Flash Gordon Box: Space Soldiers/ Trip To Mars/ Conquers The Universe (1996) Rating: Starring: Buster Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Priscilla Lawson, Charles Middleton, Beatrice Roberts, Jean Rogers, Frank Shannon Director: Frederick Stephani Category: Science-Fiction Studio: Image Ent. Subtitles: [None] Length: 778 mins     Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe: The Earth is dying!A rocket hovering over the planet is dropping purple dust into the atmosphere, causing instant death!Blasting off to save humanity are Flash Gordon (Buster Crabbe), Dale Arden (Carol Hughes) and Dr. Hans Zarkov (Frank Shannon), three interplanetary adventurers who head back to Mongo, the source of the plague.Upon landing, Flash discovers that none other than their arch enemy, Ming the Merciless (Charles Middleton), is the madman behind the carnage.He also learns of Polarite -- the antidote to the death dust -- which can only be found in the mountainous wastelands of frozen Frigia.Eluding imminent capture, Flash and his comrades head north, closely pursued by Ming's soldiers who have been ordered to stop the heroic Earthman, no matter what the cost.Can Flash defy the odds and save the Earth from the treacherous dictator's master plan -- the complete and utter subjugation of the entire universe?The answers lie in 12 astounding episodes of intergalactic action and adventure, Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe! Flash Gordon's Trip To Mars: Life on Earth is about to be destroyed!A mysterious beam of light -- emanating from Mars -- is sucking the nitrogen from the planet's atmosphere, and only Flash Gordon ("Buster" Crabbe) can stop it.Blasting off with Dale Arden (Jean Rogers) and Dr. Hans Zarkov (Frank Shannon), Flash and his intrepid band of adventurers quickly learn that Queen Azura (Beatrice Roberts), ruler of Mars, is stealing Earth's nitrogen to aid in her ongoing war with the Clay People.They are Martians whom Azura magically turned into living mud.A bigger surprise, however, is yet to come...working closely with the Queen is Flash's mortal enemy, Ming the Merciless (Charles Middleton), who -- while posing as Azura's ally -- is secretly plotting to overthrow the Queen and seize Mars for himself!Can Flash save the Earth, rescue the Clay People, bring Azura to her senses, and stop Ming's heinous scheme?The answers lie in Flash Gordon's Trip To Mars, 15 thrilling episodes of sci-fi high adventure at its very best. Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers: Humanity is doomed to destruction!A distant planet has broken its orbit and is headed straight toward the Earth.While Dr. Hans Zarkov (Frank Shannon) works feverishly to finish a rocketship of his own design, internationally renowned polo player and Yale graduate Flash Gordon ("Buster" Crabbe) is a passenger on a small plane where he meets fellow traveler, Dale Arden (Jean Rogers).When a meteor storm destroys their aircraft, Flash and Dale bail out and land near Zarkov's ship.The great scientist enlists them to join him on his quest to save Earth and the heroic trio blasts off into space to rendezvous with the runaway planet - Mongo.Upon landing, Flash, Dale and Zarkov are brought to the palace of Mongo's supreme ruler, Ming the Merciless (Charles Middleton), who immediately decides to marry Dale, make a lab slave of Zarkov and dispose of Flash.Only through the intervention of Ming's daughter, Princess Aura (Priscilla Lawson) -- who lusts after the strapping Earthman -- does Flash escape, leading to 13 hair-raising episodes of fabulous high adventure on Mongo, a fantastic planet complete with Hawkmen, Lionmen, sacred Gockos, orangaphoids, melting rays, sky cities, rocket fleets, atom furnaces and tournaments of death, all controlled by the cruelest despot in the Universe...Ming the Merciless, an evil tyrant who must be destroyed!And Flash Gordon is just the man who can do it!