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|Title= The Mysterious Prince | |Title= The Mysterious Prince | ||
|image= | |image= [[Image:md-1945-07-02.jpg|400 px]] | ||
|Start= July 2nd, 1945 | |Start= July 2nd, 1945 | ||
|End= October 13th, 1945 | |End= October 13th, 1945 | ||
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== Plot Summary == | == Plot Summary == | ||
Mandrake and Narda visiting the wealthy Mrs. Van Stoff. Then she receives a strange guest, the mysterious Prince Zombaga. | |||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
<div style="float:left; width: | <div style="float:left; width:40%;"> | ||
'''Recurring characters''' | '''Recurring characters''' | ||
*[[Mandrake]] | *[[Mandrake]] | ||
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'''One-time characters''' | '''One-time characters''' | ||
*Mrs Van Stoff, | |||
</div><div style="float:right; width: | *Billings, Mrs Van Stoff's butler. | ||
*Prince Zombaga, a robot radio-controlled by Steigler.. | |||
*Count Steigler, Prince Zombaga's ''ambassador''. | |||
*Caesar, Steigler's servant. | |||
</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;"> | |||
'''Locations''' | '''Locations''' | ||
*New York (?) | |||
**A jewelry store on Main Street. | |||
*The Van Stoff's estate. | |||
*An old mill. | |||
*Steigler's sumptuous crystal apartment. | |||
</div><br clear="all"> | </div><br clear="all"> | ||
== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
= | *The title for the story taken from the strip of June 30 and July 2, 1945 (Next Week = The Mysterious Prince & Beginning: The Mysterious Prince). | ||
*Strangly Steigler's hide-out "The old mill" and the "sumptuous crystal apartment" is the same hide-out ! ? | |||
*In an attempt to charm Narda Prince Zombaga reading a poem from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubaiyat_of_Omar_Khayyam Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam]: | |||
**XII | |||
***''A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,'' | |||
***''A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread--and Thou'' | |||
***''Beside me singing in the Wilderness--'' | |||
***''Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow! '' | |||
**Prince Zombaga: | |||
***Ah, Love, | |||
***A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread and Thou | |||
***and this were Paradise enow! | |||
== Signifiant covers == | |||
<gallery> | |||
Album Pif-Paf-18.jpg|[[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina | |||
Super-Album-Historieta-Mand.jpg|[[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina | |||
Gibi1056..jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil | |||
Gibi1070.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil | |||
Mandrake247rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil | |||
Kippari kalle 1955-01.jpg|[[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland | |||
Super Albo 016.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy | |||
Special Mandrake-FS 179.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy | |||
Comart30.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy | |||
Mandrake FP 003.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand | |||
Mandrake he 02-10.jpg|[[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal | |||
LGA Merlin el Mago Moderno-43.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain | |||
LGA Merlin el Mago Moderno-44.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain | |||
LGA Merlin el Mago Moderno-45.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain | |||
Mandrake formatic-01.jpg[[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden | |||
Pcc-tcms-d036.jpg|[[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Reprints == | == Reprints == | ||
This story has been published in the following publications: | This story has been published in the following publications: | ||
=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina === | |||
*"El principe misterioso", [[Album Pif-Paf 18|''Album Pif-Paf'' #18]] (1954) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia === | |||
*"The Mysterious Prince", [[Mandrake Annual 1952|''Mandrake Annual'']] (1952) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil === | |||
*"O Príncipe Zombaga", [[Mandrake, o Mágico 17|''Mandrake, o Mágico'' #17]] (1972) | |||
*"O Estranho Príncipe", [[Mandrake 247 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #247]] (1976) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland === | |||
*"Intian Prinssi", [[Kippari Kalle 1/1955|''Kippari Kalle'' #1]] (1955) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France === | |||
*"Le monstre du marais",[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 51|''Spécial Mandrake'' #51]] (1967) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_germany.gif]] West Germany === | |||
*"Der Prinz aus Indien", [[Phantom-Heft 1/1954|''Phantom-Heft'' #1]] (1954) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy === | |||
*"Il principe misterioso", [[L'Avventura|''L'Avventura'']] (1946-1947) | |||
*"Il mostro della palude", [[Super Albo 16 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)]] (1962) | |||
*"Il mostro della palude", [[Special Mandrake 179 (Fratelli Spada)|''Special Mandrake'' #179]] (1966) | |||
*"Il principe misterioso", [[New Comics Now 214|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #214]] (1988) | |||
*"Il principe misterioso", [[Mandrake 30 (Comic Art)]] (1994) | |||
=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand === | |||
*"The Mysterious Prince", [[Mandrake the Magician 2 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #2'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 3 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #3'']] (1949/1950) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal === | |||
*"O Misterioso Principe", [[Mandrake 10 (Hiquafi-Editora)|''Mandrake'' #10]] (197?) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain === | |||
*"El príncipe misteroso", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 43|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #43]], | |||
**"La trampa", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 44|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #44]] and | |||
**"Camino de muerte", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 45|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #45]] (1947) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden === | === [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden === | ||
*"Den | *"Den mystiske prins Zombaga", [[Tarzan|''Tarzan'']] # 22/1954. | ||
*"Den | *"Den mystiske prins Zombaga", [[Stjärnmagasinet |''Stjärnmagasinet'']] # 22/1955 - # 26/1955. | ||
*"Den mystiske prinsen", [[Mandrake 1/1962 (Formatic Press)|''Mandrake'' #1]] (1962) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom === | |||
*"The Mysterious Prince", [[Mandrake the Magician 3 (U.K. Comic Fandom Publishing)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #3]] | |||
=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA === | |||
*"The Mysterious Prince", [[The Classic Mandrake Series / Episode: "The Mysterious Prince" (Pacific Comics Club)|''The Classic Mandrake Series / Episode: "The Mysterious Prince" (Pacific Comics Club)'' ]] (20??) | |||
[[Category:Daily stories|Mysterious Prince, The]] | [[Category:Daily stories|Mysterious Prince, The]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:14, 2 February 2024
| The Mysterious Prince | |
| |
| Start date: | July 2nd, 1945 |
|---|---|
| End date: | October 13th, 1945 |
| # of strips: | 90 (15 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "The Old Ones" |
| Followed by: | "The Sleeping Beauty" |
"The Mysterious Prince" is the 36th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
Mandrake and Narda visiting the wealthy Mrs. Van Stoff. Then she receives a strange guest, the mysterious Prince Zombaga.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Mrs Van Stoff,
- Billings, Mrs Van Stoff's butler.
- Prince Zombaga, a robot radio-controlled by Steigler..
- Count Steigler, Prince Zombaga's ambassador.
- Caesar, Steigler's servant.
Locations
- New York (?)
- A jewelry store on Main Street.
- The Van Stoff's estate.
- An old mill.
- Steigler's sumptuous crystal apartment.
Behind the scenes
- The title for the story taken from the strip of June 30 and July 2, 1945 (Next Week = The Mysterious Prince & Beginning: The Mysterious Prince).
- Strangly Steigler's hide-out "The old mill" and the "sumptuous crystal apartment" is the same hide-out ! ?
- In an attempt to charm Narda Prince Zombaga reading a poem from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:
- XII
- A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,
- A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread--and Thou
- Beside me singing in the Wilderness--
- Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!
- Prince Zombaga:
- Ah, Love,
- A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread and Thou
- and this were Paradise enow!
- XII
Signifiant covers
Argentina
Argentina
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Finland
Italy
Italy
Italy
New Zealand
Portugal
Spain
Spain
Spain
USA
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "El principe misterioso", Album Pif-Paf #18 (1954)
Australia
- "The Mysterious Prince", Mandrake Annual (1952)
Brazil
- "O Príncipe Zombaga", Mandrake, o Mágico #17 (1972)
- "O Estranho Príncipe", Mandrake #247 (1976)
Finland
- "Intian Prinssi", Kippari Kalle #1 (1955)
France
- "Le monstre du marais",Spécial Mandrake #51 (1967)
West Germany
- "Der Prinz aus Indien", Phantom-Heft #1 (1954)
Italy
- "Il principe misterioso", L'Avventura (1946-1947)
- "Il mostro della palude", Super Albo 16 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada) (1962)
- "Il mostro della palude", Special Mandrake #179 (1966)
- "Il principe misterioso", Mandrake - New Comics Now #214 (1988)
- "Il principe misterioso", Mandrake 30 (Comic Art) (1994)
New Zealand
- "The Mysterious Prince", Mandrake the Magician #2 and Mandrake the Magician #3 (1949/1950)
Portugal
- "O Misterioso Principe", Mandrake #10 (197?)
Spain
- "El príncipe misteroso", Merlin el Mago Moderno #43,
- "La trampa", Merlin el Mago Moderno #44 and
- "Camino de muerte", Merlin el Mago Moderno #45 (1947)
Sweden
- "Den mystiske prins Zombaga", Tarzan # 22/1954.
- "Den mystiske prins Zombaga", Stjärnmagasinet # 22/1955 - # 26/1955.
- "Den mystiske prinsen", Mandrake #1 (1962)
United Kingdom
- "The Mysterious Prince", Mandrake the Magician #3
USA
- "The Mysterious Prince", The Classic Mandrake Series / Episode: "The Mysterious Prince" (Pacific Comics Club) (20??)