Who is the archenemy of Flash Gordon?
"a 26-episode weekly radio serial. The series followed the strip very closely, amounting to a week-by-week adaptation of the Sunday strip for most of its run. Flash Gordon was played by Gale Gordon, later famous for his television roles in ""Our Miss Brooks"", ""Dennis the Menace"", ""The Lucy Show"" and ""Here's Lucy"" (the latter two with Lucille Ball). The cast also included Maurice Franklin as Dr. Zarkov and Bruno Wick as Ming the Merciless. The radio series broke with the strip continuity in the last two episodes, when Flash, Dale and Zarkov returned to Earth. They make a crash landing"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"","
"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"
"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"
"Dale Arden Dale Arden is a fictional character, the fellow adventurer and love interest of Flash Gordon and a prototypic heroine for later female characters, including Princess Leia and Padme Amidala in ""Star Wars"". Flash, Dale and Dr. Hans Zarkov fight together against Ming the Merciless. Dale is Flash Gordon's constant companion in his adventures, as well as his one true love. The emperor Ming the Merciless is immediately attracted to her and the early strips were basically based on Flash’s heroic efforts to rescue Dale from Ming's many attempts to marry her. Filmation’s Flash Gordon’s Bible portrayed Dale Arden"
"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."
"James Gordon Jr. James Worthington ""J.J."" Gordon Jr. is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. Created by Frank Miller and Dave Mazzucchelli, the character first appeared in ""Batman"" #407 (May 1987). He is the son of James Gordon and Barbara Eileen Gordon, and the adoptive brother (or biological brother, depending on the continuity) of Barbara Gordon, who later tries to bring James Gordon Jr. to justice as Batgirl. James Gordon Jr. first appeared in ""Batman"" #407 (May 1987) and was created by Frank Miller and Dave"
"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)"
"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,"
"Ming the Merciless Ming the Merciless is a character who first appeared in the ""Flash Gordon"" comic strip in 1934. He has since been the main villain of the strip and its related movie serials, television series and film adaptation. Ming is depicted as a ruthless tyrant who rules the planet Mongo. In the comic strip, when the heroic Flash Gordon and his friends land on the fictional planet Mongo, they found it was ruled by an evil Emperor, a despot who quickly becomes their enemy. He was not named at first, only being known as ""the Emperor"" until several"
"These foes are commonly referred to as Batman's ""rogues gallery"". Batman's ""most implacable foe"" is the Joker, a homicidal maniac with a clown-like appearance. The Joker is considered by critics to be his perfect adversary, since he is the antithesis of Batman in personality and appearance; the Joker has a maniacal demeanor with a colorful appearance, while Batman has a serious and resolute demeanor with a dark appearance. As a ""personification of the irrational"", the Joker represents ""everything Batman [opposes]"". Other long time recurring foes that are part of Batman's rogues gallery include Catwoman (a cat burglar antiheroine who is"
"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"
"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"
"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,"
"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"
"Hunter Zolomon Hunter Zolomon, otherwise known as Zoom, is a fictional supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. The second character to assume the Reverse-Flash mantle, he serves as the archenemy of Wally West (the third superhero to be called the Flash). In 2009, IGN ranked Zoom as the 37th Greatest Comic Book Villain Of All Time. The character made his live-action debut on The CW's television series ""The Flash"", portrayed by Teddy Sears while voiced by Tony Todd. Created by Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins, Hunter Zolomon made his debut in ""The Flash: Secret Files & Origins"""
"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"
"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"
"Lord Voldemort Lord Voldemort (, in the films; born Tom Marvolo Riddle) is a fictional character and the main antagonist in J. K. Rowling's series of ""Harry Potter"" novels. Voldemort first appeared in ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"", which was released in 1997. Voldemort appears either in person or in flashbacks in each book and its film adaptation in the series, except the third, ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"", where he is only mentioned. Voldemort is the archenemy of Harry Potter, who according to a prophecy has ""the power to vanquish the Dark Lord"". Nearly every witch"
"Captain Cold Captain Cold (Leonard Snart) is a fictional supervillain/antihero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Captain Cold is the leader of the Rogues, a loose criminal association, as well as the older brother of Golden Glider. An acquaintance of the various superheroes known as the Flash, he has served as a bitter enemy to Barry Allen, both enemy and grudging friend to Wally West, and one of the regretting killers of Bart Allen. As part of 2011's The New 52 reboot, Captain Cold is a villain that with his team The Rogues lives by a code"
"Princess Aura Princess Aura is a fictional character in the Flash Gordon comic strips and serials. She is the daughter of the series' villain, Ming the Merciless, and the lover of Prince Barin, the rightful heir to the throne of Mongo, and is banished with him to the forest world of Arboria. In 1936, Princess Aura was portrayed by Priscilla Lawson in the ""Flash Gordon"" film serial. In 1940, the role was portrayed by Shirley Deane in the third ""Flash Gordon"" serial, ""Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe"". Melendy Britt provided the voice of Princess Aura in the 1979 Filmation animated"
"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"
"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"
"a kindred spirit. He drugs and terrorizes her before taking her to her parents' house. By the time Gordon discovers their location, he finds Barbara's parents dead and Lennon holding Barbara at knifepoint. In the ensuing struggle, Gordon shoots Lennon in the head, killing him and ending his reign of terror for good. It would be revealed in the season finale that Barbara murdered her parents and not Lennon. Ogre (DC Comics) Ogre is a fictional supervillain that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The Ogre is primarily an enemy of Batman. The Ogre debuted in ""Batman"" #535,"
"of the timeline. As he works his way to restore his old timeline, Barry must also contend with Professor Zoom, who appears to be behind everything. The film was released on DVD and Blu-Ray July 30, 2013 and is based on the comic book series “Flashpoint” by Geoff Johns. During an investigation in Gotham City, Bruce Wayne / Batman encounters Hal Jordan / Green Lantern who together discover a motherbox which prompts Clark Kent / Superman to attack the duo. They later meet Diana Prince / Wonder Woman, Barry Allen / The Flash, Victor Stone / Cyborg and Billy Batson"
"Flash Thompson Eugene ""Flash"" Thompson is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a star high school football player who mercilessly bullies his high school classmate Peter Parker but greatly admires Spider-Man, an irony in which the superhero takes some gratification. In time, he and Peter become close friends in college after Flash matures. After graduation, he joins the United States Army and is haunted by his combat experiences, leading to alcoholism. After losing both of his legs in the Iraq War, he was bound to the Venom Symbiote, becoming the superhero Agent"
"Creative Officer Geoff Johns has said that this new incarnation and daughter of Copperhead would appear as a villain in the New 52 ""after the game's release. Copperhead is described as a deadly hitwoman and one of the two most toxic individuals on the planet (the other being Cheshire).. Real name unknown, Copperhead is a crime boss in Central City, as well as a former mercenary. She is an antagonist of both Batman and the Flash. Two-Face placed a large bounty on Batman's head that many super-villains and mercenaries intended to collect, including Copperhead. Alongside several other villains Copperhead tracked"
"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"
"the city is being attacked by Gorilla Grodd and his organization the Black Hole. After defeating Grodd and getting Wally to meet Iris for the first time, they've been encountered by the Renegades. The Renegades take the Flashes and Iris back to the 25th century to get answers about why Iris killed Eobard Thawne, only to discover that Hunter Zolomon has been manipulating everyone as a plot to bring conflict between Barry and Wally for the fate of the Speed Force. Barry Allen has the ability to run at super-human velocities. He was at times during the Silver Age described"