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Complete Flash Gordon Library Compiles Classic Sci-Fi Adventures

Titan Books will republish every Flash Gordon comic strip and story in a series of full-color hardcover volumes that recount the sci-fi adventurer’s exploits. The Titan press release offers details on the project to compile the ultimate collection of Flash Gordon comic strips, which first appeared in newspapers in 1934:
  • The Complete Flash Gordon Library The Fall of Ming
  • The Complete Flash Gordon Library The Tyrant of Mongo
  • The Complete Flash Gordon Library On the Planet Mongo
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The cover of The Complete Flash Gordon Library: The Fall of Ming, due in 2012 from Titan Books.

Titan Books will republish every Flash Gordon comic strip and story in a series of full-color hardcover volumes that recount the sci-fi adventurer's exploits.

The Titan press release offers details on the project to compile the ultimate collection of Flash Gordon comic strips, which first appeared in newspapers in 1934:

The mission of The Complete Flash Gordon Library will be to collect every strip and every story, offering them in affordable, full-color hardcover volumes, carefully restored and revealing the action and the artistry that thrilled audiences for decades. Through the painstaking efforts of renowned comic strip historian Pete Maresca, readers will experience the heroics of Flash Gordon, the beauty of Dale Arden, the evil of Ming the Merciless, and the exotic setting of the distant planet Mongo. Each installment will be meticulously reworked so that the intricate artwork, the vivid colors, and the unparalleled action will explode off of the page.

Beginning with the renowned stories written and illustrations by Alex Raymond – the genius behind the hero – The Complete Flash Gordon Library will continue with the other brilliant illustrators who took the helm and ran with his creation: Austin Briggs, Mac Raboy, Dan Barry and many more. Each page will be 11 inches x 10 inches – specifically designed to spotlight the action-packed artistry of the creators, and each volume will feature 176 or more pages of full-color action. Volume One, On the Planet Mongo, will feature a foreword by renowned illustrator Alex Ross, and future installments will offer other special features revealing the secrets behind the strip and its creators.

Vol. 1 of The Complete Flash Gordon Library hits shelves March 23, 2012. Vol. 2 (The Tyrant of Mongo) and Vol. 3 (The Fall of Ming) will follow.

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