As in most versions, Ming is infatuated with Dale, whom he plans to marry. 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.
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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.
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Flash also witnesses a Mongo propaganda video which reveals Ming's full title as "Ming Gorzon-Hydraxus of Seledarqu". Ming also forces some of Prince Barin's subjects to be enslaved, brainwashed, and turned into "Beastmen" warriors for Ming's army. In the sequel story ( Flash Gordon:The Man From Earth), Dale Arden learns that Ming uses special "Quantum Crystals" to expand his lifespan, and to travel to and conquer other star systems. Flash, Dale and Zarkov travel to Mongo to stop Ming's attack. In the later Dynamite Flash Gordon comic, King's Watch (unconnected to the events in Flash Gordon: Zeitgeist) Ming uses a dimensional portal to send his troops to the planet Earth. 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. Ming is also shown as working with the Third Reichto conquer the planet. In this version Klytus has the full name Klytus Ra Djaaran, and is described as Ming's Grand Vizer and head of Ming's secret police. As in the 1980 film, Ming's main henchman is the masked Klytus.
In the 2011 Dynamite Comics Flash Gordon: Zeitgeist, Ming is shown as attempting to invade Earth in the year 1934. Jim Keefe used Ming as Flash's main opponent during his run on the Flash Gordon comic strip. In the 1957 story "The Time Pendulum", a descendent of Ming from the future, Ming XIII, travels back in time to kill Flash and thus ensure the victory of his ancestor. This Ming behaved similarly to his father, and became a semi-regular antagonist for Flash in Barry's strips. In the 1956 story "Return to Mongo", Dan Barry introduced Ming's identical son, Ming II. 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 story-lines.
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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. 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 planet Mongo, they found it was ruled by an evil Emperor, a despot who quickly becomes their enemy.
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