The Space Circus: Volume 3

Flash Gordon is kidnapped and forced to perform as a trapeze artist in a circus of slaves. Flash foils his captors and forms an expedition to end the tyranny on the planet Mesmo.

Ron Goulart (b 1933)

Aka Kenneth Robeson, Frank S. Shawn, Joseph Silva, Con Steffanson

Ron Goulart is a professional author having worked over several decades and has over 180 books to his credit, including more than 50 science fiction novels and over 20 mysteries. He's received two Edgar Award nominations and is considered one of the country's leading authorities on comic books and comic strips, as shown in his 2000 book, Comic Book Culture. Ron lives with his wife, Frances, also a writer, in Connecticut.