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== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
Adult education is quite the thing now and Narda is back at school. She is doing graduate work in history. By accident, in a footnote, she discovered a medieval gang of thiefs, called "The League of 8". Now she doing a fascinating report on the 800 years old gang.
Adult education is quite the thing now and Narda is back at school. She is doing graduate work in history. By accident, in a footnote, she discovered a medieval gang of thiefs, called "The League of 8". While doing a fascinating report on the 800 years old gang she found clues of the acient gang closer to our time. Then the league of 8 strike....  


===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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*[[Lothar]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]]


'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
*Antone, Ambassador.
*Antone, Ambassador.
*[[Andros]], president. <small>mention only</small>
*[[Andros]], president. <small>mention only</small>
 
*Dr. Ludd, professor in history and Narda's supervisor.
*Miss Percy, a librarian.
*Dan Goon, ganglord and local chief of the league of 8.
*Bello, gang member.
*Adams, a police woman.
*Q, a quizzer of 8.
*X, a executioner of 8.


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*New York
*New York
*[[Xanadu]]
*[[Xanadu]]
*Bartlett street, where Narda lives.
'''Organizations'''
'''Organizations'''
*[[Octon]]
*[[Octon]]
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*The title for this story is taken from the strip of September, 4 (Next Week: Sign of 8)
*The title for this story is taken from the strip of September, 4 (Next Week: Sign of 8)
*This story have a long intro about Mandrake's new home, [[Xanadu]], spanning the first 20 strips.
*This story have a long intro about Mandrake's new home, [[Xanadu]], spanning the first 20 strips.
*Narda lives in Bartlett street.


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==

Revision as of 09:08, 13 April 2013

The Sign of 8
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Start date: August 16th, 1965
End date: February 5th, 1966
# of strips: 150 (25 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Fred Fredericks
Preceded by: "The Odd Fellow"
Followed by: "The Witches"

"The Sign of 8" is the 129th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Adult education is quite the thing now and Narda is back at school. She is doing graduate work in history. By accident, in a footnote, she discovered a medieval gang of thiefs, called "The League of 8". While doing a fascinating report on the 800 years old gang she found clues of the acient gang closer to our time. Then the league of 8 strike....

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Antone, Ambassador.
  • Andros, president. mention only
  • Dr. Ludd, professor in history and Narda's supervisor.
  • Miss Percy, a librarian.
  • Dan Goon, ganglord and local chief of the league of 8.
  • Bello, gang member.
  • Adams, a police woman.
  • Q, a quizzer of 8.
  • X, a executioner of 8.

Locations

  • New York
  • Xanadu
  • Bartlett street, where Narda lives.

Organizations


Behind the scenes

  • The title for this story is taken from the strip of September, 4 (Next Week: Sign of 8)
  • This story have a long intro about Mandrake's new home, Xanadu, spanning the first 20 strips.
  • Narda lives in Bartlett street.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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