Flash Gordon began life as comic strip, a cash in of Buck Rogers, they couldn't get the rights for John Carter so they made their own. Flash is best known today for the incredible 1980 film. The property was last used in a 2007 TV series - from memory it had people running around a forest in street clothes, and a quick peek on youtube largely confirms this.
The classic era produced two pieces of prose in 1936:
Flash Gordon in the Caverns of Mongo by Alex Raymond (likely ghost written)
Flash Gordon Strange Adventure Magazine - the sole issue had the story The Master of Mars by James Edison Northford
Avon started a series in 1974, all under the Alex Raymond name but written by Ron Goulart and Bruce Cassiday:
1974:
The Lion Men of Mongo (Ron Goulart)
The Plague of Sound (Ron Goulart)
The Space Circus (Ron Goulart)
The Time Trap of Ming XIII (Bruce Cassiday)
The Witch Queen of Mongo (Bruce Cassiday)
1975: The War of the Cybernauts (Bruce Cassiday)
1980 saw the novelization of the film by Arthur Byron Cover
1980 also had a book series by David Hagberg that seemed unrelated the comics, movie, or Flash Gordon itself. Probably still better than the TV show.
1980:
Massacre in the 22nd Century
War of the Citadels
Crisis on Citadel II
1981:
Forces from the Federation
Citadels under Attack
Citadels on Earth
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