Game 166: Flash Gordon: il Rapimento di Dale - Introduction (1994)

Written by VetinariWelcome one and all to this new playthrough for the Adventurers’ Guild. The game that we will tackle in this series of posts is “Flash Gordon: il rapimento di Dale” (Dale’s kidnapping).The character of Flash Gordon originated in 1934 and was created by comic book legend Alex Raymond. The idea was for the new character to compete with the similar and already established Buck Rogers adventure strip. It was a smash hit, such that Flash Gordon is regarded as one of the best illustrated and most influential American adventure comic strips; for example its success is often cited as a big influence on early superhero comics characters design.Men in spandex suits indeed.My own exposure to the character unfortunately comes from very much later. In fact, I only learnt of the Flash Gordon franchise through the (frankly very bad) motion picture from 1980, in particular because of the iconic theme-song "Flash" by Queen, who composed and performed the entire musical score for the…