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MING THE MERCILESS MOVIE
Ming's voice was provided by Vic Perrin in the pilot movie in the series he was replaced by Alan Oppenheimer, who would later go on to voice Skeletor. In this 1979 animated version of Flash Gordon. Television The New Adventures of Flash Gordon (1979) Queen's soundtrack album includes "Ming's Theme". However, just before the credits begin, his ring is retrieved by an unknown individual, and the words "The End?" appear, as his evil laughter plays in the background, hinting he is not dead. After a vain attempt to stop Flash attacking him, he ultimately points his ring at himself and he vanishes. Ming leaves him there to die, but Flash escapes on a rocket cycle.Īt the climax of the film, Ming is impaled by his own war rocket, Ajax, of which Flash had taken control. Flash declines when he learns the Earth will be enslaved. He offers Flash a chance to join him, rule a kingdom, and save Earth. When Klytus is killed in the Hawkman city, Ming orders it to be destroyed. Ming's cruelty extends to his own daughter: in an effort to find Flash, he allows Klytus to continue torturing her, since she knows of his whereabouts. As in most versions, Ming is infatuated with Dale, whom he plans to marry.
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The film gives Ming a second-in-command, General Klytus, who is masked at all times and has an attraction towards Ming's daughter, Princess Aura. In the 1980 theatrical film, Ming (Max von Sydow), complaining of boredom, discovers Earth and unleashes various attacks on the planet. He is mocked with ridiculous plumed headwear.
MING THE MERCILESS SERIAL
Ming takes on a Hitler-like persona in this pre WWII 1940 serial with references to him as "Dictator" and his wearing of elaborate military uniforms. In Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940), he is once again ruler of Mongo, but is killed when he is locked inside his tower and Flash crashes a ship into it. He returns later in league with a Martian Queen, and using a Nitron Lamp to cause disasters on Earth. In the first serial, he is apparently killed in a crematorium, in a possible suicide. In the Flash Gordon serials of the late 1930s-era, Ming was portrayed by actor Charles B. In the 1935 adaption, The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon, Bruno Wick played Ming the Merciless. Merciless depicts Ming as the son of Emperor Krang, and the husband of Auranae, who becomes Princess Aura's mother. The prequel, Merciless: The Rise of Ming depicts Ming's ascent to power over Mongo.
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Ming is also shown as working with the Third Reich to conquer the planet. In the 2011 Dynamite Comics Flash Gordon: Zeitgeist, Ming is shown as attempting to invade Earth in the year 1934. Subsequent Flash Gordon writers, including Dan Barry and Jim Keefe, brought Ming back as Flash's main opponent. Kang became Flash's main antagonist during Briggs' run. Later comic stripsĭuring Austin Briggs's run on the Flash Gordon strip, he introduced Ming's son, Kang the Cruel. Ming was eventually overthrown, and Raymond pitted Flash against other enemies in the 1940s. They organise a resistance movement against Ming's rule the action of the resistance takes up much of the strip's storylines. Ming's daughter Princess Aura is as evil as he is when the series begins, but is eventually reformed by her love for Flash, and later for Prince Barin of Arboria.įlash and his companions escape from Ming's clutches and find allies among the peoples of Mongo, including Barin, Prince Vultan, Prince Thun and Queen Fria. Though evil, he has his weaknesses, which include a desire to marry Flash's beautiful companion, Dale Arden. In addition to his army, Ming is shown to have access to a wide variety of science fiction gadgets, ranging from rocket ships to death rays to robots. The capital of his empire is named Mingo City in his honour.
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He was not named at first, only being known as "the Emperor" until several issues later when his name was revealed to be Ming. In the comic strip, when the heroic Flash Gordon and his friends land on the fictional planetMongo, they found it was ruled by an evil Emperor, a despot who quickly becomes their enemy. 5.3.3 Flash Gordon animated series (1996).5.3.2 Defenders of the Earth animated series (1986–1987).5.3.1 The New Adventures of Flash Gordon (1979).