Description: "Join Flash Gordon, Dale Arden, Dr. Zarkov and their allies from Mongo as they battle the evil tyrant, Ming the Merciless. Readers will be thrilled by Flash Gordon and his friend's zany adventures, while enjoying valuable, but humorous life lessons learned about friendship, teamwork, and how alien-world gravity affects the digestive system, why a lizard machine is important for making new lizards and why Zarkov develops a way to make fake beards for Ming to wear"--
Brief description: Franco is the co-creator of AW YEAH COMICS! Publishing and retail stores. Franco created the DINO-MIKE book series and has worked for various Comic properties including the critically acclaimed SUPERMAN FAMILY ADVENTURES, YOUNG JUSTICE, BILLY BATSON and the MAGIC of SHAZAM, and the New York Times bestseller, multi-Eisner award and Harvey award winning series TINY TITANS! (DC Comics) GRIMISS ISLAND and Eisner Award winning ITTY BITTY HELLBOY (Dark Horse Comics), Little ARCHIE (Archie Comics) and FLASH GORDON ADVENTURES (Papercutz), the original graphic novels THE GHOST, THE OWL (Ringo Award Nominated) and FAE AND THE MOON (Little Bee) Franco was also a High School Art teacher for 24 years and has shown work in galleries. Twitter/Instagram/Blusky: @awyeahfranco blindwolfstudios.com
Review Quotes: Expertly written and illustrated by Baltazar, who is well known for his distinctive style, this first volume will delight readers of all ages. [...] This volume is the perfect thing to bring this iconic character back to life and popularity.-- "School Library Journal"