Flash Gordon: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

After his astronaut parents are sucked into a dimensional hole to the planet Mongo, the teenage hoverboard enthusiast Flash Gordon, his love interest Dale Arden and the scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov travelled to Mongo in their own spaceship to rescue them. The dimensional hole was placed just outside of Earth's atmosphere by Ming the Merciless, the Emperor of Mongo, in order to provide open access for his invading armies. After the dimensional hole is closed, Flash and his friends are trapped on Mongo but they are determined to defeat Ming.

Series details

• Title: Flash Gordon
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Adventure, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 1996-09-21
• Final broadcast date listed: 1997-03-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Syndication
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 51777
• IMDb ID: tt0236899
• TVDB ID: 72679

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1996-09-21; final listed air date 1997-03-15; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Flash Gordon on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.