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Description:
All three Flash Gordon serials in one box! "Space Soldiers" (1936, 245 min., 13 episodes) - Internationally renowned polo player and Yale graduate Flash Gordon and the lovely Dale Arden are enlisted by Dr. Hans Zarkov on his quest to save Earth from being destroyed by the runaway planet Mongo. "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938, 299 min., 15 episodes) - A mysterious beam of light emanating from Mars is sucking the nitrogen from the Earth's atmosphere, and only Flash Gordon can stop it, battling Queen Azura, the Clay People of Mars, and his mortal enemy Ming the Merciless! "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" (1940, 234 min., 12 episodes) - A rocket is dropping purple dust into the Earth's atmosphere, causing instant death! Can Flash Gordon stop the madman from Mongo while retrieving the antidote to the death dust from the frozen planet of Frigia?

Space Soldiers - Flash is enlisted to save Earth from a runaway planet. "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars" - A light beam from Mars is sucking away Earth's atmosphere! "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" - A rocket is dropping deadly purple dust onto the Earth! 3-disc box set.

Robert F. Hill, Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor, Frederick Stephani

Buster Crabbe, Charles Middleton, Jean Rogers, Frank Shannon, Richard Alexander, Carol Hughes

Rating : - Flash From the Past
These serials were great, from the hanging spaceships powered by sparklers to the guys dressed up as clawed monsters, etc. I was too young to have seen the theatrical showings, but they got airtime on TV when I was a kid and I was hooked. Larry "Buster" Crabbe was a natural hero and Charles Middleton was way over the top as Ming, but Jean Rogers as Dale Arden steals the show as the heroine in distress! What a beauty!! If you're expecting Star Wars, forget it, but these Saturday Matinee serials kept you coming back for the resolution of the cliffhanger and you had to care about the characters to do so. The set is nicely boxed and I am enjoying every episode.