Speaker 1: Presenting the amazing interplanetary adventures of Flash Gordon and Dale Arden.
These thrilling adventures come to you as they are pictured
each Sunday and The Comic Weekly, the world's greatest pictorial
supplement of humor and adventure. The Comic Weekly, now printed
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four colors, is distributed everywhere as an integral part of
your heart's Sunday newspaper. Last week, you may remember Flash
Gordon and Dale Arden save the Earth from destruction by
shooting a rocket at a planet which threatened to collide
with it. They became marooned on the planet called Mongol.
The Emperor Mingless ordered Flash killed and commanded Dale to
marry him. The royal princess loving.
Speaker 2: Flash, saved him.
Speaker 1: Soon, Prince of the Lionmen helped Flash prevent being from
marrying Dale by breaking up the marriage ceremony and escaping underground.
Now we continue the story. Flash and Dale are captured
by the Sharkmen. Princess Aura appears and again saves Flash,
who in turn tries to free Dale, but Thune's father,
searching for his princely son, captures the princess and flash.
Rather than remain a captive, the proud Aura hurls herself
over the cliff, only to be caught by the terrible
leaves of a constrictor plant. Listens to our age.
Speaker 2: Don't struggle, Princess, home are for you? Believe that cut.
Speaker 3: Him with my thoughts, careful flashes that catch you.
Speaker 2: It's got you too, Yes, yes, I didn't think it could.
Speaker 1: Right.
Speaker 4: What shall we do now?
Speaker 5: I don't know? Yes, what is the prince? Are you
in pain?
Speaker 2: No? Look down there? I know the kids has opened. Okay,
the soldiers coming up, strange looking guns.
Speaker 3: Those your father's men.
Speaker 1: No, no, I never saw them before. They must have
seen us coming to make us captain.
Speaker 2: Well, at least they'll get us out of the crutches
of this terrible plant.
Speaker 5: But that's getus. But don't injury victim.
Speaker 1: I want them brought to me alive.
Speaker 2: Don't be afraid, Princess.
Speaker 5: Those men will catch your many. No, here I come.
Speaker 1: We'll safe on the ground.
Speaker 2: But what will happen now become I'm the leader of
those soldiers.
Speaker 5: Soldiers. You did that well, ah, princess or Uh?
Speaker 4: Yes, how do you know me?
Speaker 5: I do not know you. I know your father. Oh, oh,
what this another white stranger? Yes, Prince Barin, blindfold him
and prepare our other white prisoner for the ordeal of
the poisoned daggers.
Speaker 2: As you command, Prince.
Speaker 4: Barin, What are you going to do with me?
Speaker 5: God, take the princess to my quarters?
Speaker 2: As you command, Prince Baron.
Speaker 5: Ah, here comes our other white prisoner. Perhaps you know him?
Speaker 2: You? How can I tell? He's got a food over
his head. I can't see his faith.
Speaker 5: He says he is from the earth. I suppose you
are from there too, I am. I don't believe you,
But no matter, our hiding place must remain a secret.
So both of you must die. Are the white prisoners prepared? God?
Speaker 2: They are, Prince Baron, Their left forearms are tied together,
and the poisoned daggers are they ready?
Speaker 3: Here?
Speaker 5: Sir good I listened, Prisoners. I am dipping these two
daggers in dragon's blood. The slightest scratch from these blades
means certain death. God give these to the prisoners. On
the count of three. You are commenced Fight one, two three.
Speaker 1: As Prince Baron utters the word, Flash stepped back, jerking
his mysterious antagonist off. Balan he flings aside his dagger.
Then he causes his opponents to drop his poisoned weapons,
picking up the dagger fla handing him to his opponent,
and as the two whip off their blindfolds and reveal
themselves to each other, Flash.
Speaker 2: Condom cots to Zaka.
Speaker 5: So you do know each other, I just say we do.
Speaker 2: I'm mighty glad to see you, doctor. I thought you
were dead after our rocket crashed on this planet.
Speaker 6: I was badly hurt.
Speaker 2: Flash, these fellows say, picked me up and brought me here.
Speaker 1: They made me afcas thou servant.
Speaker 6: Well, we saved thee off, din't we laugh?
Speaker 2: We certainly did.
Speaker 1: Doctor.
Speaker 2: Now, Prince Baron, maybe you will believe that we are
from the earth. This man was the most brilliant piantist
in the world. He was gonna stap.
Speaker 5: My admiration for both of you is boundless. I would
be honored to have you shake my hand and call
me friend.
Speaker 3: Your friend.
Speaker 2: Yes, why, of course, here's my head and mine.
Speaker 5: Good. Now to my quarters, my friends. I have invented
an electric mold, with which I intend to borrow underground
into the palace of ning a merciless and overthrow his
tyrannical government. Are you with me?
Speaker 2: Shut on me, you bet we are. We've got to
rescue Dale and soon from that peen Prince Desorah, you
heard what I plan to do?
Speaker 4: Yes, please take me back to my father's palace with you.
Speaker 5: You why it's because of you that I am a
hundred men with a price on my head. You will
remain here as my prisoner. Come my friends, Come.
Speaker 4: Oh, I will realize God, what is it? What is
your name?
Speaker 5: Wronskell, my princess, your uncle?
Speaker 4: I thought I recognized your fake You fled into exile
from my father's God when you were caught steeling. Yes, listen, runcles,
Prince said, you will have me warn my father of
what those men plan to do. I will make you
not only Wedesday, but also as.
Speaker 2: You or once so lovely, my princess? How could I refuse?
Speaker 1: Come with me. Unaware of what has happened in the
hiding place, and racing on the ground forward the palace
of Ming, the Merciless and their electric mole, Prince Baron,
doctor Zarkoff, and Flash Gordon encounter a fierce grocco or
armor plated dragon. Flash climbs out of the mole and
gives battle, saving his companions. For this, Prince Baron promises
that if they succeed in overthrowing Ming, Flash will be
made a Prince of Mongo and anything he desires will
be his. Finally, the electric mole breaks through the floor
of the central hall of Ming's palace. The door opens
on the trio emerged from the metal burrowing machine.
Speaker 5: Oh my friends, we have a arrived Ah, so we
have watch is our next move, freem Sparing. This is
a sentul move palace. We go up those stairs, Doctor Darkhoff,
and surprise the inner guards look ning armored men.
Speaker 2: He's been betrayed. But how could they use the week
here the war?
Speaker 6: Let us get our rate.
Speaker 5: There's no use, doctor, The armor of those soldiers is raypoo.
We are Cus being the merciless with his high priest.
Thank Heaven's You's.
Speaker 3: All right, welcome back to my pallor Flash guard man.
And when I come to your companions, I'll slash them
to the pillar over there and execute them.
Speaker 2: Oh slash, darling. I love you so much, Oh my dear,
we did our best to save you, but we've been betrayed.
Speaker 5: I guess they have us.
Speaker 4: Now let them shoot they'll kill me too, and you'll
be together forever.
Speaker 5: Very well.
Speaker 3: They'll have you can have him in death happen fire
or state with the execution.
Speaker 2: Shoot you yellow dogs. We aren't afraid to die.
Speaker 6: And all your fires okay, what does it mean?
Speaker 3: If you are not the high Priestess, I would have
your tongue torn out for your insolence.
Speaker 6: I have still, remember, sire, according to the sacred trait
of how even a traitor has the right to choose
between the firing squad and the terrible.
Speaker 3: Test through ugie and on second thought, the test would
furnish us with greater amusements.
Speaker 6: Yes, Sire, we must have buy by the sacred risks,
and then too, I see no reason why the girls
should be killed.
Speaker 3: Then release the prisoners. They shall undergo the terrible test.
First bring them over to the sist. This is the
test that the torture here, Flash Guarden, you and Barren
will stand and each end of the narrow platform, and
with long whips try to tap aat other into the
pit where supplies be awaking you back care placess.
Speaker 1: The two months of platforms, Flash ducks the Prince Baron's
with winds over his head and slashes with pits Baron
with such forces to knock him off balance and into
the pip, dropping his wi.
Speaker 5: Flash leaps after him.
Speaker 1: As he throws the unconscious form of Prince Baron over
his shoulder and prepares to climb out, a transparent metal
sheet silently slides over the top of the hips, trapping them.
At the same time, Flash here's a growl, and looking
around he sees three smiling Tigrins placing Prince Baron on
the floor. Flash turns on the fierce beast. The first
one charges, leaping high in the air. Flash comes down
on the Tigrin's back with a powerful wrench, breaks its
neck instantly. The other two Tigrins leap at each other
to fight for the possession of the body.
Speaker 2: Furiously the battle rages.
Speaker 1: Finally both animals are down, wounded on to death. Then
Prince Baron regains consciousness.
Speaker 5: Oh where where are we all?
Speaker 2: Riferensteh. We're in the fifth They tapped us with that
transparent metal lid.
Speaker 5: And you you said that from these beasts, for you
are superb Flash.
Speaker 2: That was easier than figuring how we're going to get
out of here. Look up there and soon just in time.
Soon roll that metal lid back. Not with him the
pens there he's done with three come along.
Speaker 1: Meanwhile, in the temple of Tao, Ming and Dale are
about to be married by Zogie, the High priest.
Speaker 3: By now Dale have been my stay about to high grants.
Have pawn your ear onto Pietas cool flash.
Speaker 4: He's died trying to seize me nothing nothing smng ay.
Speaker 3: Here comes Zogi to perform these ceremony.
Speaker 6: Might be Ming, ruler of Mango, angry Nir, did your
supreme intelligence take.
Speaker 2: This earth woman to be your wife?
Speaker 6: And impressive Mango.
Speaker 3: I'm more stuff than.
Speaker 1: They do, and you their garden.
Speaker 6: You take this, your brilliant man, to be your loss
and Marster.
Speaker 3: I don't care what happens now.
Speaker 6: As you have accepted each other in matrimony before the
Great God all side pronounced.
Speaker 2: The idol see I, oh this matter.
Speaker 6: It is a great fool I ton idol cannot talk. Doggie,
bring back the statue at once, sire?
Speaker 5: What for them?
Speaker 3: Your son?
Speaker 6: You told me you were dead, the earth man and
two companions alive, O God shut them down. The marriage
must go on. Wait, sire, take a grid say you
cannot execute a man who has passed the test of
the typhon. God, drap your weapons, or how will cush
you all?
Speaker 5: What you defy me?
Speaker 6: I only quote the secret As High Priest. It is
my duty to interpret and enforce.
Speaker 3: The stick case.
Speaker 6: God, give me your thoughts. Robbie, I will stop your
gabbling mouth forever.
Speaker 1: He's still the High Priest.
Speaker 3: Carry the body away, God, I thought I'd lost you.
Speaker 1: Never as long as I have strengthened these two arms
and the breath of light in my body.
Speaker 3: Tau forbid me to slay you well. Tao and I
will both laugh while you rebel slave when the prisons
city of the Hawkman, death would be more desirable. And
for you, Dale Aden, you shall be taught to act
like my empress.
Speaker 1: Doom to a fate worse than death among the cruel Hawkmen.
What terrifying adventures await our friends. Be sure to listen
in again next week and hear the further amazing adventures
of Flash Gordon and Dale Arden, who appear in full
color pictures next Sunday in the thirty two page comic
weekly supplement of Your Heart's Sunday Newspapers, the world's greatest
all picture magazine, of fun and adventure. Don't miss the
Comic Weekly next Sunday. All your friends will be there.
Besides Flashdort and Pardon, you'll find King of the Royal
Mountain waiting to thrill you with another chapter in his
adventures of the Great Northwest, Good old Jigs and Maggie,
in bringing up Father, your old pal, Skippy Tilly, the
Toiler Ash Drummond, Johnny round the World, the Little King
Radio Patrol. They'll all be waiting to entertain you. Of course,
those irresponsible Kats and Yammery kids are on deck with
a new frank on their friends.
Speaker 2: How can they think of all those tricks?
Speaker 1: And as for Bonnie Google, well, I'm afraid I'll have
to agree with Ruffy Smith that Google seems a bit
touched in the haze. Remember they're all in the Comic
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