Il malvagio venuto dallo spazio (Spada)

Il malvagio venuto dallo spazio
French version
1st publication:	Mandrake #90/1965
# of pages:	32 pgs
Writer:	Giovanni Fiorentini
Artist:	Domenico Mirabella
Producer:	Fratelli Spada

"Il malvagio venuto dallo spazio" is an Italian made Mandrake story from 1965. It looks like this originally was a non-Mandrake story, a bit edited and with new pictures of Mandrake and friends drawn (glued) into the story.

Plot summary

A meteor crash, bringing a strange creature to earth. It was, Magdor, an escaped from the planet Xeni, bringing a secret mineral which could destroy the universe.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda

One-time characters

• Mary
• John
• Slim
• Magdor
• Monark of Xeni, ruler of the universe
• Ilym, chief of the Space Force

Locations

• The planet Xeni.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:
note: the complete story was only printed in Italy and France. All other reprints was the King Comics version where the 2 first pages and the 3 top pictures on page 3 was edited away. A new splash picture and the last row of pictures of page 3 then became the first page for the King Comics version.

Brazil

• "O Terror Vinco do Espaço", Mandrake #145 (1968)

Chile

• "Terror del Espacio", Mandrake el mago #15

France

• "Un malfaiteur venu de l'espace", Mandrake #73 (1965)

India

• "Terror from Outer Space", Indrajal Comics #68

Italy

• "Il malvagio venuto dallo spazio", Mandrake #90 (1965)

United Kingdom

• "Terror from Outer Space", Uncanny Tales #96
• "Terror from Outer Space", Uncanny Tales #124
• "Terror from Outer Space", Uncanny Tales #153

USA

• "Terror from Outer Space", Mandrake the Magician #9/1967
• "Terror from Outer Space", The Complete Series: The King Years: Volume 2 (2016)