Reading Room FLASH GORDON COMICS "Stories Behind the Stars"

This was an ongoing feature about the mythological origins of the constellations...

...which has never been reprinted since its' appearance in Harvey's Flash Gordon #2, #3, and #4 (1950).

Ever wonder what the actual legend behind Clash of the Titans was?

You'll note the "monster" is not the movie's Kraken, which was a mythological Norse creature based on sailors' sightings of huge octopi.

Ray Harryhausen let his imagination run wild, producing a far more interesting creature than the usual fire-breathing lizard.

Last, but hardly least, here's a popular mythological creature who's been "retconned" in movies and tv...

...but this never-reprinted one-pager from Harvey's Flash Gordon #4 (1950) gives you the original version of the story!
Note, again, Ray Harryhausen presents the (for many of us) definitive cinematic version of the creature, but substituting Jason (the leader of the Argonauts) for Hercules...

All illustrated (and likely written) by by Bob Powell!