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April 22, 2025 • 14 mins
Chronicles the intergalactic adventures of a heroic space traveler as he battles evil forces. The series combines science fiction with action-packed storytelling.
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
Presenting for the first time in radio, the amazing interplanetary
adventures of Flash, Gordon and Dale Art. These thrilling adventures
come to you as they are pictured each Sunday and
The Comic Weekly, the world's greatest pictorial supplement of humor
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(00:32):
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distributed everywhere as a part of your host's Sunday newspapers.
Racing high above the Earth, Comfortably seated in the Flash Gordon,

(00:56):
internationally famous athlete, looked admiringly across the Isle.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
Dale Harden.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
And I both are intent on the terrible destruction which
for many months has been approaching the Earth with terrific speeds,
the new planet urtling through space directly in the.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
Path of the Earth. Suddenly there's a violent jar.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
The plane will lights into a spinning nose dive. Flash
Good carry him across the aisles of the fighting girl.
He gathers her in his arms and leaps free of
the falling plane, and, pulling the rip cord of his parachute,
glides to Earth.

Speaker 2 (01:28):
Troke be frightened Dal the plane has crashed. Queer safe.

Speaker 3 (01:31):
Yes, hold fast, we're landing now there there, yeah, good good,
Oh look this a vous deer tower. Where can we
be Why that's the laboratory of the great scientist, doctor
Hans Baka Finks coming this way.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
I'll call him to help us. I hope your pardners.

Speaker 4 (01:50):
For breaking in on you so unceremoniously.

Speaker 2 (01:51):
Doctor, But you see, we had to fail out.

Speaker 5 (01:53):
I know you for what you are.

Speaker 6 (01:55):
By comfort he got.

Speaker 1 (01:57):
But I have the answer to that up with me.

Speaker 2 (01:59):
Put that gone away, Professor Dark. The man is mad.
There will have to humor him, all right, professor all right,
we'll come with you.

Speaker 6 (02:06):
Ladder into the tower. All right, all right, And now
we are in my rocket ship and intense that comes
with the way to the new planet. We will all die,
die for science.

Speaker 7 (02:27):
Oh yeah, the doctor is mad. His rocket ship is
rushing away from the Earth with the seed of life,
right into the path of the new planet.

Speaker 2 (02:34):
Old type tale.

Speaker 8 (02:35):
We'll escape somewhere.

Speaker 6 (02:36):
To the new planet, the new planet. We three will
save the.

Speaker 2 (02:40):
Earth, Doctor Zakha the surf time.

Speaker 4 (02:43):
When you're half of a new planet, turn, what will
you game for the plans?

Speaker 2 (02:47):
If we're all killed in the crowd.

Speaker 6 (02:49):
I know who you are, fresh cod.

Speaker 2 (02:53):
But your train strength will.

Speaker 6 (02:54):
Not save you. Only my mind, the mind of zark
Is scientists can save you, can to shave any human
Soulder upandier careful.

Speaker 5 (03:02):
Flash, he's eating for the control and the side.

Speaker 2 (03:04):
Doctor not see it.

Speaker 6 (03:06):
The gravitation pulled out the u FLEs.

Speaker 8 (03:08):
We crashed.

Speaker 6 (03:09):
In five seconds.

Speaker 1 (03:27):
The rocket ship hits the planet. Doctor Zakhoff and Dale
are thrones from the rocket ship unconscious. Flash his throne,
clears the wreckage and lands on his feet uninjured. He
rushes to the side of the unconscious girl, picks her up,
and starts to carry her toward the distant towers of
a city on this weird new planet. Suddenly strained soldiers
on with ray gun for Peer and capturing Dale and

(03:48):
Flash forced them to come with them to the throne
room of Ming, the merciless Emperor of Mongo and supreme
ruler of the universe.

Speaker 5 (03:56):
Yeah, oh thou.

Speaker 6 (04:07):
It don't it means the Majesty of Mongo, supreme ruler
of all the people. Doesn't New planet thy slaves, the lucy.

Speaker 2 (04:19):
Thing for people?

Speaker 5 (04:21):
Thy slaves?

Speaker 4 (04:22):
Okay, oh me, the merciless thinker hand love me.

Speaker 2 (04:26):
I'm no slave. The free man and an equal.

Speaker 9 (04:33):
You are a free man, and throw him to the
Red monkey Man in the arena with the fast. With
this free man my equals.

Speaker 2 (04:44):
There is my freedom. Earth Man.

Speaker 6 (04:47):
You go into the arena to meet the Red monkey
Man of Mongol.

Speaker 4 (04:52):
Don't worry there, and I'll show you that I a
free man from the earth. I am more than a
matter for your famous Red monkey Man.

Speaker 1 (05:00):
Flash reaches the bottom step leading to the arena. He
leaps and swings, then, grasping the falling man beasront of
the arm pit, Flash whirls him around them and the
other small directions. Hearing that his muskey men will all
be killed, orders his soldiers to destroy the way gun.

Speaker 2 (05:18):
In the midst of the confusion.

Speaker 1 (05:19):
The Princess, or the beautiful young daughter of Emperor Ming,
calls to Flash.

Speaker 7 (05:23):
Quick, pray best man, good way, here's to.

Speaker 1 (05:26):
My pen for me. Flash leaps to the royal balcony
and joins the grudgeously dual princess, who commands the slaves
to keep back while she takes Flash through a secret
door and into a passage leading to a private elevator.
The two get in and Ara closes the door and
presses the switch.

Speaker 2 (05:44):
Who are you, beautiful mate?

Speaker 7 (05:46):
I am the princess, only daughter of mean, de merciless Princess.

Speaker 2 (05:50):
I owe you my life.

Speaker 7 (05:51):
You are brazen tensious. You must not say so, young.
I have never seen anyone like.

Speaker 8 (05:59):
You as men.

Speaker 4 (06:00):
Where I come from, Princess, from many stronger men and
better looking.

Speaker 2 (06:03):
But tell me, Princess, where are you taking me?

Speaker 7 (06:06):
I am taking you to the private lending frames of
my own rocket cars. There you will be day. You
have all right this man, get in this rocket car.
No one can harm you here.

Speaker 5 (06:20):
But Princess, hurry, oh not rescue the earth.

Speaker 7 (06:26):
They are all That is why you are in my
private rocket car.

Speaker 5 (06:30):
At man or what you mean? They are then.

Speaker 7 (06:32):
Shall never be rescued.

Speaker 1 (06:34):
By you the prisons and for you as men.

Speaker 10 (06:37):
You shall love me or die.

Speaker 1 (06:51):
Meanwhile, back in the palace, Emperor King is talking with Dale.

Speaker 9 (06:55):
Arden companion Flash God and have escaped, but not for long.
My men will soon capture him.

Speaker 1 (07:03):
What are you going to do with me? A pleasing
to me?

Speaker 9 (07:08):
Ask women, you will become my wife.

Speaker 1 (07:11):
Never I don't love you.

Speaker 9 (07:13):
We men have mango have no human traits, no love,
no mercy, no kindness. Whether I love me or not
makes no different. You have become my wife. As soon
as this ceremony can be arrant or.

Speaker 6 (07:28):
Majesties, look into the space of Graph. Our city is
being bombarded by the space gyros of the Lionmen. The
lion Men already entire face face to the attack.

Speaker 1 (07:49):
In the terrific battle which takes place between empyrom ands
face pleasing the gyros of the Lionmen, the attacking the
rocket ships in which Blash Gordon has been held, Captain
is destroyed and Flash is thrown to the ground unconscious.
He opens his eyes to find himself staring up into
the great bearded face of Thone, Prince of the Lionman.

Speaker 2 (08:09):
Soon let his break.

Speaker 1 (08:10):
Sword fall as he sees Flash Gordon's white skin.

Speaker 11 (08:13):
Who art thou white skinned?

Speaker 2 (08:15):
You speak?

Speaker 11 (08:17):
Answer me before I cleave thy white body in pieces
art tell a new kind of soldier of being the merciless.

Speaker 4 (08:26):
I am the sworn enemy of that scene them from
Ming of Mongo. He capture the girl who is from
the earth like myself.

Speaker 2 (08:31):
I live only to rest her an earth man.

Speaker 11 (08:34):
Thou say yes, and an enemy of Ming the mercreless.

Speaker 2 (08:39):
That's right. Tell me, are you friend or enemy?

Speaker 11 (08:42):
I am Sooon Prince of the Lionman, hereditary enemies of
the men of Mongo. If thou wilt accept me as
thy friend, earth Man, I will gladly join thee against.

Speaker 2 (08:57):
Here's my hand on the enterance too.

Speaker 5 (08:58):
Good.

Speaker 2 (09:00):
What he's thigh name?

Speaker 11 (09:01):
Earth Man, I am called Flash Gordon up on the earth, Johighness,
Call me soon, friends, and I will call the black
friends Zone.

Speaker 4 (09:11):
You know how we can gain admittance to the palace,
but we may rescue day Laden.

Speaker 11 (09:14):
Come, I will show the secret way into the palace.

Speaker 12 (09:19):
Good the Emperor means is away, for during my gyro feet.

Speaker 11 (09:24):
We may be able to rescue.

Speaker 12 (09:27):
The Earth's girls or Mean returns.

Speaker 1 (09:42):
Flash Gordon and his powerful newfound friend go first to
the space gyro of Prince Zone, and there they gaze
intently into the thought projectory, in which they not only
see Dale Arden the captive, but they also have revealed
of them a secret way leading to the throne room
of the Palace. The secret passage is known as a
Tunnel of Terror because of the day Beef would lie
within its bloomy walls. Flashing his new friend Prince finally

(10:06):
find themselves within the power a door with great deal boats.

Speaker 4 (10:10):
Bands before them qual just doormously directing the potential.

Speaker 2 (10:13):
Of the palace from my allers.

Speaker 11 (10:16):
I should see that beyond this door is the great
throne room of the Emperor.

Speaker 2 (10:20):
Means all right, then here we go.

Speaker 8 (10:26):
Ah, then.

Speaker 5 (10:29):
The right too. It is the Throe.

Speaker 8 (10:31):
Yes, this great statue before us is the god of death,
which stands at the top of the altar ship, directly
behind the throne of the Emperor. Listen, do what that
by the Greek god cowl? It is royal waiting possessions,
Ming the Merciless taking another bride.

Speaker 4 (10:57):
Who coming up the order sen soon around the idols.

Speaker 11 (11:06):
Around the idol means.

Speaker 2 (11:07):
Death almost not come back, come back, save yourself. I'm
going to the rescue of my earth friend Dayla.

Speaker 4 (11:14):
He's being faster to manage with Ming the Merciless.

Speaker 11 (11:17):
When soon the iron Man does not save himself with
the expense of his friends. He's a much guy.

Speaker 2 (11:24):
I will die fighting with the tale.

Speaker 5 (11:27):
This way, Dale, my god, This Waydale.

Speaker 2 (11:38):
Down this passagdress maiden at past the falcons.

Speaker 4 (11:41):
Run with whom they're forming up the order helps me
topple the idol over now on who scream.

Speaker 1 (11:54):
With a grinding crash. The giant idol topples over on
the um rushing soldiers of Ming the Merciless, killing those
in month and throwing into confusion the whole company. Flash
Gordon and Prince soon with Dale between, dash into the
secret passage.

Speaker 2 (12:06):
Beneath the idol. The way becomes sleeper.

Speaker 1 (12:09):
They slip down down one hundred feet or more into
a whirling on the ground river they've sluffed along down
a raging current, and over the falls into a lake.
With a powerful stroke to the champion swimmer, Flash sets
out for the shore, towing Dale by the hair. They
reached the shore, and as Flash reaches down to drag
Dale's safety, she screams and disappears beneath the calm surface

(12:29):
of the lake. Thrutched in two powerful greens, Gaily arms
with no thought of his own safety. Flash Gordon dives
to Dale's rescue and finds an adventure stranger than Kenny
which has gone before. Follow the thrilling adventures of Flash

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Gordon and Dale Arden deeps Sunday in your Herd Sunday newspapers.
You will find them graphically portrayed in full colored pictures.
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