Flash Gordon: Dan Barry Vol. 2: The Lost Continent

Born in 1923, Dan Barry's life-long career as a comic strip artist began in 1941. he went on to work for Timely, Feature Comics and Fawcett on titles such as Scottie, Black Owle, Airboy, Boy King, Spy Smasher and Doc Savage. Following his national service, where he served in the Air Force, Barry returned to comics, assisting Burne Hogarth on the Tarzan daily newspaper strip before taking over the strip from 1947 – 1948. In 1951 Barry was hired to revive the Flash Gordon daily strip and eventually took over the Sunday edition too. In 1980, Dan Barry created the official poster for the Mike Hodges Flash Gordon movie. Barry drew Flash Gordon for nearly 50 years. He died in January 1997 at the age of 74.