Flash Gordon: The Storm Queen of Valkir - by Don Moore (Hardcover)

About the Book

"The storm queen of Valkir reprints all the Austin Briggs' Sunday strips from August 20,1944 to July 25, 1948"--Back cover.

Book Synopsis

Featuring four years worth of non-stop exhilarating, science fiction action-adventure as Flash battles a rogue's gallery of villainy to protect the innocent, the wronged and a bevy of beautiful women from the likes of Kang The Cruel, Queen Valker the Violent, giant birds, lizards, sea-beasts and rock men, as well as wolfmen and gas spiders! For Flash Gordon, the king of the cliff-hanger every Sunday is a day of action!

About the Author

Don Moore was the writer of the Flash Gordon, taking over scriptwriting duties from strip creator Alex Raymond in August 1935. Moore was a former pulp editor.
Raymond was the creator of several strips at the time; Flash Gordon, Secret Agent X-9, Jungle Jim; and needed Moore's scripting assistance. Moore lasted on the strip beyond Raymond's tenure

Austin Briggs (August 9, 1908 - October 10, 1973)
After working for a while at advertising agency, he became an assistant to the cartoonist Alex Raymond on Flash Gordon and succeeded him on Secret Agent Corrigan. In 1940 he drew a Flash Gordon Daily strip which he stayed on until about 1944. He drew the prestigious Flash Gordon Sunday strip from 1944 until 1948He was one of the founding faculty for the Famous Artists School. In 1969 he was elected to the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame.