Story by Jeff Parker, Dan Parent. Cover by Sandy Jarrell.
A strange phenomenon occurs, leading to an alien crash-landing in Riverdale. Fortunately, someone arrives on the scene to save the day: FLASH GORDON. A conqueror from another world wants to colonize Earth and he's close to sustaining a portal that could let his warships through-which leads Flash Gordon, along with Archie and his friends, to the Planet Mongo in this special crossover event.