Dragons
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Dragons live in the caves of Mongo. They are curious and apparently hungry. However, they can be distracted from their prey by the arrival of a rival lizard.
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Comic strip
Flash and Dale are menaced by a dragon (which is simply called a "monster") in the second and third installments of the Flash Gordon comic strip. [1] Flash tries to fight the monster with his clasp-knife, but the creature's hide is too strong for the blade to penetrate. Luckily, the monster is distracted by the arrival of another beast, which looks something like an orange brontosaurs.
The blood of dragons is poisonous, and is used in ritual battles. [2]
1936 serial
Flash, Dale and Dr. Zarkov are menaced by dragons in the first chapter of the 1936 Flash Gordon serial. The trio escape when the dragons are killed by a ray gun blast from Officer Torch's rocket ship. In the second chapter, Flash and Princess Aura are saved from being tossed into a pit of dragons.
In the serial, the giant dragons of Mongo bear some resemblance to the iguana of Earth, although the Mongo lizards have extra frills on their backs, and, of course, they're much larger.
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References
- ↑ "On the Planet Mongo", January 14-21, 1934.
- ↑ "The Monsters of Mongo", April 29, 1934.
