Prince Thun

Prince Thun is a fictional character who appeared in various forms of the Flash Gordon comic strip and film productions. He is a Lion Man of Mongo and one of Flash's most trusted friends. Thun first appeared in the Alex Raymond comic strip of the 1930s and quickly becomes an ally of Flash, helping him twice in stopping Ming marrying Dale. Soon he appeared in other incarnations of the character. In 1936, Thun was first played by James Pierce in the film serial entitled Flash Gordon. Thun appeared in the serial much as he did in the comic strip, a humanoid with a wild shock of long hair and a long beard, creating the overall effect of a lion's mane. Flash, Dale and Zarvok encounter a "lion-man" in "The Forbidden Experiment", the 25th...