Speaker 1: Presenting the amazing interplanetary adventures of Flash Gordon. These frilling
adventures come to you as they are pictured each Sunday
in The Comic Weekly, the world's greatest pictorial supplement of
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Sunday newspaper. For the benefit of those who may not
have heard the earlier episodes, let us explain that Flash Gordon,
the internationally famous American athlete and Dyo Lardin his beautiful
American sweetheart, and Doctor Zarkoff, the well known scientists, were
thrown onto the new planet Mongol when their experimental rocket
ship crashed. After a series of adventures with the Emperor
Ming the Merciless and his beautiful daughter Aura, who fell
deeply in love with Flash, the two Americans, together with
Doctor zakov Soon Prince of the Lionmen and Prince Baron
were sentenced to the prison city of the Hawkmen. There,
the men were tortured while King voltan mighty ruler of
the Hawkmen, made plans to marry Dale. Flash and his
companion's escape from the torture chambers and Flash bound Dale
in time to save her from the marriage. But they
were trapped by soldiers and the game fell Intovoltan's hands.
Then there was a terrible rumbling sound, the floor started
to fit, the walls began to crack open, and the
lights went out. Now we continue the story in the
crumbling palace of Woltan. Amid the shouts of the disorganized guards,
Flash and Dale break away, but the mighty King flies
into the air and hurry himself on Flash drags into
the floor and prepares to execute him by his own hands. Meanwhile,
Doctor Zharkov and Prince Baron are rushing towards the throne room.
Speaker 2: My scheme work. Barry, now to drive barking with good time.
If we are not too late.
Speaker 3: With the light beams diffusing at the present rate, friends
ac office, the city will remain in mid air only
for another half hour.
Speaker 2: Your bolt town reditioned to us, carries enough time. But
we must not waste a minute. Here we are at
a throne room.
Speaker 3: Look both and has his hard at flash garden.
Speaker 4: So stop stop we who cares give me all that
I do?
Speaker 2: I can't save your city. But if you hump flash Gordon,
I'll doing this city and all of you hokman to destruction.
Speaker 4: Oh my radium is gone to destroy that your toes?
How can you favor each baron?
Speaker 2: And I have been experimenting with other atom raised.
Speaker 5: Riming inother this I have killed Nash Gordon.
Speaker 3: But for your.
Speaker 4: Arrival and bluff, No, I don't finish the garden.
Speaker 3: Oh blast, my darling, the braved air. This big wind
bag is fluffing now fluffing, am I show you? Listen
to what your flat fool. Your city will remains suspended
only twenty minutes more. There are no time to waste.
Speaker 4: What do you think you can do to save the city.
Speaker 2: We have found a way to make new light beams
to hold the city safely suspended in the air.
Speaker 4: What kind of trenck is it?
Speaker 1: It's no trick.
Speaker 4: Then let us see what you're proposed to do.
Speaker 2: But I will save your city on one condition.
Speaker 4: You know when to drive a bargin wizard of the earth.
Very well, present, Lord, you shall go free if you
save my days from.
Speaker 3: A thought of free dail and dark off and barren.
Absolutely they quick Moore answers the press minutter playing give
us no answer.
Speaker 4: I pardon you all.
Speaker 2: If my city is saved, good and following, very great
to take us into this private elevator.
Speaker 3: First, where are we going out to rock?
Speaker 2: Baron? And I discovered the room under the Hall of
Adam Purnases, which had been started with scientific apparators. With
the help of scraves, we constructed my newest inventions.
Speaker 3: It didn't do Barren as we did fun dot horse.
I only hope that one headed monarch hasn't delayed us
too long with its arguing there isn't much time less
to save the city.
Speaker 2: We're getting over.
Speaker 1: How much further do we have to do?
Speaker 2: Then we will be below the foundation in a moment.
Speaker 3: Is this remarkable discovery? Wizard of the earth?
Speaker 2: You shall see, you shall see.
Speaker 3: We're here. Hurry out, everyone, hold fast to my handdail
oh flash.
Speaker 1: Do you think that Desarka would be even to save us?
I know he'll do his best.
Speaker 2: There is my intention.
Speaker 4: But is that mass of cubes and wild these.
Speaker 2: The electrical machine is and atomic light solely d kaya
it will strinthen the beam.
Speaker 1: Yes, keep everybody back, Batten, I must have him to
work stand back, everybody, baron.
Speaker 4: Do you think this machine will work?
Speaker 3: Quiet? Professor Zarkhoff is throwing the switch?
Speaker 1: What is that?
Speaker 3: Weird lewis light? And you raise made for the Adamsdale?
Why the city seems to be getting back on uneven keel? Why?
Oh so it is? I was at working, Fan Zakhoff,
blend it so far I leeve supporting the city are
becoming stronger and stronger, and the city is pale. This
city is safe by Oh he's done it.
Speaker 4: Oh all of you are free.
Speaker 3: By your crime. I'm so happy with saved tuk Off.
Come here. He said he could do it and he did.
Speaker 2: Yes, King Bultan, you summon me sirk Off.
Speaker 3: You shall be my head scientist.
Speaker 2: Gull time dish is more than I expect. I am grateful,
deeply grateful and appreciate you for beyond our bless and Dale.
Speaker 3: Yes, what is the King Volton has proof of of
future friendship.
Speaker 4: I shall give you a royal wedding tomorrow and tonight.
Speaker 3: We shall have a banquet to celebrate it.
Speaker 1: Having a good time, Dale one, mister times plan so
hard the things possible that we should be married tomorrow.
Speaker 3: I don't dare believe it until we are actually being married.
You mustn't feel that way, Dale, it's a nerve. Well,
my friends, tomorrow will be the big day.
Speaker 6: I'm not so sure.
Speaker 3: Dale is just worrying about nothing mat him. It's almost tomorrow, Dale,
what have a love? During the excitement of the second
discussion of the city, the Prince's order disappeared? Or is
that all advertises? I should think you'll be glad she's
not here.
Speaker 1: I am well, love Bird.
Speaker 4: Are you enjoying yourselves?
Speaker 1: Oh? Thank you?
Speaker 6: And press majesty, majesty, majesty.
Speaker 4: Eh, what is it, dear Freedom?
Speaker 1: The Merciless is approaching the city.
Speaker 5: This means trouble.
Speaker 1: What did I tell you? There'll be no ready for us.
Speaker 4: Tomorrow we'll die.
Speaker 3: Let us take our chances on escaping.
Speaker 2: Give us a rocket ship, nor use lad they want
damage when the city cook?
Speaker 5: It is universal, Majesty Emperor Mongol.
Speaker 1: Ings the Marcello.
Speaker 3: And this is almost now.
Speaker 1: There will be trouble, saidy Dale, darling.
Speaker 3: There'll be a way out of it.
Speaker 4: Weeping and welcome, Emperor Ming.
Speaker 6: Wow, but Ham, you have become friends with the prisoners
tar over this astmen to my tarts and to me,
they'll live on my promised Briddale Ovens, I commanded, no, father.
Speaker 3: You promise Flash God them to me as my fear.
Speaker 4: Of destroys old men by the ancient laws of Mongo,
acred laws of the great cow, who is all wise,
I go for a tournament of.
Speaker 6: Death, A tournament, and this fellow Flush Garden would enter, Yes,
fine boss, a tournament and all the planet will keep him,
fail and die.
Speaker 1: So be it between four mountains, nestles and mammoth bowl
shaped arena Gord, which most of Mongo pours and never
ending streams. It is the day of the start of
the tournament of Death, in which all of the contestants
but one will meet death, and Flash Gordon is going
to enter. He and Dale occupy piece of honor.
Speaker 3: In Botham's box.
Speaker 1: Princess Aura enters the arena on a golden throne, carried
by thick blue dragon man. There comes Aura in all
her glory.
Speaker 4: He's wild, rigorous and cruel.
Speaker 3: That's my boy, he's a cap Oh, I don't know
of that.
Speaker 4: Here comes your grid King of the lion Man.
Speaker 1: Dragon men are frightened by the lions.
Speaker 3: They've dropped the princess. Uh say where you are my boy.
Speaker 4: Prince Darren is already taking her up.
Speaker 1: He seems to be smiling at him.
Speaker 6: I wonder, Prince Barns saved my life? Why did you
do it? After the way I free to you?
Speaker 3: Because, my princess, you are a woman, a beautiful woman,
and I can no longer deny the fact that I
love you.
Speaker 1: But whatever it is, he's saying, I wish you did
it in somebody else, and leave you alone.
Speaker 4: Flash, the tournament is about to begin fresh. There's your horse. Yes,
take this, lord, my boy. It's the one with which
I became King of the Hawkmen. Take it and justify
my faith in you.
Speaker 6: And my soul too.
Speaker 3: Thanks darling, and thank you bother. I'll do my vest
in another box.
Speaker 1: Prince Baron reaches a decision.
Speaker 3: Back off, I'm going to enter the tournament, win back
my kingdom and means daughter, Princess Horra for my pride.
Speaker 2: Do not be a fool, Prince barn Why runsery scamping.
Speaker 3: Q wish me luck, my friend. I go for two battles.
Speaker 1: The battle Royal with every horseman for himself. As the
fight rages around him, splashes he set by some yellow
guardsments he vanquishes one, and as he is attacked by
the other, he falls from his horse. Before a yellow
man can drive home a death first, a masked fighter
save flash, and the first great test of the Tournament
of Death in a banquet is held.
Speaker 3: For the survivors. Are you sure you're all right? Mask
of course there.
Speaker 2: If it hadn't been for that masked fighter, you would
be dead now.
Speaker 3: Oh why did you enter this horrible tournament?
Speaker 1: Win freedom, a kingdom?
Speaker 3: And what's more important you, my dear.
Speaker 2: Look, the masked fighter is resus aurora.
Speaker 6: Suntium I a cream and un steering arrests are ennoble,
searing recompanition.
Speaker 3: Blue blood or red. My lady, you're flowing the arena.
Just tess freely for your amusement.
Speaker 6: Yes, ready, scarce as they tell ken, but I'm staying
to your blood, fair lady.
Speaker 3: A kiss from your gorgeous lips. I would face the
legions of.
Speaker 6: Powel insolent one. I'll have your clod shows.
Speaker 3: Who can punish the living dead of the tournament. Go
buy you, beautiful devil. I go to fight for your hands.
That must have you, I swear I know his voice.
The calls sounded I'm must go back to the fight.
Speaker 1: Goodbye till goodbye, and good luck, my.
Speaker 6: Darling, Oh set, when will this offer turn the end?
Speaker 5: I know it seems horrible to you, little bird, but
it is better that flesh should die honorably in the
field of battle than at the hands of Ming's torturers.
If you win this final event, he will be a
king you it will be his queen.
Speaker 3: The prophet blow on.
Speaker 1: The last contestants line up. Two by two, they mount
the sky rope stretched over a flaming pool to joust
with sword, and one after another they are eliminated by death. Finally,
only Flash Gordon and the Math champion are left. Flash
loses his balance and falls down toward the flaming pool,
but his hands catch hold of the rope and he
hangs on. The Mass Champion, brought off balance, also falls
but saved himself by grasping Flash Gordon's leg. His Math
falls off, revealing Prince Baron. The crowd demands that both
men shall live, and they are brought before volts and
and mightning the merciless.
Speaker 4: None of your breakery name will claim them.
Speaker 6: Boat kings sall be it, but I shall choose their
Kingdom to Prince barn and my daughter are asked, I
give the Kingdom of the Forest to Flash Garden. Anti
ask girl, I give the Kingdom of the tag you sens.
Speaker 4: You know nither kingdom has been crown goered.
Speaker 6: Ooh Voltaans like these are brave men. Let them try.
They can hold their weddings in their own kingdoms if
they'll live that long.
Speaker 1: What will happen to Flash Gordon when he attempts to
rule over the unconquered Kingdom of the Cave. You'll know
next week at the same time when he'll be back
with another chapter of the amazing interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon.
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