Flash Gordon: From Serial Films Of The Thirties To Nowadays Sci-Fi Cycles

Authors

  • Tomás Martín Hernández

Keywords:

Flash Gordon, science fiction, space opera, superhero, serial, saga

Abstract

The current surge of the relationship between cómics and movies is a result of a historical process that begins with characters such as Flash Gordon. We will start referring to the 1930s, a decade in which Flash Gordon appears; and within this period in the worlds of literature, movies and science fiction cómics. Here we will outline the profile of one of the most influential paper heroes of all times. Then we will remember its later transfer to the audivisual means and the other supports. All within the process that originates in the serials and culminates in the current cinematophafic sagas. Finally, we will analyze its legacy and definitive influence, above all, in some ot the universe created by science fiction.

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Published

2012-12-08

Issue

No. 10 (2012)

Section

Miscellaneous

License

The originals published in Latente are property of their respective authors, who grant to the magazine the right of first publication of the texts and their lodging in other web portals in order to guarantee their preservation and a greater diffusion. Article contents are subject to a CC BY-NC-SA license.

How to Cite

Martín Hernández, Tomás. 2012. “Flash Gordon: From Serial Films Of The Thirties To Nowadays Sci-Fi Cycles”. Latente - Revista de Historia Y Estética del Cine, Fotografí­a Y Cultura Visual, no. 10 (December): 65-85. https://www.ull.es/revistas/index.php/latente/article/view/5873.