Chapter seven of 1934’s original “Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers Conquer the Universe” Serial. Flash uses Zarkov’s Thermal control to control the fiery missile Emperor fired into Barin’s territory. Flash is almost toast, but survives the day with a nice suntan.That brainy Zarkov has come up with a neato weapon that could defeat Ming’s power to his ships and guns, rendering him defenseless, but, when it’s used it leaves a path of destruction from it’s firing point too. Attempts to put the weapon in the land of the dead before firing ends up with a heap of rock men attacking just as a huge explosion goes off.

Chapter six of 1934’s original “Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers Conquer the Universe” Serial. Barin decodes Flash’s laser code just seconds before shooting down the ship Flash had escaped on with Zarkov & Dale. No matter, Ming’s evil genius has finished projectiles made of fire metal, which Ming wants to target at earth, but to test them Ming needs a subject. Ming sends forces to kidnap his daughter (Barin’s wife) so he can blow up Barin’s kingdom without feeling bad. Professor Zarkov has a way to defuse the burning projectiles, but someone (Flash) has to tempt fate to try and contain it’s massive energy, once a fiery inferno has started.

Chapter five of 1934’s original “Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers Conquer the Universe” Serial. Flash tries to rescue Zarkov but is thwarted by the evil Ming. Flash hides in Ming’s palace and disguised as a guard, is finally able to escape with both Dale & Zarkov in one of Ming’s rocket ships. Uh, oh, Barin sees a ship leaving the palace and decides to shoot it down, unaware Flash, Dale and Zarkov are aboard; that’s bad news, and Barin has good aim.

Chapter four of 1934’s original “Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers Conquer the Universe” serial. Emperor Ming thinks his exploding robots got the Santa-clad Flash, but instead the robots capture Dale and Zarkov and return them back to their ship. No matter, Flash pours the polartite out onto the top of Mt. McKinley. Flash knocks out some baddies and then heads to Ming’s palace to get Dale & Zarkov back.

Chapter three of 1934’s original “Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers Conquer the Universe” Serial. A big ‘ol nasty avalanche can’t stop our intrepid adventurers and their search for polarite, the only known antidote for the plague ravaging Earth. Millions of tons of snow can’t stop them, but Ming’s army of explosive robots might just do the trick. Does anyone else think Flash Gordon is looking a lot like Santa in this episode?