Hans Zarkov

Fictional character appearing in Flash Gordon Comics character Hans ZarkovPublication informationPublisherKing Features SyndicateFirst appearanceFlash Gordon comic strip(January 7, 1934)Created byAlex RaymondIn-story informationSupporting character ofFlash Gordon Dr. Hans Zarkov is a fictional character appearing in the Flash Gordon comic strip and the following serials, films, television shows and comic books. He was created by Alex Raymond. Zarkov is a brilliant scientist who creates a rocket and forces Flash and Dale Arden to come with him to the planet Mongo, and fight against Ming the Merciless. In the original comic strip, he was first thought to have died when his ship crashed into the planet Mongo. It is later revealed that Ming's minions pulled him out of the wreckage. Zarkov's character in the 1980s DC comic was handled the same way. Alex Raymond's comic strip In the first Flash Gordon storyline, Zarkov discovers the Earth is endangered by an impending collision with the planet Mongo. Discovering Flash and Dale near his laboratory, he abducts them at gunpoint and forces them into his spacecraft, which he then launches at the planet Mongo. By the second storyline in the st