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ZariusTwo
10-23-2023, 10:31 AM
After a 20 year drought of nothing but reruns, Kings Feature have rebooted the serialized Flash Gordon daily newspaper comic strip with new writer/artist Dan Schkade

https://comicskingdom.com/flash-gordon/2023-10-22
neatoman
10-23-2023, 10:49 AM
... Isn't that kind of a weird move when the character is like six years away from becoming public domain?
ZariusTwo
10-23-2023, 11:29 AM
... Isn't that kind of weird move when the character is like six years away from becoming public domain?

I think it's part of yet another big push planned for the franchise before that can happen, probably to raise the profile a bit more so that when that happens it becomes a must-have.

The last few attempts haven't been...great to say the least.