That run died when Preston Wilson hit a three run walk off homer off of closer Tom " Flash " Gordon, which halted the team's momentum.

* The Serial Flash Gordon ’ s trip to Mars shows Mars being inhabited by intelligent life.

Having been inspired by science fiction heroes like Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers, Bradbury began to publish science fiction stories in fanzines in 1938.

This story led to comic strips featuring Buck Rogers ( 1929 ), Brick Bradford ( 1933 ), and Flash Gordon ( 1934 ).

The New Adventures of Flash Gordon lasted two separate seasons ( 1979 & 1982 ).

Other children's series of note in the 1950s would be Captain Z-Ro which was broadcast starting in 1951, Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, and Flash Gordon ( 1954 TV series ) syndicated in 1954.

In Alex Raymond's comic strip Flash Gordon, there is a land called Frigia, where it is always winter.

The land of Frigia is also featured in the serial Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe.

* January 7 – The first Flash Gordon comic strip is published.

Leone was an early choice to direct Flash Gordon ( 1980 ).

* Flash Gordon, the titular hero of science fiction comic strip

* " Flash " ( song ), a song on Queen's 1980 album Flash Gordon

In 1980, Queen also released the soundtrack they had recorded for Flash Gordon.

The buzzing sound counting down to the Death Star firing its superlaser comes from the Flash Gordon serials.

As for giant creatures, the Flash Gordon serial did not use a costumed actor, instead used real-life lizards to depict a large dragon via use of camera perspective.

Flash Gordon is a 1940 science fiction film serial.

Told in 13 installments, it was the first screen adventure for the comic-strip character Flash Gordon, and tells the story of his first visit to the planet Mongo and his encounter with the evil Emperor Ming the Merciless.

In 1996, Flash Gordon was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being " culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant ".

Dr. Alexis Zarkov takes off in a rocket ship to Mongo, with Flash Gordon and Dale Arden as his assistants.

* Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon.

Crabbe had his hair dyed blond in order to appear more like the comic strip Flash Gordon.

Despite the contract Pierce did not star after he was tricked into stepping aside in favor of fellow Flash Gordon actor Buster Crabbe ( the first serial role for the future " King of the Serials ").

According to Harmon and Glut, Flash Gordon had a budget of over a million dollars.

Flash Gordon was intended to regain an adult audience for serials.

# Oilimport and distribution ( claimed by Armenian opposition parties to belonging to a handful of government-linked individuals, one of which-" Mika Limited "-is owned by Mikhail Baghdasarian, while the other-" Flash "-is owned by Barsegh Beglarian, a " prominent representative of the Karabakh clan ")

In this Graphics Interchange Format |. gif of a 2D Adobe Flash | Flash animation, each ' stick ' of the stick figure | figure is Keyframe # Animation by means of computer graphics | keyframed over time to create motion.

" in Superman # 199 ( Aug. 1967 ) which featured the first race between the Flash and Superman, two characters known for their super-speed powers.

Debuting as the third story in Flash Comics # 1 ( Jan, 1940 ) — the second story, by Fox with art by Sheldon Moldoff, featured Cliff Cornwall — " Fox's imagination that bird the soaring, mysterious Hawkman.

Fox had worked on the Hawkman, Flash and Sandman features in All-Star for its first two issues ( Summer and Autumn, 1940 ), but from issue # 3 ( Winter ), he assumed full writing duties for the issue, with all features ( by different artists ) working within the framing device wherein the characters were described as part of a " Justice Society ".

" The Silver Age of heroes began in the pages of Showcase # 4 ( Oct, 1956 ) with a radically overhauled Flash character by writers Robert Kanigher and John Broome with penciler Carmine Infantino.

", from The Flash # 123 ( Sept. 1961 ), introduced the concept that the Golden Age heroes existed on a parallel Earth named Earth-Two.

Red Skull is among the foes defending Krona's stronghold in # 4 and is defeated by Jay Garrick the Golden Age Flash.

Parliament scored the # 1 R & B singles " Flash Light " in 1977 and " Aqua Boogie " in 1978.

The title track spent six weeks at # 1 on the R & B charts, around the time that Parliament was enjoying the # 1 R & B singles " Flash Light " and " Aqua Boogie ".

There then followed a gap of 10 years in appearances by JSA members, until the original ( Jay Garrick ) Flash appeared in The Flash # 123 ( September 1961 ).

Thus, the Flash was replaced by Johnny Thunder after # 6 ; Green Lantern left shortly thereafter for the same reason.

Unlike the other characters who had their own titles, she was allowed to appear in the book, but only as the JSA's secretary from # 11 onwards, and did not actively take part in most adventures until much later in the series, although she was excluded from the title due to the rules that had excluded Flash, Green Lantern, Superman and Batman from the title though in # 13 it was claimed she had become an active member.

2 ) # 123 " The Flash of Two Worlds " ( September 1961 ), the Silver Age Flash met his Golden Age counterpart, Jay Garrick, who ( along with the rest of the original Justice Society ) was said to inhabit an alternate universe.

2 ) # 129 " Double Danger on Earth " ( June 1962 ) and Flash ( vol.

2 ) # 129 contains the first mention of the JSA in the Silver Age, and refers directly to their last adventure in All-Star Comics # 57, while in Flash ( vol.

The JSA had remained inactive for some time shortly after the events of Zero Hour, but the surviving members ( Flash, Wildcat, and Alan Scott, now going under the name Sentinel ) remained active throughout the DCU, having been placed as reserve JLI members, as evidenced in Justice League Europe # 50.

A few months later, he co-starred with the Silver Age Flash inThe Brave and the Bold # 72 ( July 1967 ).

The subsequent Silver Age of Comic Books is generally recognized as beginning with the debut of the first successful new superhero since the Golden Age, DC Comics ' new Flash, in Showcase # 4 ( October 1956 ).