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|Title= The Trade Commission | |Title= The Trade Commission | ||
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|Start= September 16th, 1962 | |Start= September 16th, 1962 | ||
|End= March 10th, 1963 | |End= March 10th, 1963 | ||
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*The story title is taken from the strip of September 23, 1962 (Beginning: The Trade Commission). A similar title is at the end of the strip of September 9th, 1962 (Next Week: Trade Commission). | *The story title is taken from the strip of September 23, 1962 (Beginning: The Trade Commission). A similar title is at the end of the strip of September 9th, 1962 (Next Week: Trade Commission). | ||
*Note: At the [http://www.deepwoods.org deepwoods.org] index the title for this story is ''"The Trade Commission (The Blue Planet)"''. | *Note: At the [http://www.deepwoods.org deepwoods.org] index the title for this story is ''"The Trade Commission (The Blue Planet)"''. | ||
== Signifiant covers == | |||
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Mandrake082rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil | |||
Spécial-Mandrake 85.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France | |||
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== Reprints == | == Reprints == | ||
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=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal === | === [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal === | ||
*"A Grande Ameaça!", [[Selecções 35|''Selecções'' #35]] (1964) | *"A Grande Ameaça!", [[Selecções 35|''Selecções'' #35]] (1964) | ||
=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain === | |||
*"Delegación comercial", [[Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1962-1965 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2021) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden === | === [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden === | ||
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*"Değişen Uzaylılar", [[Mandrake Albüm 63 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #63]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 64 (Tay)| #64]] (1978) | *"Değişen Uzaylılar", [[Mandrake Albüm 63 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #63]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 64 (Tay)| #64]] (1978) | ||
*"Değişen Uzaylılar", [[Mandrake Albüm 175 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #175]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 176 (Tay)| #176]] | *"Değişen Uzaylılar", [[Mandrake Albüm 175 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #175]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 176 (Tay)| #176]] | ||
*"Uzaylılar Geliyor, [[Yeni Mandrake Süper Maceralar 1|''Yeni Mandrake - Süper Maceralar'' #1]] & [[Yeni Mandrake Süper Maceralar 2| #2]] (2011) | |||
[[Category:Sunday stories|Trade Commission, The]] | [[Category:Sunday stories|Trade Commission, The]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:34, 4 March 2024
| The Trade Commission | |
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| Start date: | September 16th, 1962 |
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| End date: | March 10th, 1963 |
| # of strips: | 26 (26 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "Task Test" |
| Followed by: | "The Ghost Lover" |
"The Trade Commission" is the 91st Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
A few years ago "operation way-out", a communications project for outer space, sent out a satellite. When the satellite is captured by some strange aliens the signals suddenly stops.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Col Carlson, chief of "operation way-out".
- Mac, an astronaut.
- Jim, a farmer.
- Captain Jim, owner of a boat.
- The President of the United States.
- Ugo, a alian on a trade mission hoping to sell suchi crystals.
- Tubo, a alian on a trade mission hoping to sell suchi crystals.
Locations
- US
- Washington
- The White House
- Washington
- Deep space
- The Blue Planet
Vehicles
- Mercury twelve, a space capsule orbiting Earth.
Behind the scenes
- The story title is taken from the strip of September 23, 1962 (Beginning: The Trade Commission). A similar title is at the end of the strip of September 9th, 1962 (Next Week: Trade Commission).
- Note: At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Trade Commission (The Blue Planet)".
Signifiant covers
Brazil
France
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "A Estranha Aventura", Mandrake #82 (1963)
- "A Estranha Aventura", Mandrake #218 (1974)
Finland
- "Avaruuden kauppamiehet", Taika-Jim #2 (1971)
- "Suurlähettiläät", Mustanaamio #22 (2001)
France
- "La planète Azur", Spécial Mandrake #85 (1970)
Italy
- "Il pianeta azzurro", Super Albo - Mandrake #52 (1963)
- "Il pianeta azzurro", Mandrake - New Comics Now #334 and #364 (1994-1995)
Norway
- "Ambassadørene", Fantomet #22 (2001)
Portugal
- "A Grande Ameaça!", Selecções #35 (1964)
Spain
- "Delegación comercial", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1962-1965 (Dolmen Editorial) (2021)
Sweden
- "Ambassadörerna", Fantomen #22 (2001)
Turkey
- "Değişen Uzaylılar", Mandrake #195 & #196 & #197 (1978)
- "Değişen Uzaylılar", Mandrake Albüm #63 & #64 (1978)
- "Değişen Uzaylılar", Mandrake Albüm #175 & #176
- "Uzaylılar Geliyor, Yeni Mandrake - Süper Maceralar #1 & #2 (2011)