Flash Gordon #3 (February 1951) – Key Highlights
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Publisher: Harvey Comics
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Cover Artist: Unknown (bondage-themed cover)
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Editor: Leon Harvey
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Publication Date: February 1951
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Genre: Science Fiction and Adventure
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Pages: 36 pages, full color
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Original Cover Price: $0.10
🔥 Key Significance
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Reprints the classic Flash Gordon Sunday newspaper strips by legendary creator Alex Raymond, with artwork credited to Alex Raymond and Bill Schreiber.
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Features Sunday strips originally published from May 4 through September 21, 1941.
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Continues Flash Gordon's epic struggle against interstellar tyrant Ming the Merciless.
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Includes a vintage Tootsie Roll advertisement featuring Captain Tootsie, Gridiron Hero, illustrated by Bill Schreiber.
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The cover features a bondage-themed science-fiction scene, with the artist unidentified.
📖 Story Highlights
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Battle to the Death – 21-page Flash Gordon adventure written, penciled, and inked by Alex Raymond. Reprinted from the Sunday newspaper strips dated May 4–September 21, 1941. Flash, Dale, and Dr. Zarkov finally return to Earth after their long battle with Ming, only to discover that the world is embroiled in a war of its own. The three space travelers are detained as possible spies.
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The Floating Monsters – 1-page text story.
📌 Additional Details
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Interior Artwork: Alex Raymond.
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Reprint Material: Flash Gordon Sunday newspaper strips.
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Advertising: Includes the vintage Tootsie Roll advertisement, Captain Tootsie, Gridiron Hero, by Bill Schreiber.
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Format: 36 pages, full color.
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Original Cover Price: 10 cents.
A compelling early-1950s Harvey reprint featuring Alex Raymond's celebrated Flash Gordon artwork, bringing a classic 1941 newspaper adventure to comic book readers.
