Who Is Dale Arden? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Dale Arden is a King Features Syndicate comic book character, with over 478 comic issue appearances. Dale Arden has been Flash Gordon's companion/love interest throughout his many adventures. In her recent appearances, in the 10-issue "Flash Gordon: Zeitgeist" series, she's also become the empress of Mongo.

Who is Dale Arden?

Origin Dale was introduced in the comic strip with no real backstory. She was just a pretty girl sharing an airplane flight with Flash Gordon and got caught up in his adventure. She has no speaking part in the first strip but becomes more active in the second one. When Flash is on the losing side of a skirmish with Dr. Zarkov, Dale picks up a wrench and attacks Zarkov herself. She fails to stop Zarkov though. She is unconscious for quite a while after that but in the seventh strip Flash proclaimed her to be the girl he loved. At the time he made that proclamation he had only said nine words to her and did not really know her name yet.

Key facts

Dale Arden is of human origin and first appeared in "A Book of Laughs and Thrills". The character is published by King Features Syndicate. With 478 recorded issue appearances, Dale Arden ranks among the most featured characters in comics.