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Issue Details

Issue #247
Published September 1949
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "FLASH GORDON, No. 247." Code number is F.G.O.S. #247-499. Copyright 1949 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

Cover Details - "Adventure on Artico"

Characters Flash Gordon
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Paul Norris (signed)
Inks Paul Norris (signed)
Notes Cover has the "This is King Feature" bullet on it.

1 page Flash Gordon filler "Notes on the Operation of a Mongo Space Ship"

Synopsis Notes on the design and operation of a Mongo spaceship.
Genre Science fiction
Pencils Paul Norris
Inks Paul Norris
Notes Inside front cover. Text and illustrations

32 page Flash Gordon story "Adventure on Artico"

Characters Flash Gordon; Dr. Zarkov; Dale Arden; King Zero; Liza; Captain Eyce; Dr. Frazil
Synopsis King Zero of the planet Artico is using a climate-changing ray to cause snow to fall continuously on Mongo, disrupting and threatening life on the planet. Flash leads an attack on the ice planet Artico, but is captured and put to work under the sea harvesting seaweed. Dale has stowed away in Flash's ship and is also captured, but she is kept in the King's castle because the King is infatuated with her.
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Paul Norris
Inks Paul Norris

1 page Flash Gordon filler "Mongo Equivalents to Earth Vehicles"

Synopsis Comparison of Earth vehicles with the Mongo equivalents.
Genre Science fiction
Pencils Paul Norris
Inks Paul Norris
Notes Inside back cover. Text and illustrations.

1 page Flash Gordon activity "Flash Gordon Space Ship Solid Scale Model"

Synopsis Blueprint of a scale model space ship, with dimensions superimposed over photos of a three-dimensional model.
Script H. Hacker ?
Pencils ? (photo); H. Hacker (art, signed)
Inks ? (photo); H. Hacker (art, signed)
Letters H. Hacker ?
Notes Back cover.