Dale Arden is About to be Enslaved

Dale is about to lose another outfit! Like good villains in all media, the first thing the baddies in Flash Gordon do when they have Dale Arden in their clutches, is to issue her a new, much scantier wardrobe. Dale and Ronal, who have shared a mutual infatuation, are enslaved together. Ronal ends up in manacles in a dungeon while Dale is given a gown with a revealing bodice and a long slit that exposes a lot of leg to wear. Later, the giant put the moves on Dale, much to her chagrin.

Elsewhere in the strip we see a typical "good girl art" pose that would be replicated by every comic book artist of the thirties and forties, and the hairstyle George Lucas ripped off for Princess Leia. Remember Lucas first wanted to make a Flash Gordon film but could not obtain the rights. He was a big fan of the Alex Raymond strip, as was the man who won the bidding war for Flash Gordon -- Dino DeLaurentis.