Quicksand Fans

Some information about a quicksand scene within the original Flash Gordon comic strip, I believe this has been reprinted a number of times over the years, including recently.

“The Forest Kingdom of Mongo” was the eighth installment of Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon Sunday comic strip serial for King Features Syndicate. Originally printed between October 25, 1936 and January 31, 1937, “The Forest Kingdom of Mongo” picks up the storyline where the seventh installment, “The Undersea Kingdom of Mongo” left off.

Flash and Dale set out on Dr. Zarkov’s trail. The trail ends at the lake. Flash and Dale begin wading through the water, but soon realize they have taken a wrong turn and are lost in a swamp. Dale falls into quicksand. Flash struggles and successfully pulls her free only to become trapped himself. Dale ties a heavy stone around a strong creeper and throws it to Flash. He manages to crawl his way out of the quicksand.

Sounds cool, but I've yet to find a copy of it online. I'll keep searching, though...

i found this on ebay thought it was a book of the strips but seems to be text based on the strip

oh youre welcome btw

Its not anything I have done, specifically, but most major newspapers can be read from microfilm or microfiche, if not electronically, in many good research libraries. If this comic strip ran in such newspapers (and I am sure it did) that ought to be a way to find it, , and not too difficult if you have access to an appropriate library AND if the publication date mentioned below was held to.

stefani_qs wrote:oh youre welcome btw

Appreciate it! Just slow on the replies...