Mongo is the fictional planet where the action of the comic strip (and later movie serials) of Flash Gordon is located. The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... Flash Gordon is a 1936 film serial which tells the story of three people from Earth who travel to the planet Mongo to fight the evil Emperor Ming the Merciless. ... Flash Gordon is a science fiction comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, first published on January 7, 1934. ...

Part of the planet is covered by the forest realm of Arboria, another by caverns and mountains, and part is the frozen kingdom of Frigia.

Mongo is inhabited by a number of different cultures, some quite technologically advanced, that have been falling one by one under the domination of the vicious tyrant Ming the Merciless, including the Lion Men, the Hawk Men and the Blue Magic Men. Ming the Merciless is a fictional character appearing in the Flash Gordon comic strip. ...

History

The planet's history is somewhat like Earth's history. The planet had wars and kings like most countries. The world is ruled by a usurper named Ming the Merciless, who makes the planet a terrible place to inhabit. Earth (often referred to as The Earth) is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance from the Sun, and the fifth in order of size. ... Look up Usurper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Usurper is a derogatory term used to describe either an illegitimate or controversial claimant to the throne in a monarchy, or a person who succeeds in establishing himself as a monarch without having inherited the throne in the normal way. ... Ming the Merciless is a fictional character appearing in the Flash Gordon comic strip. ... A planet is generally considered to be a relatively large mass of accreted matter in orbit around a star that is not a star itself. ...

Web sites

Links to maps and other fictional locations.

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