Two Flashes. Entertainment, Adaptation : Flash Gordon as comic strip and serial
Created by Alex Raymond in 1934 as an alternative to Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon’s success as a comic strip lead to an adaptation as a serial in 1936. Starring Buster Crabbe, and directed by Frederick Stephani, the Universal serial was in turn successful enough to be first reissued as a feature film...
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| Publicado en: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/comicalites, |
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lenguaje: | Anglais |
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Comicalités
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumario: | Created by Alex Raymond in 1934 as an alternative to Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon’s success as a comic strip lead to an adaptation as a serial in 1936. Starring Buster Crabbe, and directed by Frederick Stephani, the Universal serial was in turn successful enough to be first reissued as a feature film that same year, followed by two sequels (Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars, 1938 and Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe, 1940) and later syndicated for television. Its influence on science fiction has be... |
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