Flash Gordon Vol. 1: Escape from Planet Death!

by Jeremy Adams, Will Conrad (Illustrator), Lee Loughridge (Colorist), Taylor Esposito (Letterer)

Overview

Flash Gordon returns in all new adventures in this action packed series from Jeremy Adams (Green Lantern, The Flash) and Will Conrad (Nightwing, King Conan Chronicles)!

Flash awakes on a secret prison planet somewhere in the galaxy. Upon learning that Dale Arden is the subject of an assassination plot, he’s forced to break out and make his way across the galaxy to save her. Along the way, he encounters old friends, new threats, and a greater mystery surrounding WHO is pulling the strings of this universe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781545812488
Publisher:	Mad Cave Studios
Publication date:	02/25/2025
Series:	Flash Gordon (2024-) , #1
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Jeremy Adams is an action/adventure screenwriter and producer working on such movies and shows as "Supernatural," "Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge," "Teen Titans Go! versus Teen Titans," and "Monkie Kid." He has also spent time working in toy licensing, advertising, and serving as a Entertainment Specialist for Fullscreen Media, one of the preeminent social media marketing agencies in entertainment. Jeremy lives in Santa Monica with his wife Amy and two daughters Charlotte, and Mackenzie, who can most often be found making memories at Disneyland

Lee Loughridge is an Eisner and GLAAD-award winning comic book colorist who has worked for the biggest and best publishers in the business. He is notably the colorist for the 2024 Eisner award-winning comic book series SOMNA: A BEDTIME STORY, and is the creator of Image Comics’ hit new comic STANDSTILL.

Taylor Esposito is multi-award winning comic book lettering professional, owner of Ghost Glyph Studios, and teacher at the legendary Kubert School. A former staff letterer at DC and production artist at Marvel, he has lettered titles such as Red Hood and The Outlaws, Robin Lives!, and Harley Quinn The Eat KILL Bang Tour; Flash Gordon, Edenfrost (Mad Cave Studios), Exorsisters, Drawing Blood (Image); Babyteeth, Maniac of New York, Bunny Mask (Aftershock); No One Left to Fight and Survival Street (Dark Horse). Other publishers he has worked with include BOOM! Studios (Amory Wars, Fence) Dynamite (Elvira, Space Ghost, Jonny Quest, Green Hornet), and IDW (Brynmore).

Editorial Reviews

2025-03-20
Adams resurrects the famous space adventurer in this graphic novel.

Ming the Merciless, tyrant of the planet Mongo, has his new Unraveller (which fires “a ray of plasmatonic energy”) pointed straight at Earth, ready to vaporize the home-world of his hated nemesis Flash Gordon. Flash, who has joined the resistance attempting to liberate Mongo from Ming’s rule, manages to topple the Unraveller at the last minute, saving Earth—but destroying Mongo instead. When Flash regains consciousness, he discovers he is tied to a rack in a dungeon with robotic jailers. In this reconstituted world, the planets that survived the Unravelling have allied to govern the new universe, and Flash Gordon, the so-called “World Killer,” has been incarcerated on a prison planet known as Planet Death. When word reaches him that his beloved Dale Arden, a leader of this new alliance, is the target of an assassination plot, Flash launches a daring escape. With the help of a healer named Daranek, Flash must battle his way through a massive, labyrinthian prison, stalked by all manner of armed guards, deadly beasts, and an also-imprisoned Ming, who now arranges gladiatorial fights among the other prisoners. To escape the planet for good, Flash may have to do the most dangerous thing he can imagine—put his trust in Ming the Merciless. Adams understands the assignment, and he brings Flash to life with swashbuckling, space-opera gusto. The full-color artwork from Conrad beautifully realizes the pits, palaces, and spaceships in which Flash and his companions battle. The premise provides a reset for the geography and alliances of the established Flash Gordon universe, and Adams takes the opportunity to delve into his characters’ backstories. (Ming’s rise to power from a cohort of genetically engineered children is a particularly fun digression.) Old fans of the comic strip will find as much to enjoy here as those just discovering it for the first time.

An explosive reboot that captures the fun of the beloved classic series.

Kirkus Reviews