Which fictional hero was created by Alex Raymond and widely syndicated in 1934?
"called his black areas ""pools of quiet"", serving as they did ""as a pause for the viewer, something to slow the eye across the strip's panels"". Alex Raymond's ""influence on other cartoonists was considerable during his lifetime and did not diminish after his death"". George Lucas has cited Raymond's ""Flash Gordon"" as a major influence on his ""Star Wars"" films (which, cyclically, inspired the 1980 ""Flash Gordon"" film), while Raymond's long shadow has fallen across the comics industry ever since his work saw print. Comics artists who have cited Raymond as a particularly significant influence on their work include Murphy"
"He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1996. He was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 2014. Maurice Horn calls Raymond ""one of the most celebrated comic artists of all time as the creator of four outstanding comic features (a feat unequaled to this day),"" noting that he ""received many distinctions and awards during his lifetime for his work, both as a cartoonist and as a magazine illustrator."" Raymond's work includes: Raymond's work has been collected a number of times. Most recently: Alex Raymond Alexander Gillespie Raymond (October 2, 1909"
"by rocket, were adapted by Raymond for the initial storyline. Raymond's first samples were dismissed for not containing enough action sequences. Raymond reworked the story and sent it back to the syndicate, who accepted it. Raymond was partnered with ghostwriter Don Moore, an experienced editor and writer. Raymond's first ""Flash Gordon"" story appeared in January 1934, alongside ""Jungle Jim"". The ""Flash Gordon"" strip was well received by newspaper readers, becoming one of the most popular American comic strips of the 1930s. As with ""Buck Rogers"", the success of ""Flash Gordon"" resulted in numerous licensed products being sold, including pop-up books,"
"study desk or board-room table, contributed to the Imperial effect."" Perhaps the first fictional Victorian adventure hero was Allan Quatermain, a white hunter who appeared in books by H. Rider Haggard, starting with ""King Solomon's Mines"" (1885). In 1924, Richard Connell published his short story ""The Most Dangerous Game"", in which an American big-game hunter finds himself being hunted by a Russian aristocrat who has tired of hunting in Africa; the story is still widely read. Alex Raymond created the ""Jungle Jim"" comic strip in 1934 that later lead to a comic book, film serial, film series, and television show."
"Alex Raymond ""Flash Gordon"" comics from the 1930s were reprinted as well. Novelist M. John Harrison, who would go on to become an exponent of the British New Wave, and literary editor of ""New Worlds"", scripted comic stories which were illustrated by Richard Glynn Jones. American novelist William S. Burroughs scripted ""The Unspeakable Mr. Hart"", illustrated by Malcolm McNeill. Keen's photographs had appeared in ""IT"" and he became art editor in 1968. One of ""IT's"" founders, Barry Miles, was an art college friend from Cheltenham College of Art. In 1969/71 Keen lodged with Miles and his wife Sue in Lord"
"Nick Carter debuted in 1886. Tarzan was introduced in 1912, and Zorro found its way to the public in 1919, but El Coyote became even bigger – in Spain. Among other early famous, often masked American novel and/or radio heroes were The Shadow, debuting 1930 (and 1931), plus The Phantom Detective, Doc Savage, The Spider and Lone Ranger in 1933, and Green Hornet in 1936. Some of the very early comic strip superheroes were Buck Rogers introduced in 1928, Dick Tracy 1931, and Flash Gordon in 1934. The most famous comic book (or strip) hero is Superman originated in 1933"
"Web (comics) The Web is a fictional character, a superhero created by MLJ Comics' in 1942 by artist John Cassone and an unknown writer. The Web's secret identity was that of John Raymond, a college professor of criminology, and mystery writer. Raymond's interest in studying the motives and behavior of criminals harked back to his youth, and the criminal leanings of his brother Tom. The Web debuted in issue #27 of ""Zip Comics"" in July 1942, having originally been intended for ""Top-Notch Comics"", the change occurring due to a decision to emphasize the humour of ""Top-Notch"". In that first issue,"
"Web (comics) The Web is a fictional character, a superhero created by MLJ Comics' in 1942 by artist John Cassone and an unknown writer. The Web's secret identity was that of John Raymond, a college professor of criminology, and mystery writer. Raymond's interest in studying the motives and behavior of criminals harked back to his youth, and the criminal leanings of his brother Tom. The Web debuted in issue #27 of ""Zip Comics"" in July 1942, having originally been intended for ""Top-Notch Comics"", the change occurring due to a decision to emphasize the humour of ""Top-Notch"". In that first issue,"
"its ""The Library of American Comics"". The first four volumes contain a complete reprint of Raymond's stories including the last one, finished by Prentice. Volume 5 continues with Prentice's work. Rip Kirby Rip Kirby is an American comic strip created by Alex Raymond in 1946 featuring the adventures of the eponymous lead character, a private detective. With a run spanning five decades, the strip was in the hands of creator John Prentice for more than 40 years. After World War II, Raymond did not return to work on any of his previous successful comic strips (""Flash Gordon"", ""Jungle Jim"", ""Secret"
"the audience wouldn't see much of the heroics, because the leading character was supposed to be invisible. Turning the mysterious Shadow into a flesh-and-blood figure, plainly visible in hat and cloak, Columbia patterned the serial after its wildly successful serial of 1938, ""The Spider's Web"", itself based on a masked hero of popular fiction. The Spider was the respectable Richard Wentworth, who terrorized the underworld as the mysterious Spider and infiltrated gangland under a third identity, small-time crook Blinky McQuade. Columbia copied the triple-role format for ""The Shadow"", with the stalwart Lamont Cranston baffling the enemies of justice as The"
"the comics format one of the first of the costumed heroes, leading to the Golden Age of superheroes in comics. The first issue of ""Ace Comics"" was published in April 1937, and included the adventures of hunter ""Jungle Jim"" written by Flash Gordon writer Alex Raymond, Chic Young's ""Blondie"", and George Herriman's surreal ""Krazy Kat"" strip, all three characters going on to appear in every issue of ""Ace Comics"". Issue #11 (cover date February 1938) is notable as a key Golden Age comic, as it introduced to a wider audience one of the first costumed heroes ever to be featured"
"on the strip, ""Flash Gordon in the Caverns of Mongo"", was published in 1936 by Grosset & Dunlap. The credited author was Alex Raymond, but Doug Murray claims the novel ""was almost certainly ghost-written"". Like the pulp magazine of the same year, it failed to launch a series. In 1973, Avon books launched a six-book series of adult-oriented Flash Gordon novels: ""The Lion Men of Mongo"", ""The Plague of Sound"", ""The Space Circus"", ""The Time Trap of Ming XIII"", ""The Witch Queen of Mongo"" and ""The War of the Cybernauts"". Although the books were credited to Alex Raymond, the first"
"started in 1934, was comics' first superhero."" The Adventures of Patsy The Adventures of Patsy was an American newspaper comic strip which ran from 1935 to 1954. Created by , it was syndicated by AP Newsfeatures. The Phantom Magician, an early supporting character in the strip, is regarded by some comics historians as among the first superheroes of comics. departed in May 1940 to take over ""Secret Agent X-9"". In the early 1940s a Sunday strip, Patsy in Hollywood, was launched, and the titles of both the Sunday and the daily were eventually shortened to just Patsy. After a succession"
"La Gatta. From late 1931 to 1933, Raymond assisted Lyman Young on ""Tim Tyler's Luck"", eventually becoming the ghost artist in ""1932 and 1933... [on] both the daily strip and the Sunday page"", turning it ""into one of the most eye-catching strips of the time"". Concurrently, Raymond assisted Chic Young on ""Blondie"". In 1933, King Features assigned him to do the art for an espionage action-adventure strip, ""Secret Agent X-9"", scripted by novelist Dashiell Hammett, and Raymond's illustrative approach to that strip made him King Features' leading talent. Towards the end of 1933, King Features asked him to create a"
"Flash Gordon (serial) Flash Gordon is a 1936 science fiction film serial. Shown in 13 chapters, it was the first screen adventure for the comic-strip character Flash Gordon that was invented by Alex Raymond only two years earlier in 1934. It tells the story of Flash Gordon's first visit to the planet Mongo and his encounter with the evil Emperor Ming the Merciless. Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Priscilla Lawson and Frank Shannon played the central roles. In 1996, ""Flash Gordon"" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being"
"Book Hero of All Time stating; ""Of all the superheroes out here, Dr. Ray Palmer might be one of the most brilliant tortured souls imaginable."" Atom (Ray Palmer) The Atom (Dr. Raymond ""Ray"" Palmer) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by editor and co-plotter Julius Schwartz, writer Gardner Fox and penciler Gil Kane. The Atom was one of the first superheroes of the Silver Age of comic books and debuted in ""Showcase"" #34 (October 1961). The Atom has been played in various TV series by Alfie Wise and John"
"Tick (comics) The Tick is a fictional superhero created by cartoonist Ben Edlund in 1986 as a newsletter mascot for the New England Comics chain of Boston area comic book stores. The character is a spoof of American comic book superheroes. After its creation, the character spun off into an independent comic book series in 1988, and gained mainstream popularity through an animated TV series on Fox in 1994. Two live-action TV series, a video game and various merchandise have also been based on the character. IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Heroes of All Time ranked The"
"(Flag Smasher) and international and domestic terrorism (Hydra). <br> Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in ""Captain America Comics"" #1 (cover dated March 1941) from Timely Comics, a predecessor of Marvel Comics. Captain America was designed as a patriotic supersoldier who often fought the Axis powers of World War II and was Timely Comics' most popular character during the wartime period. The popularity of superheroes waned following the war and the ""Captain America"" comic book"
"as his newspaper column. Roy Raymond (comics) Roy Raymond is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. He was introduced in ""Impossible... But True!"", a back-up strip in ""Detective Comics"", beginning with issue #153 (Nov. 1949). In 1997, a new character appeared, Roy Raymond, Jr., the grandson of the original Roy Raymond. Roy Raymond was the host of a television show called ""Impossible... But True!"", which bore a strong resemblance to ""Ripley's Believe It Or Not"". The stories would involve Raymond and his assistant, Karen Duncan, investigating claims and exposing hoaxes, ensuring all the stories"
"to stimulate new ideas for stories. The best-remembered story of 1934 is probably Jack Williamson's ""The Legion of Space"", which began serialization in April, but other notable stories include Murray Leinster's ""Sidewise in Time"", which was the first genre science-fiction story to use the idea of alternate history; ""The Bright Illusion"", by C.L. Moore, and ""Twilight"", by John W. Campbell, writing as Don A. Stuart. ""Twilight"", which was written in a more literary and poetic style than Campbell's earlier space opera stories, was particularly influential, and Tremaine encouraged other writers to produce similar stories. One such was Raymond Z. Gallun's"
"Rip Kirby Rip Kirby is an American comic strip created by Alex Raymond in 1946 featuring the adventures of the eponymous lead character, a private detective. With a run spanning five decades, the strip was in the hands of creator John Prentice for more than 40 years. After World War II, Raymond did not return to work on any of his previous successful comic strips (""Flash Gordon"", ""Jungle Jim"", ""Secret Agent X-9"") but instead began work on a new strip in which ex-Marine Rip Kirby returns from World War II and goes to work as a private detective, sometimes accompanied"
"Nowlan adapted the first episode from ""Armageddon 2419, A.D."" and changed the hero's name from ""Anthony"" to ""Buck"". The strip made its first newspaper appearance on January 7, 1929. Later adaptations included radio in 1932, a film serial, a television series (in which his first name was changed from ""Anthony"" to ""William""), and other formats. The ""Buck Rogers"" strip was popular enough to inspire other newspaper syndicates to launch their own science fiction strips. The most famous of these imitators was ""Flash Gordon"" (King Features Syndicate, 1934-2003); others included ""Jack Swift"" (1930-1937), ""Brick Bradford"" (Central Press Association, 1933-1987), ""Don Dixon"
"the real-life organisation. ""Secret Agent X-9"" was adapted as a radio drama broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in January 2009, starring Stuart Milligan as X-9 and Connie Booth as Grace Powers. There were four episodes, adapted by Mark Brissenden and directed by Chris Wallis. In 1976, Nostalgia Press published a trade paperback reprinting many of the early Hammett/Raymond strips, with an introduction by Bill Blackbeard. In 1983, International Polygonics published a trade paperback edition () of the original Dashiell Hammett/Alex Raymond strips that included an additional story scripted by Leslie Charteris and a foreword by William F. Nolan, author of"
"King Arthur (DC Comics) King Arthur (Arthur Pendragon) is a fictional character, a comic book King published by DC Comics. Arthur debuted in ""New Comics"" #3, (February 1936), and was created by Rafael Astarita. The character is based on the mythical ruler King Arthur whose earliest recorded appearances were in the ""Annales Cambriae"", the ""Historia Brittonum"", and the ""Y Gododdin"". The character of King Arthur was made popular by Geoffrey of Monmouth's second major work, the ""Historia Regum Britanniae"" (History of the Kings of Britain), The DC Comics version of King Arthur first appeared in ""New Comics"" #3 (February 1936),"
"Allied editor Vin Sullivan pulled a Siegel/Shuster creation from the slush pile and used it as the cover feature (but only as a backup story) in ""Action Comics"" #1 (June 1938). The duo's alien hero, Superman, dressed in a cape and colorful tights. The costume, influenced by Flash Gordon's attire from 1934, evoked circus aerial performers and circus strongmen, and Superman became the archetype of the ""superheroes"" that would follow. In early 1939, the success of Superman in ""Action Comics"" prompted editors at National Comics Publications (the future DC Comics) to request more superheroes for its titles. In response, Bob"
"to compete with the popular ""Buck Rogers"" comic strip and, before long, ""Flash"" was the more popular strip of the two. Raymond also worked on the jungle adventure saga ""Jungle Jim"" and spy adventure ""Secret Agent X-9"" concurrently with ""Flash"", though his increasing workload caused him to leave ""Secret Agent X-9"" to another artist by 1935. He left the strips in 1944 to join the Marines, saw combat in the Pacific Ocean theater in 1945 and was demobilized in 1946. Upon his return from serving during World War II, Raymond created and illustrated the much-heralded ""Rip Kirby"", a private detective"
"earthly exit from the Region Beyond, which is located in England. The Region Beyond is where King Arthur had Merlin banish all the dangerous mystical entities native to Great Britain. King Arthur (DC Comics) King Arthur (Arthur Pendragon) is a fictional character, a comic book King published by DC Comics. Arthur debuted in ""New Comics"" #3, (February 1936), and was created by Rafael Astarita. The character is based on the mythical ruler King Arthur whose earliest recorded appearances were in the ""Annales Cambriae"", the ""Historia Brittonum"", and the ""Y Gododdin"". The character of King Arthur was made popular by Geoffrey"
"more than 15,000 ""Blondie"" strips. Described by former King Features president Joseph Connelly as ""the greatest story teller of his kind since the immortal Charles Dickens,"" Young at his peak received more fan mail than any other cartoonist. His other works include the strip ""Colonel Potterby and the Duchess"", which ran as a topper strip on the ""Blondie"" page from 1935 through 1963. Young worked with several assistants, including Alex Raymond and Ray McGill. Alex Raymond's younger brother, Jim Raymond, who began as Young's assistant in 1935, took over all the art in 1950 when Young's eyesight began to fail."
"and used by John Dandy (""Yankee Doodle""). Aristotle Rodor Doctor Aristotle ""Tot"" Rodor is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is a scientist and former school professor who lives in Hub City. His colleague was the villain Arby Twain. He invented the pseudoderm mask and the gas for sealing it used by the various ""Question"" heroes: Charles Szasz and Renee Montoya. He mentors both of these heroes. He also knows Richard Dragon. He debuted in Blue Beetle Volume 2 Issue #1 in 1967, and later re-introduced in February 1987 in the first issue"
"Jim Raymond Jim Raymond (1917–1981) was a comic strip artist and the younger brother of ""Flash Gordon"" artist Alex Raymond. He was also the great-uncle of actors Matt Dillon and Kevin Dillon. Born in New Rochelle, New York, Raymond's first cartoons were published in his high school newspaper. In 1935, he started as an assistant on the ""Blondie"" comic strip, mostly as a replacement for his brother, who had been working on ""Blondie"" for three years before leaving to start his own strips. Initially, Raymond's responsibilities were quite minor, but by 1937, when the first son of ""Blondie"" creator Chic"
"period were Fredric Brown, Paul Chadwick and, to a certain extent, Cornell Woolrich, although these writers tended to rarely use the Private Eye protagonists that many associate with pulp fiction. Quite a few comic book impossible crimes seem to draw on the ""weird menace"" tradition of the pulps. However, celebrated writers such as G. K. Chesterton, Arthur Conan Doyle, Clayton Rawson, and Sax Rohmer have had their works adapted to comic book form. In 1934, Dashiell Hammett created the comic strip ""Secret Agent X9"", illustrated by Alex Raymond, which contained a locked-room episode, albeit a rather feeble one. One American"
"Tessa, Siryn, Jubilee, Rachel Summers, Madelyne Pryor, Moira MacTaggert, Lilandra, Shadow King, Cannonball, Warpath, Mirage, Wolfsbane, Karma, Cypher, Sabretooth, Empath, Sebastian Shaw, Donald Pierce, Avalanche, Pyro, Legion, Nimrod, Gateway, Strong Guy, Proteus, Mister Sinister, Marauders, Purifiers, Captain Britain, Sunspot, Forge and Gambit. Claremont scripted many classic stories, including ""The Dark Phoenix Saga"" and ""Days of Future Past"", on which he collaborated with John Byrne. He developed the character of Wolverine into a fan favorite. """" #1, the 1991 spinoff series premiere that Claremont co-wrote with Jim Lee, remains the best-selling comic book of all time, according to Guinness World Records."
"thrill-a-minute stuff as Flash battles one adversary after another"" and stated that it was ""the best of the Crabbe trilogy of ""Flash Gordon"" films"". Flash Gordon (serial) Flash Gordon is a 1936 science fiction film serial. Shown in 13 chapters, it was the first screen adventure for the comic-strip character Flash Gordon that was invented by Alex Raymond only two years earlier in 1934. It tells the story of Flash Gordon's first visit to the planet Mongo and his encounter with the evil Emperor Ming the Merciless. Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Priscilla Lawson and Frank Shannon played the"