Hmmm. We've had an Octosac and an Orangopoid, so no prizes for guessing what the Tigron turns out to be.
Anyway, the soldiers run away when Flash disappears. (They also scattered rather comically when they saw the Fire Dragon earlier). Zarkov laughs and reveals that he has invented an Invisibility Ray. This seems a little suspect, given that Zarkov has been busy with the Floating City Ray and radioing Earth. Dale doesn't hold with this new-fangled invisibility and says she doesn't like it. Zarkov makes him visible again.
The Invisibility Ray isn't quite perfect - Zarkov doesn't know how long it'll last. Barin wants a go, but Flash says he'll test it. He slips into Ming's chamber and throttles him, scaring him a bit. Charles Middleton does some good 'being throttled by an invisible foe' acting.
Ming orders his men to kill Flash the moment he becomes visible again. The High Priest tells Ming that it's not a trick, it's the vengeance of the Gods because they killed the Fire Dragon - Ming has him locked up.
Still invisible, Flash rescues King Vulcan from jail. This involves fooling a soldier with a 'dancing' fish. Vulcan laughs.
Aura persuades Ming that he can't kill a man he can't see. He allows her to spy on the Puny Humans in the laboratory.
Back in the lab, they show Vulcan the Invisibility Ray - he wants a go too. The plan is to take power magazines to Zarkov's ship and to Vulcan's city.
The Earth calls again. The dialogue and acting on Earth is really, really bad. Again, they receive the message ('Everyone alive, but in danger') but they don't reply. Shame Professor Gordon is related because there's a golden opportunity to say, "Gordon's ALIVE" and no-one takes it. They go with "Your son lives!" instead.
Zarkov makes Flash invisible again and they take the power magazines to the ship, leaving Barin and Dale behind. Aura eavesdrops and hears the whole plan. Flash mocks Zarkov's puny carrying powers - the invisibility is going to his head.
Barin realises they are being watched and takes Dale to "a cave in the catacombs under the palace". Aura tells Ming and says that she'll capture Dale. She gets her henchwoman and they use "the sacred Tigron" to track Dale, using one of her shoes.
Flash, Zarkov and Vultan arrive back at the lab and fight some soldiers. Vulcan uses the time-honoured 'Belly-slamming' method. Flash becomes visible again. Barin returns and he and Flash go back for Dale.
The Tigron is -yes!- a Tiger. It seems a little frisky. It gets away from Aura and her henchwoman and attacks Dale!
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