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| ON THEIR FIRST VOYAGE TO THE PLANET MONGO,
FLASH GORDON AND HIS COMPANIONS FOUND A
| WORLD IN FLAMES! THE ENTIRE PLANET WAS
BEING CRUSHED UNDER THE HEEL OF MING THE
MERCILESS. WAR HAD BECOME ROUTINE, SLAVERY
[ INEVITABLE, ONCE PROUD NATIONS WERE CRUMB-
———— ING. THE FIERCEST OF RACES WERE OVERRUN
AND ALL BUT DESTROYED IN THE PATH OF MINGS ARMIES. THE ARRIVAL OF
FLASH GORPON BROUGHT NEW HOPE TO THE PEOPLE OF MONGO. MANY
YEARS OF HARD FIGHTING LAY AHEAD. BUT UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, THEY
WERE NOW UNITED AGAINST A COMMON ENEMY —— MING THE MERCILESS.
DR, ZARKOV, IT NAME YOL) PRINCE
OF THE HAWKMEN ! rc
wAND TO FLASH AN 2} ‘
JDALE, I OFFER A <
| ROYAL WEDDING! SS.
IN ONE OF THE EARLY BATTLES,
FLASH'S FRIEND, DR. ZARKOV
SAVED THE CITY OF THE HAWE=
MEN FROM DEVASTATION AND
EARNED THE RESPECT OF KING
VULTAN FOR HIMSELF AND HIS
FRIENDS....VOLTAN PUTS AN ALTERNATIVE
PLAN.. mae
By THE ANCIE NT LAWS OF MONGO, BY
THE SACRED LAW OF THE GREAT TAO,
THE ONLY WISE ONE, T REQUEST A
NO VULTAN! LET DALE TOURNAMENT OF DEATH!
AND ME TRY TO ESCAPE!
HE MAY SPARE YOUR A TOURNMENT? AND FLAGH
GORDON WILL PARTICIPATE? |
THE ROCKETS THIS WILL BE VERY AMUSING:
HAVE ALL BEEN THE ENTIRE PLANET WILL
SEE Him DIE! So BE IT!
ANY AAAI, FROM, ATTENTION ALL CITIZENS OF MONGO!
NOBILITY TO THE A TOURNAMENT OF DEATH WILL BE
LOWEST SLAVE, HELD HERE TOMORROW! LINTIL ITS
MAY FIGHT IN THE COMPLETED, ALL HOSTILITIES WILL
TOURNAMENT, CEASE...
ONLY ONE MAN
REMAINS ALIVE! THUS BEGINS
THE WINNER OF ~ GONE OF THE
ALi THE EVENTS STRANGEST
5S GIVEN A KINGDOM YOU SAVED MY
LIFE BEFORE. NOW
THE SCORE IS
SETTLED /
I THANK
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HURLING HIS HORSE BEFORE THE
ATTACKER, FLASH MANAGES TO
DEFLECT THE FLAMING LANCE,
ONSADPLING THE DRAGONMAN,.
THE DRAGONMAN LIES LIFELESS
ON THE GROUND ec eree-s
ES neh he ett ta
BUT IN THE NEXT INSTANT, A SUDDEN
WEAKNESS FROM THE LOSS OF BLOOD,
PERVADES HIS BODY. EVERYTHING BE-
COMES BLURRED, INDISTINCT, CON-
FUSED. FLASH FALLS FROM HIS
HORSE....
AMIDST THE DEAFENING CLAMOR,
FROM THE CROWD, FLASH PRESENTS
HIMSELF TO THE EMPEROR, MING,
HOLDING HIS LANCE HIGH TO MARK
HIS VICTORY.....WITH A CRY OF DESPERATION, DALE
TRIES TO THROW HERSELF INTO THE
ARENA TO HELP
HE'S WOUNDED! THE RULES
OF THE TOURNAMENT STATE
THAT ANYONE UNABLE
TO GO ON TO THE NEXT
EVENT MUST BE THROWN
INTO THE LAKE OF
FLAMES!
WAIT, FATHER!
HE HAS NOT YET
SHOWN THAT HE
IS UNABLE To
CONTINUE!
CAPTAIN, HAVE
HIM TAKEN TO My
AH, SO THATS IT? AURA STILL
LOVES FLASH GORDON! NEXT
TIME SHE WON'T BE ABLE To HELP
HIM... BECAUSE HE'LL BE DEAD!
IN THE ARENA'S OPERATING ROOM, A
GROUP OF DOCTORS DRESS THE WOUND
IN FLASH'S LEG,LATER, JUST AS TWO YELLOWMEN ARE TAKING FLASH TO AURA'S APART-
MENT TO REST, DALE SUDDENLY BURSTS INTO THE ROOM...
FLASH! PLEASE DON'T
BE COURAGEOUS FIGHT ANYMORE | YOU'RE: BUT PRINCE BARIN, WEARING
MY LOVE. THIS HURT. THEY'LL KILL YOL! A DISGUISE, STOPS HER
HORRIBLE I'LL MARRY MING, IF ee Ia
TODRNAMENT ONLY TO SAVE YOUR IME correc
WILL SOON \
BE OVER /
men
DALE EMBRACES FLASH: AURA, MAD WITH
JEALOUSY, TAKES A DAGGER FROM UNDER
HER CLOAK TOSTRIKE DALE IN THE
BACK !STRANGER, YOU HAVE SAVED MY LIFE,
AND NOW DALES! IF FATE SHOULD PUT
US ONE AGAINST THE OTHER, MAY THE
BEST MAN WIN!
THE SCUND DES BONG Cant S
RUAN IN HE Vane Ke ao
AND DIE SURVIVORS OF THE PRECEDING EVENTS ENTER THE ARENA, FLASH
GORDON AT THEIR HEAD, FOR THEIR NEXT TRIAL: “TWE DAVEE. OF THE
by Ge: POISONED SWORDS......4 z ee
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— te t AWITH A BLARE OF TRUMPETS ‘THE
BATTLE BEGINS, A MONKEYMAN
THROWS HIMSELF ON FLASH WHO DEFTLY
TRIPS HIM...HE FALLS WITH ASCREAM
OF PAIN AND DIES ON THE POISONED
SWORDS.
NOW! THE GREAT MOMENT OF
THE TOURNAMENT OF MONGO....
THE LAST TWO MEN ARE FLASH
GORDON AND THE MASKED
PRINCE BARIN, FACE TO FACE /
THE BUZZING CROWD IN THE
ARENA FALLS SILENT, THE AIR CRACKLES
WITH TENSE EMOTION’ WITH UNRELENT-
ING PRESSURE THE MASKED MAN
SLOWLY FORCES FLASH'S JINJUREDLEG
NEARER THE DEADLY SwoRDSSTOP THE FIGHT:
I PREFER TO SEE
FLASH GORDON DIE
ON THE
FIGHT POPE
MY PASSION FOR AURA HAS FORCED
ME. TO FIGHT AGAINST MY BEST
FRIEND! WHAT MADNESS JS THIS?
AS BARIN HELPS THE SUFFERING
FLASH GORDON FROM THE AREAA
HE IS SEIZED WITH PANGS OF
REMORSE !LATER ON THE
THIS IS THE
FINAL EVENT
OF THE
TOURNAMENT
OF DEATH....
TO THE WINNER,
A KINGDOM
AND THE
WOMAN HE
LOVES! To
THE LOSER,
A VIOLENT
DEATH?
THE TWO
CHAMPIONS
FACE ONE,
ANOTHER.
TFIGHTROPEBUT FLASHS QUICK REFLEXS COME To
HIS AID! HE CLUTCHES THE ROPE, CAUSING
HIS OPPONENT TO TOPPLE OFF.,...
INSTINCTIVELY, FLASH STRIKES AT HIS
OPPONENT'S HEAD WITH HIS FREE LE
(NA FURIOUS ATTEMPT To RELIEVE
THE PAIN! THE MOTION PUSHES THE
MASK BACK AND, FLASH RECOGNIZES
HIS FRIEND... PRINCE BARIN/
E MASKED MAN MAKES ONE LAST DES-
PERATE EFFORTAND GRABS FLAS H'S
INJURED LEG! FLASH SCREAMS IN PAIN !
OUR EXILED
PRINCE....MING, EVERYONE, INCLUDING YOUR OWN TROOPS, VERY WELL, VULTAN
ASKS THAT YOU PROCLAIM 80747 SURVIVORS KING eee BUT IT SHALL
OR, BY TAO, WE'LL PUT FLASH GORDON ON YOUR. CHOOSE THEIR
THRONE AS EMPEROR OF MONGO! KINGDOMS !TO MY DAUGHTER AND PRINCE BARIN
I AWARD THE KINGDOM OF THE FoR-
ESTS. TO MY ENEMY, FLASH GORDON,
AND THE EARTH-GIRL
GOES THE KINGDOM
OF THE GROTTOES!
YOu'RE RIGHT! BUT THESE MIGHTY
CHAMPIONS SHALL CONQUER THEM
AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER
WITH THEIR CHOSEN BRIDES!
THIS IS UNJUST,
YOU KNOY
NEITHER. KING —
DOMS HAVE BEEN
CONQUERED YET!FLASH, WHEN WE HAVE CONQUERED OUR
KINGDOMS WE SHALL MEET AGAIN / I BEG FLASH, YOU | | AND ANOTHER
YOU TO FORGIVE ME $<] | SHALL HAVE | OF MY
AND FORGET MY
EVERTHING \5 AN ESCORT LIONMEN, }
TERRIBLE JEALOUSY FORGOTTEN, | | HEADED BY MY |
FOR AURA, CONSIDER | BARIN! GOOD |
ME YOUR LUCK TO YOU
FRIEND | AND TO YOUR
FOREVER! ROYAL BRIDE,
MY FRIEND!
OF MY;
| HAWKMEN, SON, TDN! ,
WE'RE FINALLY TOGETHER,
DALE! NOW OOR NEW LIFE
BEGINS, FULLOF ADVENTURE SS
AND DANGER, YES, BUT WITH
A GLORIOUS GOAL !
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WE'LL BE SO HAPPY
TOGETHER, MY FUTURE
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