Flash Gordon [SEP] creator
Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon is the hero of a space opera adventure comic strip created by 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.
The "Flash Gordon" comic strip has been translated into a wide variety of media, including motion pictures, television, and animated series. The latest version, a "Flash Gordon" television series, appeared on the Syfy channel in the
King Features Syndicate comic strips "Tarzan" and "Flash Gordon". He was hired by Capp Studio to draw "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story", a comics pamphlet published in 1957. Barry's signature was visible on the cover of the pamphlet's first edition, but a text box covered it in later printings. In 1961 upon the death of "The Phantom" artist Wilson McCoy, who had succeeded creator Lee Falk and subsequent artist Ray Moore, King Features hired Barry to take over that strip.