Flash Gordon
Vintage serial spaceman
Flash Gordon is a fictional space hero from a 1930s comic strip, later adapted into film serials, movies, and television.
The character—a blond athlete who battles alien threats—became an icon of vintage science fiction.
The name evokes retro-futuristic adventure: The rocket design looked straight out of Flash Gordon.
Suspenseful unresolved ending
- matineeDaytime theatrical performance
- 1936A calendar year
- episodicOccurring in distinct segments
- black-and-whiteWithout color gradations
spaceship · raygun · theatrical · villainy · peril · costumes · special effects · sci-fi
Serialized newspaper cartoon panels
- syndicationMulti-outlet content distribution
- panelsFlat rectangular sections
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- inkWriting fluid
caption · speech balloon · science fiction · pulp · space opera · cliffhanger · serialization · newspaper
Geometric interwar design movement
- raygunsFictional light-shooting weapons
- rocket shipsThrust-powered space vehicles
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- rocketmenSpacecraft crew members
space opera · pulp fiction · Buck Rogers · death rays · alien worlds
cliffhanger
Suspenseful unresolved ending
black-and-white · spaceship · raygun · theatrical · villainy · peril · costumes · special effects · sci-fi · adventure
comic strip
Serialized newspaper cartoon panels
- syndicationMulti-outlet content distribution
- panelsFlat rectangular sections
- illustrationPicture explaining something
ink · caption · speech balloon · science fiction · pulp · space opera · cliffhanger · serialization · newspaper · cartoonist
art deco
Geometric interwar design movement
- raygunsFictional light-shooting weapons
- rocket shipsThrust-powered space vehicles
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
rocketmen · space opera · pulp fiction · Buck Rogers · death rays · alien worlds
protagonist
Story's central figure
bravery · rescuer · defender · polo player · Yale · blonde · adventurer · leader · strength · gallantry
- Comic CharactersSuperman, Batman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Captain America
- Sci-Fi CharactersLuke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Yoda, Princess Leia, Chewbacca
- space operaStar Wars, Star Trek, Dune, hyperspace, lightsaber
- 1930sNew Deal, Hitler, Nazi Germany, Great Depression, appeasement
- Cult FilmsEraserhead, The Room, Donnie Darko, Napoleon Dynamite, Army of Darkness
- pulp fictionpulp, pulp fiction, pulp magazines, pulp novels, dime novels
Flash GordonBlade Runner
One who retires replicants
The Dark Knight · Watchmen · antihero · hard science fiction
flash, flashy, flashing, flashed, gordian, Flash, flashiness, flasher, newsflash