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product_id: 57926155
title: "Kings Watch Volume 1: Flash Gordon, the Phantom, Mandrake the Magician (KINGS WATCH TP)"
brand: "jeff parkermarc laming"
price: "€ 57.31"
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reviews_count: 4
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# Kings Watch Volume 1: Flash Gordon, the Phantom, Mandrake the Magician (KINGS WATCH TP)

**Brand:** jeff parkermarc laming
**Price:** € 57.31
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Kings Watch Volume 1: Flash Gordon, the Phantom, Mandrake the Magician (KINGS WATCH TP)

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## Customer Reviews

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    I found myself trying to like the story and the characters
  

*by A***Z on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 September 2014*

I am a big fan of the old strip comics from King Features. I think it is a medium of expression that it's not done the way it used to be, and that the three iconic characters that appear in this comic book paved the way to the superheroes as we know them today. I am especially a big fan of The Phantom, and I am looking to complete the Moonstone era little by little. As you will understand, I was really looking forward to this comic book. There has been some speculation about the new Phantom film, and the most enthusiastic people are even dreaming of a Defenders of the Earth film. I don't know if that will ever happen, but this is not to be discussed here. As I say, I had so much faith in this comic book, in the perspective of seeing Flash Gordon, Mandrake and The Phantom together. Instead, I found myself trying to like the story and the characters. But, as much as I tried, I couldn't.***ATTENTION! SPOILER ALERT!***The story in itself is not too bad. The Cobra is working alongside Ming the Merciless -and Narda, Mandrake's wife- to open a series of portals between Earth and Mongo using an ancient gateway known as the Kings Watch. Due to this, people all over Earth are suffering the same nightmares day after day. At the same time, Dr. Zharkhov has created a spaceship -well, more like a jet- that can get into space in mere seconds thanks to a strange crystal that can bend, er, space rules. Turns out this crystal is one of two that the Cobra needs to open the Kings Watch. This involves Flash Gordon into the plot, since he was helping Zharkhov with his tests. Mandrake is warned about this by an ancient demon he trapped long time ago, but he is not sure about intervening. Only after Lothar is nearly killed in the jungles of Bangalla, and saved by the Phantom, he decides to take part and help the other two heroes save the world. The rest, well, you can read it by yourself...I could have liked the story, if it wasn't because, in my opinion, the writer didn't get the characters right. Maybe it is my nostalgia about the three of them, but they don't sound the way they used to in the daily strip. Flash Gordon is probably the one who is better built, and I love how the writer ridicules some facts of his life that seem really dated (e.g playing polo). You can tell the book is a vehicle for him. With Mandrake he does a decent job, but the wizard doesn't have the same charm he used to have, unfortunately. However, what I cannot forgive Parker is the treatment he has done of The Phantom. Apart from the fact that he is underused, the writer just throws  the back story of the character  down the toilet and turns it into a travesty. I can understand that they wanted to make it more realistic, that there was the chance that the line might be broken at some point. But really, was that the solution? And, honestly, making Lothar take the mantle of The Phantom? LOTHAR????END OF THE SPOILERSSumming up, a fair try and a show of what this could have been. I suppose I should have faith and wait for the continuation of the series, but really, if this is the path it is going to take, I'd rather start collecting the Moonstone run of The Phantom. At least I know they were giving this awesome character the treatment it deserves. If you are a hardcore fan of the characters and don't mind the huge changes they make to some of them, you might enjoy this. But again, if you are a hardcore fan you will probably not like the changes. Maybe it is a good comic-book to introduce the characters to a new generation. As for old -well, not that old!- fans like me, I 'd rather stick to the old stories or to new ones that respect the source material much more...

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    Defenders Of The Earth!
  

*by C***G on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 May 2022*

This was excellent neo-pulp.

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    Flash Gordon Teams Up
  

*by N***D on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 August 2014*

Another great title from Dynamite! This is a vehicle for Flash Gordon and an origins novel for him and The Phantom. Phantom has a history with Mandrake but they meet up with Flash and Zarkov who are just getting started out on their space exploration but their first foray has mixed up the plans of The Cobra who just happens to be working for Ming. Along with Dale and Lothar this group travels to Africa to foil Ming's merciless plot to take over the Earth. This is my first time reading Flash Gordon, though I'm a big fran from the serials of the '30s and the cult '80s movie. Even though Gordon is most definitely the centre of attention here his world is entwined with The Phantom's and thus it satisfies my "masked hero" love at the same time. This was my first intro to Phantom's world and I loved it. He and Mandrake have a supernatural element about them using real magic giving Africa an even more exotic feel to it, just like the original comics these guys are based on. A fun romp with monsters and mayhem, crossing Africa's jungle dangers with space travel and evil alien empire lords. The art was fantastic and the story was pure pulp. Loved it!

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