Autographs of Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon is the protagonist of a space adventure comic strip created and originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by, and created to compete with, the already established Buck Rogers adventure strip.
The Buck Rogers comic strip had been commercially very successful, spawning novelizations and children's toys, and King Features Syndicate decided to create its own science-fiction comic strip to compete with it. At first, King Features tried to purchase the rights to the John Carter of Mars stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs, but the syndicate was unable to reach an agreement with Burroughs. King Features then turned to Alex Raymond, one of their staff artists, to create the story.
One source for Flash Gordon was the Philip Wylie novel When Worlds Collide (1933). The book's themes of an approaching planet threatening the Earth, and an athletic hero, his girlfriend, and a scientist traveling to the new planet by rocket, were adapted by Raymond for the comic strip's initial storyline. Raymond's first samples were dismissed for not containing enough action sequences. Raymond reworked the story and sent it back to the syndicate, which accepted it. Raymond was partnered with ghostwriter Don Moore, an experienced editor and writer. Raymond's first Flash Gordon story appeared in January 1934, alongside Jungle Jim. The Flash Gordon strip was well received by newspaper readers, becoming one of the most popular American comic strips of the 1930s.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Flash Gordon (Queen - Signed LP Record Cover - Flash Gordon - MERCURY - TAYLOR - DEACON - MAY) was sold in April 2025 for £2,303.99 while the cheapest item (Leon Greene Carry On Films Flash Gordon Etc Signed 6x4 White Card Autographed) found a new owner for £2.50 in February 2024. The month with the most items sold (5) was May 2025 with an average selling price of £20.64 for an autographed item of Flash Gordon. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2023 with £293.13 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £20.64 was May 2025. In average, an autographed item from Flash Gordon is worth £58.72.
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