MattTheDuck Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 He'll save every one of us. I went to see that movie solely because I was a huge Queen fan, but I remember watching a couple of the serials as part of a Saturday night local movie program called "Sinister Cinema" which ran horror and sci-fi movies starting at 11:30 pm after the local news. Larryw7 and lordbyroncomics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordbyroncomics Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 On 6/2/2022 at 5:17 PM, MattTheDuck said: He'll save every one of us. I went to see that movie solely because I was a huge Queen fan, but I remember watching a couple of the serials as part of a Saturday night local movie program called "Sinister Cinema" which ran horror and sci-fi movies starting at 11:30 pm after the local news. I wish there were still more of those regional shows that played cult stuff late at night. Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 I'm pretty certain Flash Gordon would have gone the way of Buck Rogers if not for the Queen soundtrack. Queen energized Flash for these last 30+ years. Get Marwood & I and newshane 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR1979 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 (edited) On 6/2/2022 at 5:15 PM, Yorick said: That was on my watchlist for quite a while. Lovely copy. I was hoping it'd go down a little lower before I pulled the trigger. Great grab. I am jealous. I do realize if #31 had been at regular auction it would go for less than the fair-ish price I paid but who knows when another will surface? For me this represented a rare occasion when I did not see the book in hand prior to purchase. Got lucky as it is what I call a 9.8. #32 1/1 is still out there. I'd love to have it but will be hard to justify overpaying when I already have #31. Still I do think about Books CGC Label CGC Total Avg. Grade 10 9.9 9.8 9.6 9.4 9.2 9.0 8.5 8.0 7.5 7.0 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.8 1.5 1.0 0.5 1. Flash Gordon 31 (3/81, Whitman) Movie adaptation, part 1 of 3 Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max Von Sydow & Ornella Muti photo Universal 12 8.86 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 2. Flash Gordon 31 (3/81, Whitman) Signature 35 8.86 4 5 6 10 5 3 1 1 3. Flash Gordon 31 (3/81, Whitman) Qualified 5 9.32 1 2 1 1 4. Flash Gordon 32 (4/81, Whitman) Flash Gordon - The Movie Part 2 (of 3). Movie adaptation. Timothy Dalton & Sam Jones photo cover Universal 10 8.83 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 5. Flash Gordon 32 (4/81, Whitman) Signature 16 8.84 1 4 4 1 3 2 1 6. Flash Gordon 32 (4/81, Whitman) Qualified 4 9.35 1 2 1 7. Flash Gordon 33 (5/81, Whitman) Flash Gordon - The Movie Part 3 (of 3). Movie adaptation. Sam Jones photo cover. Universal 12 8.98 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 Edited May 27, 2023 by MAR1979 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTheDuck Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 The two guys on that show (Vic Ives and Jimmy Hollister who also did a local radio show called "The Hollister and Ives Sometimes Comedy Hour,") usually dressed up as Dracula and Igor. The little skits during breaks were a lot like what they did on MST3K which of course was also "just" a local program originally. This was in the early 70s and was on pretty late for a kid, but I watched every week and frequently fell asleep to it. Larryw7 and lordbyroncomics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 On 6/2/2022 at 2:21 PM, MAR1979 said: I do realize if #31 had been at regular auction it would go for less than the fair-ish price I paid but who knows when another will surface? For me this represented a rare occasion when I did not see the book in hand prior to purchase. Got lucky as it is truly what I call a 9.8. #32 1/1 is still out there. I'd love to have it but will be hard to justify overpaying when I already have #31. Still I do think about When you look at the Williamson Star Wars books bringing in $$$, this can't be that far behind... right? MAR1979 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 (edited) The OP has great taste. As an EC science-fiction comic fan I’ve got a lot of respect for Al Williamson, and consider his Flash Gordon art to be equally brilliant. Somewhere in my collection I have the film adaptation GN, and his Empire Strikes Back magazine. Edited June 2, 2022 by Ken Aldred Yorick and Larryw7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Yorick Posted June 2, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2022 Alex Ross' Flash Gordon Zeitgeist #7 cover art forced me to buy that series. Remember the opening credits scene of the 80's film where all the Raymond/Williamson artwork is flying across the screen with the "zoom" lines? Ross captures that perfectly. OtherEric, Morganmi, zuckuss2003 and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordbyroncomics Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 let's not forget the legendary lost scene from A Christmas Story Yorick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin.J Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 On 6/2/2022 at 8:32 PM, Yorick said: Show me your Flash Gordon DVD collection! Bought this even though I haven't had a DVD player for more than 10 years, just couldn't resist it, I guess it will remain unopened forever, I got all the old serials on video somewhere in my loft too, makes me wanna buy a video and binge them all Larryw7, Yorick, Ken Aldred and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Kevin.J Posted June 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2022 Not sure how many of these lovely Checker hardcovers there were, I have 7 of them, too big for my scanner Yorick, Get Marwood & I, Ken Aldred and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kevin.J Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 On 6/2/2022 at 9:56 PM, Yorick said: I need to acquire Timothy Dalton and Ornella Muti's signatures on this (Sam Jones and Melody Anderson so far...). OtherEric, Get Marwood & I, MAR1979 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Yorick Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 On 6/2/2022 at 3:01 PM, wisbyron said: let's not forget the legendary lost scene from A Christmas Story Please tell me more! lordbyroncomics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuckuss2003 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 On 6/2/2022 at 6:26 PM, Kevin.J said: I have this issue 2, I love the yellow covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
