"The Mercy Wars, Chapter One: Blast Off!"
CIA agents Dale Arden and Ray Alexander recruit Yale professor Flash Gordon to help locate his old mentor, Dr. Hans Zarkov. It seems that Zarkov, a brilliant scientist, has created a weapon of mass destruction that he intends to sell to the highest bidder. But things are not exactly as they seem. The mysterious and malevolent General is secretly manipulating events and wants Zarkov's invention for himself.