Galaxy War

Galaxy War
Start date:	July 7th, 1974
End date:	June 1st, 1975
# of strips:	48 (48 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Return to X"
Followed by:	"The Roadhouse"

"Galaxy War" is the 125th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Magnon, the Emperior of the central galaxy, invites our friends to celebrate the tenth anniversary of his and Carola's wedding.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• Magnon
• Carola
• Nardraka
• Hojo, at Xanadu only

One-time characters

• Space Marshal Rodon.
• Maxo, aboard the Emperor's flagship
• The Ratmen
• Star-Eaters, creatures as small planets
• Space-Stars, the spawn of star-eaters
• A polar cat, big as a three-story house
• The swarm, a bee alike alian life form

Locations

• New York City
  • Xanadu
• Magna

Behind the scenes

• At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "Galaxy War", which is lifted from the plot.
• Magnon is 150 years old.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "El Accidentado Viaje a Magna" and "Las Abejas Atacan", Sandokan #26 and Super Sandokan #13 (1983)

France

• "Attaque dans la galaxie" & "Princesse contre reine", Mandrake #434 and #435 (1977)

India

• "The Bandits of Magna", Indrajal Comics #257 (1976)

Italy

• "Atacco nella galassia" & "Alla corte dell'imperatore", Mandrake #79 & #80 (1977)
• "L’anniversario delle nozze di Magnon e Carola", Mandrake - New Comics Now #375 (1997)

Portugal

• "A 30000 Anos Luz ma Galáxia Central", Jornal do Cuto #117 (1975)

Turkey

• "Yıldönümü", Mandrake #146, #147, #148, #149 and #150 (1977)
• "Yıldönümü", Mandrake Albüm #49 and #50 (1977)
• "Yıldönümü", Mandrake Süper Albüm #28 and #29

Yugoslavia

• "Svemirski gusari", Super EKS Almanah #55 (1984)