Flash Gordon #1 Values

Publisher: King Features, 1966

About Flash Gordon #1

First Silver Age appearance of Flash Gordon. Mandrake the Magician backup story. Al Williamson cover and art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Flash Gordon

Pencils: Al Williamson

Inks: Al Williamson

Colors: Al Williamson (color guide)

Letters: typeset

Notes: The cover art is reprinted in Al Williamson's Flash Gordon, A Lifelong Vision of the Heroic (Flesk Publications, 2009 Series) #[nn]. This is also where the coloring credit is from.

STORY DETAILS

(7 Stories)

Title: Flash Gordon and the Underwater People

Characters: Flash Gordon; Queen Undina; Underwater People

Pages: 1.000

Pencils: Al Williamson

Inks: Al Williamson

Letters: Charlotte Jetter ?

Notes: Inside front cover. Art taken from page 1, panel 2 and page 3 panel 3.

Characters: Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Dr. Hans Alexis Zarkov; Ming the Merciless; King Barin; Queen Aura; King Vultan; Hawkmen; Azura the Witch Queen; Underwater People; Queen Undina; Queen Fria; Ronal; Queen Desira; Bellam; Count Trival

Synopsis: Flash returns to Mongo.

Pages: 15.000

Script: Al Williamson ? ; Larry Ivie ?

Pencils: Al Williamson (signed)

Inks: Al Williamson (signed); Gray Morrow (see notes)

Letters: Arlene Williamson

Notes: A reply in the letters section of Flash Gordon #2 credits Al Williamson with the script and in # 5 with all the coloring. Per info in The Art of Al Williamson, Morrow inked the last page. Re-introduces the classic Alex Raymond setting, characters and art style.

Title: Midnight with Mandrake!

Characters: Mandrake; Lothar

Pages: 4.000

Script: Dick Wood

Pencils: Don Heck

Inks: Andre LeBlanc

Letters: Charlotte Jetter

Notes: Scripting and inking credits from Martin O'Hearn; inking credit formerly given to Heck.

Title: Flash Gordon and the Mole Machine

Characters: Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Dr. Hans Alexis Zarkov; Princess Darla; Krenko

Pages: 12.000

Script: Al Williamson ?; Archie Goodwin ?

Pencils: Al Williamson (signed)

Inks: Al Williamson (signed)

Letters: Arlene Williamson

Notes: Williamson is credited with the script in the letters section of Flash Gordon #2 and the coloring in issue #5.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	6	4	7	14	19	14	11	18	22	15	8	28	11	7	0	0	191
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	6	4	8	14	19	15	12	18	24	15	9	28	11	7	0	0	200

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