The origin of one of science fiction's seminal supervillains, and the archnemesis of Flash Gordon, is explored in this softcover collection of DynamiteEntertainment's critically acclaimed Merciless: The Rise of Mingfour-issue mini-series! Set decades before the would-be interplanetary conqueror turned hisattentions upon an unwitting Earth, Merciless chronicles the formativeyears of Prince Ming, heir to all he surveys and the fabulous peoples of distantMongo, a planet politically divided by its divergent species and as physicallyfractured as the ring of shattered moons orbiting it. Disillusioned by hisfather's rule and anxious to begin his own dynasty, Ming engineers events toseat himself upon the imperial throne of Mongo, sooner rather than later. Armedwith mindboggling weapons of planetary destruction, Ming the Merciless won'tsettle for anything less than dominion over his world... and every galaxy in theknown universe!