Flash Gordon Vol. 3

Out of all the comics that I read for this assignment. Flash Gordon would have to be my least favorite. The first thing I observed was the style of the comic it had very sketchy lines that were very busy. There was a lot going on in each panel. The colors did not help the situation they were bright and loud, very many at a time and usually primary colors though every now and again there would be a green or purple thrown in. From what I could tell this Volume was printed in a newspaper because at the end of every page it said that it would be continued next week.

For being in the newspaper the story was really consecutive through the entire volume there is one plot line. The plot line is really action packed there is always something ridiculous going on. This fastness of the plot is probably one the things that turned me off of the comic so much. For example in the first chapter you find flash gordon and hes friends trapped in a forest, they are soon found on a log in a lake fighting a dinosaur, they get out of the lake climb a tree and are instantly attacked by angry flying squirrel like creatures. Theres a short scene with Flash Gordon being romantic with the girl he is with but, that is short lives only for them to be attacked by a angry elephant. This is all going on while Flash Gordons enemies are in the same Jungle looking for him so they can kill him on sight. This was all in the first chapter and way to much for my tastes. The other chapters continue on in this exact way.

I can see why Flash Gordon would be a popular comic with young boys. A Superhero who is constantly fighting some sort of evil weather it be a dinosaur or flying squirell. The plot is also very fast paced which would keep the attention of a unfocused young boy. Alex Raymand may have also been trying to market it to teens because there is a good deal of Flash Gordon with women, I must say that Flash Gordon seemed to be quite the Womanizer. This comic may be very popular and well renouned espcilally for the time that it was printed in but it is most definietly not for me.