Flash Gordon 1988 #5

The Plot: "The Power and the Fury"

Having survived the trials of Mingo City, the Sky City, and the forests of Arboria, Flash Gordon finally brings the leaders together.

• The Summit of Rebellion: Flash facilitates a tense meeting between Prince Barin of Arboria and Prince Vultan of the Hawkmen. The two leaders have centuries of bad blood between them, and the issue focuses on Flash’s struggle to prove that Ming is a greater threat to them than they are to each other.
• The Traitor in the Midst: Not everyone wants the rebellion to succeed. The plot reveals a high-level informant within the rebel ranks who is feeding information back to Ming’s Secret Police.
• Ming’s Counter-Move: Tired of the "outlander’s" interference, Ming authorizes a scorched-earth policy against the borderlands of Arboria. We see the true scale of Ming’s technological terror—orbital bombardments that make the rebellion feel hopelessly outmatched.
• Dr. Zarkov’s Discovery: Zarkov begins to decipher the "Source of the Power" that keeps Mongo’s technology running, discovering a horrifying secret about how Ming siphons energy from the planet’s very core.