Earth teenagers Flash Gordon and Dale Arden, and their reluctant friend Dr. Zarkov, journey to the fantastic planet Mongo where they fight to defeat the evil planetary dictator, Ming the Merciless.

Flash, Dale and Dr. Zarkov rescue the Lionid princess Thundar from Ming and the treacherous Vine People. This feat earns them the respect of Prince Talon and renews the rebellion against Ming.

Flash races time to save Dale and Dr. Zarkov from being sacrificed to a volcano by the Trogs, a tribe of suspicious cave dwellers.

When Mongo is attacked by a fleet of UFOs, only Flash questions Ming's attempts to form an alliance with the Rebel forces.

Queen Kayla and her Shark People hold Flash captive underwater while Ming prepares a sneak attack on the Rebel forces.

Flash competes against Aura in the Mongonian Aerial Games. Although a truce is in effect during the games, Ming attacks.

Sulpha, Ming's dragon scientist, creates an army of invisible Rock People to conquer a peaceful desert kingdom.

While Ming is away, Aura takes command of Mongo. She offers a truce if Flash will agree to marry her and rule Mongo at her side.

Kobalt the mercenary pretends to fall in love with Thundar, raising Flash's suspicions when he joins an attack on Ming's bomb factory.

Flash, Dale and Dr. Zarkov discover Mongo's legendary lost Hall of the dragons. Surprisingly, Sulpha helps keep the secret from Ming.

Believing that Ming has lost his mind, Aura and Kayla hatch separate plots to overthrow Ming and take the throne of Mongo.

Flash, Dale and Dr. Zarkov set off for Earth in an experimental space ship, unaware that Sulpha has hidden a bomb in the ship.

Dale joins forces with one of Ming's loyal supporters, handsome Prince Barin of Arboria, supposedly betraying Flash and the rebel forces.

Flash and Aura form an uneasy alliance to protect the peaceful inhabitants of a previously undiscovered moon from Ming's wrath.

Sulpha finds a cache of what seem to be dragon eggs, and asks Flash to stall Ming while she searches for the secret to her lost race.

Zarkov literally loses his mind in a dangerous Dynacrystal experiment, enabling Ming to lure Flash and Dale into a deadly trap.

Ming throws Lynch in jail, but his replacement performs so well that Flash, Aura and Barin trick Ming getting Lynch back.

Talon discovers Ming's powerful energy source, a priceless hoard of Dynacrystals hidden deep in a mountain lake.

Ming prepares to attack King Vultan of the Hawk People. It's up to Flash and Talon to keep Hawk City from being blown from the sky.

Ming's Imperial Palace becomes a battleground when Flash reprograms a factory to turn out Rock Warriors with minds of their own.

Ming's plan to invade Earth threatens Kayla's underwater kingdom. Flash must prevent a war between them before it destroys Mongo.

Flash shoots down Ming's Megaraptor with Ming himself aboard, but the mysterious double of Ming takes his throne.

When Ming fires Kobalt, the Pantheron mercenary goes into business for himself, posing a threat to a secret Rebel mission.

When Aura, Ming and Flash crash land on a barren moon, they must work together to against space squids.

Earth is placed in jeopardy when Flash and Dale's parents attempt to rescue their children by reopening the black hole doorway.