Emperor Ming on the planet of Mongo, has been reimagined across mediums and inspired stories from film to even Flash Gordon inspired Dungeons & Dragons campaigns. It's served as the basis of film ...

After saving the Earth from a comet, Flash Gordon is forced to land his spaceship on Mongo -- a bizarre planet ruled by the tyrannical Emperor, Ming the Merciless. To save themselves and liberate the ...

One of the biggest films of his career, the space opera Flash Gordon, followed in 1980. The movie saw warring factions of the planet Mongo unite against the oppression of Ming the Merciless.