Raymond and Moore also created the complimentary strip, Jungle Jim, an adventure saga set in Southeast Asia, as a topper that ran above Flash in newspapers. The result was the visually captivating science fiction epic adventure Flash Gordon that quickly developed an audience far surpassing that of Buck Rogers, due to Raymond's vastly superior artwork and ghostwriter Don Moore's engaging storylines. ![]() In late 1933, King Features Syndicate assigned Alexander Raymond to create a Sunday page to compete against the popular Buck Rogers strip that made its newspaper debut in 1929. On the top margin in blue pencil, ""Flash Gordon Page #1 By Alexander Raymond"" with ""No. Signed ""Alexander Raymond"" beside ""No 1"" in the lower left panel. Accomplished in pencil and ink on 28.25 x 23 in. ![]() ![]() Alex Raymond original Sunday comic strip artwork for Flash Gordon #1 - the origin and first appearance of arguably the greatest and most influential of all American adventure comic strips.
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