Kings Watch

{{Short description|Comic book series}}

{{Infobox comic book title

| image = Kings Watch, Dynamite Entertainment, Sep 2013.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption =

| schedule = Bi-monthly

| limited = Y

| Superhero = Y

| publisher = Dynamite Entertainment

| date =

| startmo = September 6,

| startyr = 2013

| endmo = April 7,

| endyr = 2014

| issues = 5

| main_char_team = Dale Arden
Flash Gordon
Lothar
Mandrake the Magician
The Phantom
Professor Zarkov

| issn =

| writers = Jeff Parker

| letterers = Simon Bowland

| artists = Marc Laming

| colorists = Jordan Boyd

| TPB = Kings Watch

| ISBN = 1606904868

}}

Kings Watch is a bi-monthly comic book limited series written by Jeff Parker and drawn by Marc Laming.{{Cite web| last = Seifert| first = Mark| title = Jeff Parker Stands The King's Watch With The Phantom, Mandrake and Flash Gordon| work = Bleeding Cool| access-date = 2017-01-02| date = 2013-12-09| url = https://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/12/09/jeff-parker-stands-the-kings-watch-with-the-phantom-mandrake-and-flash-gordon/}}{{cite web|url=http://comicsalliance.com/kings-watch-jeff-parker-interview-phantom-flash-gordon-mandrake-dynamite/|title=Jeff Parker On Reuniting The Phantom, Flash Gordon And Mandrake For 'Kings Watch' [Interview]|date=13 June 2013|work=ComicsAlliance|access-date=2 January 2017|author=Chris Sims}} It was published by Dynamite Entertainment from September 6, 2013 to April 7, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbr.com/kings-watch-1-2/|title=Kings Watch #1 (Preview)|publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=September 6, 2013|access-date=December 30, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cbr.com/kings-watch-5-2/|title=Kings Watch #5 (Preview)|publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=April 7, 2014|access-date=December 30, 2016}} It is a crossover featuring Flash Gordon, the Phantom, and Mandrake the Magician from King Features Syndicate.{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/feature/183203-on-kings-watch-and-its-effortless-humor/|work=PopMatters|access-date=2 January 2017|title=On 'Kings Watch' and its Effortless Humor|date=27 June 2014|author=Matthew Derman}} The trade paperback edition was released on August 13, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbr.com/kings-watch-tpb/|title=Kings Watch TPB (Preview)|publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=August 11, 2014|access-date=December 30, 2016}}

Premise

When strange phenomena fill the skies and all humanity shares a similar vision, Flash Gordon, the Phantom, and Mandrake the Magician join forces to face a threat that is related to the Cult of the Cobra.

Sequel

A sequel titled Kings Quest was released from May to September 2016.{{Cite web |title=Dynamite® Kings Quest #1 (Of 4) |url=https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?PRO=C72513024751301011 |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=www.dynamite.com}}

References