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Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Flash Gordon - S048 - Thanatos (1954-01-24 to 1954-05-02)

Story & Art: Mac Raboy 
Original run: 1954-01-24 to 1954-05-02
Summary: Returning from Callisto (S-047 The Mind), Flash is told by a concerned Dr. Zarkov that Dale has uncharacteristically joined an archaeological expedition in Africa led by the eccentric Dr. Eric Sark.
Racing to the Libyan desert to catch up with the expedition, Flash learns that the doctor is trying to harness the powers of a mythological being who in reality is a visitor from outer space – but Dale has already succumbed to the strange force...
(Source of summary: www.ipcomics.net) 


 All credits go to "spax".
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11 comments:

  1. praveen9 May 2012 at 21:55

    Thanks, Prabhat, for posting these rare gems!!! The story and the art both are very nice.

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  2. TPH10 May 2012 at 08:08

    Fabulous work of art! Some of the most imaginative minds were at their best during the middle of last century. Not surprising as that was an era of tremendous scientific developments with new horizons opening in the field. The whole humanity was in awe of ongoing developments in space technology.

    Thanks to all responsible for bringing up this post.

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  3. Gaurav Arya10 May 2012 at 17:55

    Thanks for post my favourate hero's strip.

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  4. HojO11 May 2012 at 13:51

    Thanks a ton for these!

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  5. PBC13 May 2012 at 00:07

    @praveen I feel that TOI had done mistake. If they printed these instead of King's version, Flash Gordon could be more popular in India.

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  6. PBC13 May 2012 at 00:20

    @TPH It’s other side of 2nd world war. The development started with new enthusiasm. The impact of science fictions is very surprising – many concepts coined by the writers, are giving directions to scientists.

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  7. PBC13 May 2012 at 00:25

    @Gaurav Arya Since I read Dan's strips, Flash Gordon is leader among my favorite heroes. Since childhood this position was occupied by the Phantom. Alas, I could read Flash Gordon strips by Mac Raboy in childhood…

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  8. PBC13 May 2012 at 00:26

    @HojO You are welcome!

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  9. praveen13 May 2012 at 11:20

    Yes, Prabhat,I fully agree with you.
    IJC had published not the very best of Flash.
    It also didn't publish any story informing the origin of Flash---- the first episode in which Flash, Zarkov and Dale happen to meet each other----that means -- no introduction was given by IJC .
    Many of the Flash by IJC had oblique panels with really bad drawing------ etc..--

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  10. HojO13 May 2012 at 15:53

    @Praveen: Yes,It's exactly the same for Mandrake too!Because of we never had the stories from the earliest era,we had no idea in those days about their origins!:(
    Saying this,ToI did publish that re-told version of 'Flash's origin' on 1989 - ironically was the 2nd last Ijc issue of FG - in V26 N23('Scheming despot' or so) which was only part-1 of the 5-part mega origin saga(D2-135 to D2-140)! Unfortunately,soon after that issue ToI cancelled the most heroes(retained only 4)from V26 N33 onwards and all Ijc fans missed a chance to read that saga in full!! [I was very much surprised to read that part,where it has been mentioned that "This was the very 1st meeting of Flash,Dale & Jarkov",after seeing them in numerous adventures! :o)]

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  11. Old Man Mozz2 September 2012 at 18:03

    Thanks once again to spax and Prabhat.

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