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Queen Azura

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AZURA
Performer:
Jody Thompson (Sci Fi Channel)
Beatrice Roberts (1938 serial)
Azura in 1979 filmation cartoon

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Sci Fi Channel

Azura appears in the Sci Fi Channel Flash Gordon series in the episodes "Secrets and Lies" and "Revolution - Part 2". In the new show, Azura is played by Jody Thompson and is the leader of the Zurn.

Comic strip

Queen Azura first appears in the Flash Gordon comic strip in "The Witch Queen of Mongo", as the leader of the blue-clad Magic Men. Azura rules the land from her castle, Syk. As most women on Mongo do, she takes a special interest in Flash Gordon. She drugs him with lethium, which wipes away his memory, and then convinces him that he is her consort. [1]

Serial

In the 1938 serial Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, Azura rules the planet Mars, teaming up with Emperor Ming to destroy Earth with her nitron beam. In the 1979 Filmation's animated series , Azura is the queen of Syk. She is portrayed as a blue skinned beautiful evil woman. She tries to get Flash as her lover and husband, but in vain.

References

  1. "The Witch Queen of Mongo", May 5, 1935.