN ranked Eobard Thawne as the 31st Greatest Comic Book Villain Of All Time in 2009 and #2 on their"
"faster than they are. There had been other villains who called themselves the Turtle: Turtle (comics) Turtle is the name of two fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, who were primary enemies of the Flash. The first Turtle appears in ""All Flash"" #21 and was created by Gardner Fox and Martin Naydel. The second Turtle appears in ""Showcase"" #4 and was created by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino. The original Turtle was a 1940s villain who used tricks of slowness in battle with the Golden Age Flash (Jay Garrick). His main weapon was slow, deliberate"
"companions escape from Ming's clutches and find allies among the peoples of Mongo, including Barin, Prince Vultan, Prince Thun and Queen Fria. They organise a resistance movement against Ming's rule; the action of the resistance takes up much of the strip's story-lines. Ming was eventually overthrown, and Raymond pitted Flash against other enemies in the 1940s. During Austin Briggs's run on the ""Flash Gordon"" strip, he introduced Ming's son, Kang the Cruel. Kang became Flash's main antagonist during Briggs' run. In the 1956 story ""Return to Mongo"", Dan Barry introduced Ming's identical son, Ming II. This Ming behaved similarly to"
"will be ""a lot of deaths this season,"" and that the main antagonist would not be a speedster for the second season in a row. The new antagonist, Cicada, instead possesses powers that ""present a challenge for Team Flash that they’ve never had to deal with before."" He is not a cult leader as he is in the comics, but is portrayed as a ""grizzled, blue-collar everyman whose family has been torn apart by metahumans"" and who views the rise of metas as an epidemic, and seeks to exterminate them one by one. Main cast members Grant Gustin, Candice Patton,"
"to be Eobard Thawne, the Flash's archenemy from the 22nd century and a descendant of Central City police officer Eddie Thawne. Traveling to the 21st century to erase the Flash from history, Thawne fractured the Allen family by murdering Nora and framing Henry. His Speed Force connection was severed after achieving this goal, leaving him stranded. Desperate to return to his time, Thawne killed the real Wells and assumed his identity. He then founded S.T.A.R. Labs and created the particle accelerator to turn Barry into the Flash in hopes of using the latter's pure connection to the Speed Force to"
"be the main antagonist of the season. He was first hinted in the third season episode ""Abra Kadabra"" when the titular villain mentions him among the Flash's greatest enemies, and again in the season finale ""Finish Line"" when Savitar mentions facing DeVoe but states that the Flash has not dealt with him yet. At the series' San Diego Comic-Con panel, the speculation was confirmed, with Todd Helbing saying, ""With three Speedsters in a row, this year it's the fastest man alive against the fastest mind alive."" He added that the writers were ""making a conscious effort this year to get"
"Flash Gordon Flash Gordon is the hero of a space opera adventure comic strip created by and originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by, and created to compete with the already established ""Buck Rogers"" adventure strip. The ""Flash Gordon"" comic strip has been translated into a wide variety of media, including motion pictures, television, and animated series. The latest version, a ""Flash Gordon"" television series, appeared on the Syfy channel in the United States in 2007–2008. The ""Buck Rogers"" comic strip had been very commercially successful, spawning novelizations and children's toys, and"
"in the episode ""Failsafe"". In episode ""Agendas"", Jordan and Stewart were convenes recruitment for the Justice League new members, both Jordan and Stewart immediately dismiss Gardner from the Flash's idea. Hal Jordan appears as the main character in """", voiced by Josh Keaton. Other characters include Kilowog, the Guardians of the Universe, Carol Ferris, Salaak, Sayd, Saint Walker, and Zilius Zox, among others. The main antagonists of the first arc of the show are the Red Lantern Corps, led by Atrocitus, as well as the Manhunters. Guy Gardner appears as a recurring character while John Stewart is mentioned and Alan"
"Gorilla Grodd Gorilla Grodd is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, primarily as an enemy of The Flash. The character was created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, and first appeared in ""The Flash"" #106 (May 1959). He is an evil, super-intelligent gorilla who gained mental powers after being exposed to the radiation of a meteorite. IGN named him 35th of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains. The character appears the various shows seen on The CW's ""Arrowverse"", voiced by David Sobolov and shown in CGI. Grodd debuted in ""Flash"" v.1 #106 (April–May 1959)"
"area's tyrannical despot. Flash leads a rebellion against Brazor (who briefly replaced Ming as the comic strip's main antagonist) and eventually defeats him. To the north-west of Tropica is an ""Unexplored Continent"". After Raymond left the ""Flash Gordon"" strip in 1944, his successors would add new characters and locations to Mongo. Austin Briggs created Kang the Cruel, the son of Ming. Kang would depose Barin and take over Mongo, resulting in Flash leading another rebellion. Mac Raboy created several new elements for the fictional planet's mythology, including giving Mongo two moons, Lunita and Exila, as well as the ice kingdom"
"Golden Glider Golden Glider (Lisa Snart) is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is the younger sister of Captain Cold and an enemy of The Flash. Created by Cary Bates and Irv Novick, the character made her first appearance in ""The Flash #250"". Lisa Snart is a figure skater, known by the alias Lisa Star, who has help in her career from her secret coach and lover, The Top, a foe of Flash Barry Allen who dies from complications stemming from a duel with the scarlet speedster. Furious over his death,"
"He-Man, Man-At-Arms and Skeletor). When the character was developed by Mattel, the name of Beast Man was reused from a figure in Mattel's earlier Flash Gordon toy line. In early sketches for the toyline (then called 'The Fighting Foe Men'), Beast Man (then called Red Beast) was at one stage planned to be the line's main villain, but this role ended up being given to Skeletor (prototype name Demo-Man), with Beast Man as his main henchman. The character was also known as Tree Man during the conceptual stages. The figure came with red removable chest and arm armor, and was"
"65 episodes. This series took extreme liberties with all the characters, revealing that Flash and Dale Arden had conceived a son, Rick Gordon, who is in his mid-teens when the series begins. Dale has her mind torn from her body by Ming in the first episode and is preserved in a crystal, which Rick is able to recover and give to his father. Dale is reborn on Earth as Dynak-X, the strategic super-computer based in the Defenders' Headquarters. In 1996, Hearst Entertainment premiered an animated ""Flash Gordon"" television series. In this version, Alex ""Flash"" Gordon and Dale Arden are hoverboarding"
"ambitions in their criminal enterprises beyond relatively petty robberies. The enemies of the Flash started to use the name Rogues during the Silver Age of Comics. Originally, the Rogues were just the Flash's enemies teaming together after they were all broken out of jail by another Flash foe, the super-intelligent Gorilla Grodd, to distract the Flash during Grodd's attempt at world conquest. After their defeat by the Flash, they formed a lasting group, and usually a Rogue will never commit a crime by himself. The Silver Age Flash enemies who became Rogues were Captain Cold, the Mirror Master, Heat Wave,"
"then fell into the ocean. However, the Flash was able to escape from his friction-proof bonds by quickly vibrating his molecules. He also increased the boomerang's velocity so much he was able to use it to defeat and jail Harkness and the two crooks. He became a recurring enemy of the Flash, typically by devising altered boomerangs which could produce astonishing effects (some would explode, others had razor-sharp edges, etc.), and using them ruthlessly. He became a staple member of the Rogues, a group of villains dedicated to opposing Flash, and who were first organized after Gorilla Grodd broke them"
"man and take his women!"" Incest, between father and daughter, is a recurrent theme in the narrative of ""The Mask of Fu Manchu"", especially the ambiguous nature of the relationship between Fu Manchu and his daughter, Fah Lo See (Myrna Loy), an example of the unnatural sexuality of the yellow race. Emperor Ming the Merciless, nemesis of Flash Gordon, was another iteration of the Fu Manchu trope. Peter Feng calls him a ""futuristic Yellow Peril"", quoting a reviewer who referred to Ming as a ""slanty eyed, shiny domed, pointy nailed, arching eyebrowed, exotically dressed Oriental"". Likewise, Buck Rogers fought against"
"his power and was able to personally battle scores of the multiverse's strongest heroes simultaneously. During the ""Blackest Night,"" the Anti-Monitor was resurrected as a Black Lantern. However, Nekron was unable to fully control him and thus was only able to subdue the Anti-Monitor to be used as a power source for the Black Lantern Corps' Central Battery. The Anti-Monitor was also responsible for the death of Barry Allen, the hero better known as the Flash. After capturing Barry because his ability to traverse the multiverse unaided made him a dangerous variable, the Anti-Monitor created an anti-matter cannon that would"
"In the first ""Flash Gordon"" storyline, Zarkov discovers the Earth is endangered by an impending collision with the planet Mongo. Discovering Flash and Dale near his laboratory, he abducts them at gunpoint and forces them into his spacecraft, which he then launches at the planet Mongo. By the second storyline in the strip, Zarkov becomes a more sympathetic character who works with the heroes to become a regular companion. In the 2011 Dynamite Comics comic ""Flash Gordon: Zeitgeist"", Doctor Hans Zarkov is a Russian émigré, suffering from clinical paranoia, living in Switzerland. He abducts Flash and Dale and takes them"
"The Flash / Barry Allen, and Jay Baruchel as the lead villain, Maxwell Lord. Longtime Miller collaborator Hugh Keays-Byrne had been cast in an unnamed role, rumored to be Martian Manhunter. Aquaman had yet to be cast. Marit Allen was hired as the original costume designer before her untimely death in November 2007, and the responsibilities were assumed by Weta Workshop. However, the Writers Strike began that same month and placed the film on hold. Warner Bros. had to let the options lapse for the cast, but development was fast tracked once more in February 2008 when the strike ended."
"given the unconquered Kingdom of Caves by Ming,Vultan sends a party of Hawkmen under Captain Khan to help Flash conquer his Kingdom. The Hawkmen later come into conflict with Queen Azura and her Blue Magic Men. The image of the Hawkmen descending to attack Azura's army (from the June 16, 1935 storyline) is one of the most reproduced scenes from the ""Flash Gordon"" strip. Vultan and the other Hawkmen provoked some controversy at the time of publication. Some Christian leaders regarded the characters as blasphemous because they resembled angels. In the 1936 film serial, he was portrayed by Jack Lipson"
"of R. It has an original runtime of 78 minutes, and the unrated ""collector's edition"" release runs 90 minutes. The 1983 film ""A Christmas Story"" featured a deleted scene with Ralphie and his Red Ryder BB gun saving Flash (played by Paul Hubbard) from Ming (played by Colin Fox). None of the footage from the scene survived. In the 2012 comedy ""Ted"", Sam Jones appears in character both as himself and as Flash Gordon. Jones reprised his role for the sequel, ""Ted 2"". Flash Gordon Flash Gordon is the hero of a space opera adventure comic strip created by and"
"Auric Goldfinger Auric Goldfinger is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film ""Goldfinger"", based on Ian Fleming's novel of the same name. His first name, Auric, is an adjective meaning of gold. Fleming chose the name to commemorate the architect Ernő Goldfinger, who had built his home in Hampstead, near Fleming's; it is possible, though unlikely, that he disliked Goldfinger's style of architecture and destruction of Victorian terraces and decided to name a memorable villain after him. According to a 1965 ""Forbes"" article and ""The New York Times"", the Goldfinger persona was based on gold"
"Turtle (comics) Turtle is the name of two fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, who were primary enemies of the Flash. The first Turtle appears in ""All Flash"" #21 and was created by Gardner Fox and Martin Naydel. The second Turtle appears in ""Showcase"" #4 and was created by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino. The original Turtle was a 1940s villain who used tricks of slowness in battle with the Golden Age Flash (Jay Garrick). His main weapon was slow, deliberate planning. After a few clashes with the Flash, the Turtle faded from the public"
"Hans Zarkov Dr. Hans Zarkov is a fictional character appearing in the ""Flash Gordon"" comic strip and the following serials, films, television shows and comic books. Zarkov is a brilliant scientist who creates a rocket and forces Flash and Dale Arden to come with him to the planet Mongo, and fight against Ming the Merciless. In the original comic strip, he was first thought to have died when his ship crashed into the planet Mongo. It is later revealed that Ming's minions pulled him out of the wreckage. Zarkov's character in the 1980s DC comic was handled the same way."
"the Legion of Doom. Zoom makes a non-speaking cameo appearance, fighting the Flash in """". In the episode ""Ants on a Hamburger"", he appears as Wells. Eobard Thawne Eobard Thawne, otherwise known as Professor Zoom and the Reverse-Flash, is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The most well-known character to assume the ""Reverse-Flash"" mantle, he is the archenemy of Barry Allen (the second superhero to be called the Flash), a descendant of Malcolm Thawne, and a maternal forefather of Bart Allen, Thaddeus Thawne, and Owen Mercer. He has been established as one of the"
"his unique abilities including ""gorilla sign-language"". Gorilla Grodd appears in the web series ""DC Super Hero Girls"" voiced again by John DiMaggio. He appears as the vice-principal of Super Hero High. Gorilla Grodd Gorilla Grodd is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, primarily as an enemy of The Flash. The character was created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, and first appeared in ""The Flash"" #106 (May 1959). He is an evil, super-intelligent gorilla who gained mental powers after being exposed to the radiation of a meteorite. IGN named him 35th of the Top"
"increased metabolism and can generate a full Inertia force field. A heavily adapted iteration of Savitar appears in The CW's live-action television series ""The Flash"" as season three's main antagonist. The character is voiced by Tobin Bell and portrayed by Grant Gustin, with stuntman Andre Tricoteux performing the character's powered armor form. A time remnant (temporal duplicate) of Barry Allen/The Flash from a possible future, the armored villain fights his original self's other duplicates and killed all but one who reinvented himself as the self-proclaimed ""God of Speed"" due to feeling abandoned by Team Flash for being an aberration. After"
"one of the former members of their gang was a friend of the Flash, and a plan began to form in his mind. Grodd found another space rock, identical to the one that had given him his powers, and contacted Hector Hammond, a human who had also gained similar powers. Grodd was able to take control of Gorilla City after increasing his evolution, but was defeated once more. Grodd is also seen in the ""Superman/Batman"" arc ""Public Enemies"" controlling numerous villains and heroes in order to take down Superman and Batman for the prize of one billion dollars offered by"
"Flash Thompson to replace the ones he lost when he was fighting in the Iraqi War. Sajani Jaffrey and Wraith were able to use an antidote to the Goblin Formula to regress Monster back to Carlie Cooper. In the aftermath of the fight against the Goblin Nation, Peter himself took up the reins to manage the company and publicly announced that he was no longer ""working with Spider-Man"". Peter soon announced that the company would be putting its cybernetics project on hold in order to focus on the capture, curing and depowering of Electro, and to develop a new super-villain"