Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon is the protagonist of a space opera adventure comic strip created 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.

Starting April 22, 1935, the strip was adapted into The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures 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 in Malaysia, where they meet Jungle Jim, the star of another of Alex Raymond's comic strips.

The series ended on October 26, 1935 with Flash and Dale's marriage. The next week, The Adventures of Jungle Jim picked up in that Saturday timeslot.

Two days later, on October 28, The Further Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon debuted as a daily show, running four days a week. This series strayed further from Raymond's strip, involving Flash, Dale and Zarkov in an adventure in Atlantis. The series aired 60 episodes, ending on February 6, 1936.

Flash Gordon was played by Gale Gordon

The following is a listing of the shows that will be played on WELF-NPC Radio. Each week we will feature a new show from the list under the heading of show listed above. We will continue to rotate through this list until we remove the show from the radio station.

Show Title	Originally Aired
The Lost Continent of Atlantis pt 1	N/A
Flash Gordon 60s BusterCrabbe	N/A
60s BusterCrabbe	N/A
001 On The Planet Mongo	04/27/1935
002 Befriends Lion Men And Stops A	05/04/1935
003 Imprisoned By Hawkmen	05/11/1935
004 Death Battle Won By Flash	05/18/1935
005 Rules Over Cave World	05/25/1935
006 Blue Magic Men Capture Flash	06/01/1935
007 Dr Zarkoff To The Rescue	06/08/1935
008 Aide Tal Plants Seeds Of Doubt	06/15/1935
009 Flash Charges Ice Barricade of Ha	06/29/1935
010 Dr Zarkoff IsThawed Out	07/06/1935
011 Dr Zarkoff Shoots Cooks With E	07/13/1935
012 Flash Regains Memory	07/20/1935
013 General Tal Rescued Azora	07/27/1935
014 General Tal Attacks Flash Behi	08/03/1935
015 Dr Zarkoff Builds Invisible Ra	08/10/1935
016 The Avenging Shadow	08/17/1935
017 Azora Regains Memory	08/24/1935
018 Flash Still Invisible, Esacpes	08/31/1935
019 General Tal Tries Capturing Dr	09/07/1935
020 Pit Of Peril And Death Dwarfs	09/14/1935
021 Pit Of Fire	09/21/1935
023 Flash, King Of Cave World	10/05/1935
024 General Tal Seizes Azora's	10/12/1935
025 Flash, Dale and Dr. Zarkoff Cr	10/19/1935
026 Flash And Dale Are Married In	10/26/1935
038 Fake Attack	12/18/1935
039 Fortress Bombarded	12/19/1935
040 The Titans	12/19/1935
045 Showdown w King Taurock	12/30/1935
046 Sacrifice For Poseidon	12/31/1935