The Reasonably Amazing Adventures of Flash Episode 4

Comedy - Proving that he can, on occasion, recall where he’s stashed his most ingenious inventions, Dr. Zarkov cobbles together some last-minute scientific marvel that prevents Sky City from plummeting dramatically into the lower atmosphere. The Hawkmen, who had previously thought of Earthlings as barely bipedal amateurs, are suddenly singing Zarkov’s praises in slightly off-key harmonic squawks.

Meanwhile, amid the chirpy gratitude and relative lack of impending doom, Prince Baron experiences a significant epiphany upon gazing at Princess Aura—namely that she’s rather lovely and he’d fancy a future not entirely dominated by Ming the Merciless. In what passes for true romance in the cosmos, he attempts to woo her with tales of heroic escapades and the occasional well-timed smoulder.

But will everyone manage to ignore the looming threat of Ming long enough for Baron and Aura to exchange meaningful, starry-eyed glances? Almost certainly, yes—because with a city no longer at risk of falling on unsuspecting passersby, there’s clearly time for a spot of interplanetary courtship.

Flash Gordon was played by Tom Konkle, later famous for nothing in particular. The cast also included Bob Clendenin as Dr. Zarkov and Kurtis Bedford as Ming the Merciless,  Jude Gerard Prest as Prince Baron, Tanya Johnson as Dale Arden and Theresa Ireland as Princess Aura .  And Zander Schaus as many! The radio series broke with the strip continuity in the last two episodes, when Flash, Dale and Zarkov returned to Earth. The announcer is Tom Konkle.  Sound effects by Vince Colavitti.   Music by Bryan Arata.   The show script was adapted by Tom Konkle.

The comic strip was adapted into The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon, a 26-episode weekly radio serial. The series followed the strip very closely, amounting to a week-by-week adaptation of the Sunday strip for most of its run.