Defenders Of The Earth
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Defenders of the Earth premiered in 1985 and was based on comic strips by King Features Syndicate. The Defenders included Flash Gordon, The Phantom, Mandrake the Magician, Lothar, and their primary villain, Ming the Merciless. Flash Gordon was their fearless leader and was often accompanied by his son, Rick Gordon.
The series lasted only one season, but it did spark a short-lived comic book series by Star Comics. Though it wasn’t as popular as Marvel Comics characters, the series did have a little help from Stan Lee. Lee wrote the lyrics for the series theme song to the show.
