Flash Gordon (1966) #1

King Features 1966–1967 series Cover date Sep 1966

Fair market value

Grade	CGC slab	Raw
9.8 NM/M	$480 $408–$552	$210 $179–$242
9.6 NM+	$374 $318–$431	$168 $143–$193
9.4 NM	$292 $248–$336	$134 $114–$155
9.2 NM-	$228 $194–$262	$108 $91.39–$124
9.0 VF/NM	$178 $151–$204	$86.02 $73.12–$98.92
8.5 VF+	$139 $118–$159	$68.81 $58.49–$79.13
8.0 VF	$108 $91.89–$124	$55.05 $46.79–$63.31
7.0 FN/VF	$84.31 $71.66–$96.96	$44.04 $37.43–$50.65
6.0 FN	$65.77 $55.90–$75.64	$35.23 $29.95–$40.51
5.0 VG/FN	$51.30 $43.61–$58.99	$28.19 $23.96–$32.42
4.0 VG	$40.01 $34.01–$46.01	$22.55 $19.17–$25.93
2.0 GD	$31.21 $26.53–$35.89	$18.04 $15.33–$20.75
Raw, ungraded	—	$65.00 $55.25–$74.75

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About this issue

Flash Gordon #1 (1966) is issue #1 of King Features's Flash Gordon (1966–1967), with a cover date of September 1966. Written by Larry Ivie, Al Williamson and Dick Wood and drawn by Don Heck and Al Williamson.

Creators

Writers: Larry Ivie, Al Williamson, Dick Wood
Pencillers: Don Heck, Al Williamson
Inkers: André LeBlanc, Gray Morrow, Al Williamson
Colorists: Al Williamson, Arlene Williamson
Letterers: Charlotte Jetter, Arlene Williamson
Cover artist: Al Williamson

Characters

The stories

Needing Radium to keep peace on Earth, Flash returns to Mongo, where it is plentiful. There Bellam and Dr. Dravo poison a solution designed to prolong life and give it to the Earth trio, but Dravo was a double agent, and they survive to thwart Bellam's plans.

“Midnight with Mandrake!”

Mandrake and Lothar drive around the square and notice the gas rings from a candy ring sign are malfunctioning, and gassing the crowd. Using the smoke rings in his hypnosis magic Mandrake convinces the criminals that they are iron rings and imprisons them until they surrender to the police.

“Flash Gordon and the Mole Machine”

Dr. Zarkov, experimenting with Mongo technology, has developed a Mole Machine, and he and Flash use it to explore. Finding an underground sea and city, they are captured by Princess Darla and taken to her father, where they are sentenced to remain forever in the city of Krenkelium and their vehicle destroyed. With the help of the princess, they defy this sentence and, in the process, destroy a major threat to the city to prove their honorable intentions. Dropping off the princess after removing the threat, they head for home.

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.