"...most
people don't realize that Flash Gordon
was real, that he really went to Mongo
with Dale and Zarkov, he really did show
an alien world how to rebel against tryanny
and oppression, and he really did save
the Earth. For commercial and cultural
reasons, we couldn't let young Alex Raymond
reveal the true nature and scope of his
old pal's adventures, so all we got was
the "Sunday Comics" version..."
"Maybe
one day the world will be ready for the
TRUE story of Flash Gordon."
quote
purported to confidant of William Randolph
Hearst
