MandrakeWiki - User contributions [en]

The Giant Toothache

2022-03-14T14:14:37Z

Paramjitmann: Signifiant cover

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Giant Toothache
|image= [[Image:md-1963-05-06.png|400 px]]
|Start= May 6, 1963
|End= August 3, 1963
|Strips= 78 (13 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[Smuggler's Luck]]"
|Followed= "[[Master of Magic]]"
|}}
'''"The Giant Toothache"''' is the 121th Mandrake [[daily story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
At the same moment as people get sudden toothache a mysterious man appears, selling toothace remedy, for an exorbitant price. When the mysterious man sold ten pills to Frankie Franky for one hundred thousand dollars Mandrake is involved.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]]
'''One-time characters'''
*"Mr. X", inventor of an apparatus sending sonic waves causing vibrations in nerby metal.
*Frankie Franky, a teen-ager's idol and highest paid singer in world.
*Zaza, wife of Frankie.
*Senator Claye.
*"Bossman", a racketeer.
*Sigrid Nellsen, opera diva. <small>Mentioned only</small>
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
'''Locations'''
*New York
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The title for the story taken from the strip of August 5, 1963 (Beginning: The Giant Toothache).

== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Photo-type-31.jpg|[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia
Mandrake088rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandrake309rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandrakecolecao35.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Spécial-Mandrake 86.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
Indrajal081.jpg|[[Image:mini_india.gif]] India
Chm-serie-c-56.jpg|[[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] Spain
Wal-m-03.jpg|[[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom
ClassMandSeries2thegianttoothache.jpg|[[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA
</gallery>

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
*''no title'', [[Mandrake the Magician 31 (Photo-Type Press)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #31]] (1964 <small>(?)</small>)

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"''no title''", [[Mandrake 88 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #88]] (1964)
*"A Misteriosa Dor de Dentes", [[Mandrake 309 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #309]] (1981)
*"A Misteriosa Dor de Dente", [[Mandrake Coleção 35|''Mandrake Coleção'' #35]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Hammassärkyä", [[Mustanaamio 15/1981|''Mustanaamio'' #15]] and [[Mustanaamio 16/1981| #16]] (1981)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"L'insaisissable Mister X", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 86|''Spécial Mandrake'' #86]] (1970)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*"Mystery of Greedy Mr. X", [[Indrajal Comics 81|''Indrajal Comics'' #81]] (1969)
*"பயங்கரப் பல்வலி", [[Muthu Comics 197|''Mutu Comics'' #197]] (1990)
*"The Giant Toothache", [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 21|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #21]] (1994)
*"The Giant Toothache", [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 67|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #67]] (1998)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"L'inafferrabile Mister X", [[Super Albo 62 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''Mandrake Super Albo'' #62]] (1963)
*"L'inafferrabile Mister X", [[New Comics Now 165|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #165]] (1986)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Et middel mot tannverk", [[Fantomet 22/1988|''Fantomet'' #22]] (1988)

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"Erro Fatal", [[Mundo de Aventuras 836|''Mundo de Aventuras'' #836]] (1965)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El senor X", [[Coleccion Heroes Modernos 56 - Série C|''Coleccion Héroes Modernos'' #56c]] (1964)
*"El senor X", [[Coleccion Heroes Modernos Album - Série C|''Coleccion Héroes Modernos'' Album de Rip Kirby]] (1964)
*"El senor X", [[Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos - Série C 12|''Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos'' #12C]] (1970)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Ett medel mot tandvärk", [[Fantomen 6/1981|''Fantomen'' #6]] (1981)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Küçük Adam", [[Mandrake 190 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #190]] & [[Mandrake 191 (Tay)| #191]] & [[Mandrake 192 (Tay)| #192]] (1978)
*"Küçük Adam", [[Mandrake Albüm 61 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #61]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 62 (Tay)| #62]] (1978)
*"Küçük Adam", [[Mandrake Albüm 179 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #179]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 180 (Tay)| #180]]

=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
*"The Big Toothache", [[World Adventure Library - Mandrake the Magician 3|''World Adventure Libraries - Mandrake the Magician'' #3]] (1967)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"The Giant Toothache", [[The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Giant Toothache" (Pacific Comics Club)|''The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)''/ Episode: "The Giant Toothache" (Pacific Comics Club)'']] (2020)

=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia===
*"Зубoбoља" (romanized as "Zubobolja"), [[Politikin Zabavnik 1437|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #1437]] (1979)

[[Category:Daily stories|Giant Toothache, The]]

Return of the Tinies

2022-03-14T13:59:28Z

Paramjitmann: (Signifiant cover)

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= Return of the Tinies
|image= [[Image:md-1987-01-26-it.jpg|400 px]]<br>Italian text
|Start= January 26th, 1987
|End= April 11th, 1987
|Strips= 66 (11 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Fred Fredericks]]
|Preceded= "[[Aleena and the Smugglers]]"
|Followed= "[[Deadman's Key]]"
|}}
'''"Return of the Tinies"''' is the 195th Mandrake [[daily story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Fred Fredericks]].

== Plot Summary ==
The Tinies visiting Narda, asking her to help them. They have lost their fuel supply into the wather, and they need the help of a man to bring it up again.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Narda]]

'''One-time characters'''
*Fluffy, Narda's cat.
*Rod, a man of the little people.
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
'''Locations'''
*Narda's apartment.
*[[Xanadu]]
*Crossroads,
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
===Title===
*The story title is taken from the strip of January 26th, 1987 (Beginning: Return of the Tinies).
===Real Magic===
*Mandrake use kinetic magic to open the lock of Narda's front door.

==Related stories==
*[[The Conquerors]]

== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Mandrakeespecial22.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Indrajal711.jpg|[[Image:mini_india.gif]] India
</gallery>

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"A Volta dos Pequenos Seres", [[Mandrake Especial 22|''Mandrake Especial'' #22]] (1988)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*"The Innocent Victims", [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 7|''Indrajal Comics'' Vol. 25 No. 7]] (1988)
*"Mandrake and the Tinies" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 14|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #14]] (1993)
*"Return of the Tinies" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 61|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #61]] (1997)
*"Mandrake and the Tinies" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 74|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #74]] (1997)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Uomini in miniatura", [[New Comics Now 262|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #262]] (1991)

=== [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El Retorno de los Tinies", [[Mandrake 50 (Euroclub Magerit)|''Mandrake'' #50]] (200?)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"no title", [[Classic Comics & Crosswords]], only weeks 6-11. (1992)
*"no title", [[Classic Comics & Crosswords]] (1992)

[[Category:Daily stories|Return of the Tinies]]

The Penthouse Mystery

2022-03-14T13:43:21Z

Paramjitmann: (Signifiant cover)

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Penthouse Mystery
|image= [[Image:md-1957-05-20.png|400 px]]
|Start= May 20, 1957
|End= July 27, 1957
|Strips= 60 (10 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Western]]"
|Followed= "[[Lothar's Day]]"
|}}
'''"The Penthouse Mystery"''' is the 92nd Mandrake [[daily story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
High above the streets, at penthouses, repport comming in about robberies. And those strange thieves arrive the penthouses flying on a carpet or a horse. A case for Mandrake..

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]]
*[[Narda]], one picture only

'''One-time characters'''
*Phinesa Rocks, a abnker.
*Marge, a girl.
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
'''Locations'''
*New York
**[[S.S. Dept.|S.S. Division]]
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The title for this story is taken from the strip of May 20, 1957 (Beginning: The Penthouse Mystery).

== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Shakespeare-1958.jpg|[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia
Mandrake029rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Les heros du mystere 06.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
Il Vascello-02-24.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Chmp Merlin-03.jpg|[[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] Spain
</gallery>

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
*"The Penthouse Mystery", [[Mandrake Annual 1958|''Mandrake Annual'' Xmas 1958]] (1958)

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"O Cavalo Voador", [[Mandrake 29 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #29]] (1957)
*"O Ladrão que Veio das Alturas", [[Mandrake Especial 8|''Mandrake Especial'' #8]] (1987)

=== [[Image:mini_denmark.gif]] Denmark ===
*"De flyvende tyve", [[Fantomet 138|''Fantomet'' #138]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Lentävät konnat", [[Mustanaamio 3/1977|''Mustanaamio'' #3]] (1977)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le bandit au tapis volant", [[Les héros du mystère 6|''Les héros du mystère'' #6]] (1967)
*"Le bandit au tapis volant", [[Les héros du mystère - Album 2|''Les héros du mystère Album'' #2]] (1967)
*"Le mystère du Penthouse", [[Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 2 - 1953 à 1957|''Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 2 - 1953 à 1957'']] (2012)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Il bandito dal tappeto volante", [[Il Vascello 24 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #24]] (1960)
*"Il bandito dal tappeto volante", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 13 (La Freccia)|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #13]] (1961)
*"Il bandito dal tappeto volante", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 37|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #37]] (1963)
*"Il bandito dal tappeto volante", [[New Comics Now 346|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #346]] (1995)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway===
*"Den flyvende tyven", [[Serie-pocket 75 (Norway)|''Serie-pocket'' #75]] (1982)
*"De flyvende tyvene", [[Fantomet 19/1989|''Fantomet'' #19]] (1989)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El atracador del espacio", [[Coleccion Héroes Modernos presenta: Merlin el Mago Moderno 3|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #3]] (1958)
*"El atracador del espacio", [[Coleccion Héroes Modernos presenta: Merlin el Mago Moderno - Album de Lujo 1|''Merlin el Mago Moderno - Album de Lujo'' #1]] (1958)
*"El Bandido de la Alfombra Voladora", [[Mandrake 19 (Euroclub Magerit)|''Mandrake'' #19]] (1997)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"De flygande tjuvarna", [[Fantomen 25/1976|''Fantomen'' #25]] (1976)

=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia===
*"Мандрак и летећи лопов" ("romanized as "Mandrak i leteći lopov"), [[Politikin Zabavnik 915|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #915]] (1969)

==Remake==
*"[[The Flying Phantom (King)|The Flying Phantom]]" by [[André LeBlanc]] and [[Werner Roth]].

[[Category:Daily stories|Penthouse Mystery, The]]

Shirlana

2022-02-22T19:29:58Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= Shirlana
|image= [[Image:md-1959-10-12.png|400 px]]
|Start= October 12, 1959
|End= December 26, 1959
|Strips= 66 (11 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Spaceman Mystery]]"
|Followed= "[[Secret of the Sargasso]]"
|}}
'''"Shirlana"''' is the 104th Mandrake [[daily story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
The red haired Lady Shirlana lives in a shining marble manson on the Riviera. She is one of the richest and prettiest, and certainly the most spoiled, heiress in the world. Now she has a problem. Unless she marry this year, her fathers fortune goes to the society for a new alphabeth. And Shirlana would only receive a modest income.

But how can she find a man good enough for her? She ordered her lawyer to search the world to find her a suitable man.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Sir Harry]], owner of an yacht and old friend of Mandrake.

'''One-time characters'''
*Lady Shirlana
*Jack, Shirlana's lawyer.
*Myron Byron, a movie star.
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
'''Locations'''
*The Riviera
'''Vehicles'''
*S.S. [[Argos]] <small>''Note: Named in the following story''</small>
</div><br clear="all">

==Mandrake gestures hypnotically==
*Hypnosis; create illusions at the ambassador's charity ball.
*Hypnosis; makes Lady Shirlana think she is a cat.
*Hypnosis; Mandrake's fist seems to be gigantic.

==Behind the scenes==
*The title for this story is taken from the strip of October 20, 1959 (Next Week: "Shirlana" -).
*Looking at the strip of October the 10th 1959 the third panel have a picture of a Nobel prize-winning writer -remarkable alike Lee Falk!

<gallery>
Image:md-1959-10-20-p4.jpg|''Lee Falk ?''
</gallery>

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*"Herencia condicinada", [[Mandrake el mago 13 (Edmal)|''Mandrake el Mago'' #13]] (1960)
*"Herencia condicinada", [[Impacto 94|''Impacto'' #94]] (1968)

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"Lady Shirlana Procura Marido", [[Mandrake 46 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #46]] (1960)
*"Procura-se Um Marido", [[Mandrake 301 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #301]] (1981)
*"Procura-se Um Marido", [[Mandrake Coleção 30|''Mandrake Coleção'' #30]] – [[Mandrake Coleção 31|#31]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Les caprices de l'héritière", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 204|''Mandrake'' #204]] & [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 205|''Mandrake'' #205]] (1969)
*"Les caprices de l'héritière", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 3|''Spécial Mandrake'' #3]] (1974)
*"no title given, [[Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 3 - 1957 à 1961|''Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 3 - 1957 à 1961'']] (2012)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"I capricci della ereditiera", [[Il Vascello 56 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #56]] (1961)
*"I capricci della ereditiera", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 21|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #21]] (1962)
*"I capricci della ereditiera", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 67|''Mandrake'' #67]] and [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 68| #68]] (1968)
*"I capricci dell’ereditiera", [[New Comics Now 70|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #70]] (1982)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"Lady Shirlana", [[Novelas Gráficas presenta en su serie Amarilla 2|''Serie Amarilla'' #2]] (1959)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Shirlana", [[Serie-pressen 19/1972|''Serie-pressen'' #19]] (1972)

=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
*"Mandrake meets Shirlana", [[Mandrake the Magician 14 (Miller)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #14]] (1961)

[[Category:Daily stories|Shirlana]]

Jami

2022-02-22T19:27:06Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= Jami
|image= [[Image:md-1957-09-02.png|400 px]]
|Start= September 2, 1957
|End= December 21, 1957
|Strips= 96 (16 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[Lothar's Day]]"
|Followed= "[[The New-Type Radio]]"
|}}
'''"Jami"''' is the 94th Mandrake [[daily story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Our friends are guests of Sir Harry on a Pacific cruise when a colossus falling from the sky.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Sir Harry]], owner of an yacht.

'''One-time characters'''
*Jami, a mile-high giant child from a planet that move about the star Polaris.
*Dr. Glutz, a scientist.
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
'''Locations'''
*The Pacific
*Ocean City.
*Behind the Moon.
'''Vehicles'''
*X37, a fighter plan.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The title for this story is taken from the strip of September 2, 1957 (Beginning: Jami).

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*"(no title given)", [[El Espectro Extra 37|''El Espectro Extra'' #37]] (1968)

=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
*"Jami", [[Mandrake Comic 29|''Mandrake Comic'' #29]] (1959)
*''no title'', [[Mandrake the Magician 35 (Photo-Type Press)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #35]] (1964 <small>(?)</small>)

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"O Gigante dos Mares", [[Mandrake 32 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #32]] (1958)
*"O Gigante dos Mares", [[Mandrake 296 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #296]] (1980)
*"O Gigante do Mar", [[Mandrake Coleção 26|''Mandrake Coleção'' #26]] (1991)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le géant fantôme",[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 62|''Spécial Mandrake'' #62]] (1968)
*"Jami", [[Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 3 - 1957 à 1961|''Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 3 - 1957 à 1961'']] (2012)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Il gigante fantasma", [[Il Vascello 21 bis (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #21 bis]] (1960)
*"Il gigante fantasma", [[Il Vascello 49 bis (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #49 bis]] (1961)
*"Il gigante fantasma", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 43|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #43]] (1963)
*"Il gigante fantasma", [[Special Mandrake 194 (Fratelli Spada)|''Special Mandrake'' #194]] (1967)
*"Il gigante fantasma", [[New Comics Now 346|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #346]] (1995)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"Terror en el ciudad", [[Coleccion Héroes Modernos presenta: Merlin el Mago Moderno 5|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #5]] and
**"Jami, el gigante", [[Coleccion Héroes Modernos presenta: Merlin el Mago Moderno 6|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #6]] (1958)
*"Terror en el ciudad", [[Coleccion Héroes Modernos presenta: Merlin el Mago Moderno - Album de Lujo 1|''Merlin el Mago Moderno - Album de Lujo'' #1]] and
**"Jami, el gigante", [[Coleccion Héroes Modernos presenta: Merlin el Mago Moderno - Album de Lujo 2|''Merlin el Mago Moderno - Album de Lujo'' #2]] (1959)
*"Jami, el Gigante", [[Mandrake 22 (Euroclub Magerit)|''Mandrake'' #22]] (1997)

=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
*"Jami", [[Mandrake the Magician 13 (Miller)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #13]] (1961)

=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia===
*"Непослушни дечак" (romanized as "Neposlušni dečak"), [[Politikin Zabavnik 1030|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #1030]] (1971)

[[Category:Daily stories|Jami]]

The Monsters

2022-02-22T19:23:43Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Monsters
|image= [[Image:md-1953-09-28.png|400 px]]
|Start= September 28, 1953
|End= December 12, 1953
|Strips= 66 (11 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Mysterious Mr Beam]]"
|Followed= "[[The Haunted Slope]]"
|}}
'''"The Monsters"''' is the 74th Mandrake [[daily story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
A flying saucers haunts our friends and are amazed at how terrible earth inhabitants do look.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]], two strips at the end only.

'''One-time characters'''
*People from Zxerx.
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
'''Locations'''
*New York
*[[Zxerx]], a planet, mentioned only.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The title for the story is taken from the strip of September 28, 1953 (Beginning: The Monsters).

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
*"The Monsters", [[Mandrake Annual 1955|''Mandrake Annual'' Xmas 1955]] (1955)

=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*"Huevos del espacio", [[Mandrake 2 (Clasic-Cómics)|''Mandrake el Mago'' #2]] (2003 ?)

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"Monstros do Espaço", [[Mandrake 8 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #8]] (1954)
*"Ovos do Espaço", [[Mandrake 289 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #289]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Avaruushirviöt", [[Mustanaamio 11/1985|''Mustanaamio'' #11]] (1985)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Les monstres de l'espace", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 15|''Spécial Mandrake'' #15]] (1964)
*"Les monstres", [[Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 2 - 1953 à 1957|''Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 2 - 1953 à 1957'']] (2012)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"I mostri spaziali", [[Il Vascello 5 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #5]] (1959)
*"I mostri spaziali", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 1|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #1]], [[I Classici dell'Avventura 3|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #3]] & [[I Classici dell'Avventura 5|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #5]] (1962)
*"I mostri spaziali", [[Super Albo 106 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''Super Albo'' #106]] (1964)
*"I mostri spaziali", [[New Comics Now 306|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #306]] (1993)

=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"The Monsters", [[Mandrake the Magician 103 (Feature Productions)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #103]] and [[Mandrake the Magician 104 (Feature Productions)| ''Mandrake the Magician'' #104]] (1956)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway===
*"Rommonstrene", [[Fantomet 19/1985|''Fantomet'' #19]] (1985)
*"Rommonstrene", [[Serie-pocket 170 (Norway)|''Serie-pocket'' #170]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"Os Monstros", [[Selecções 186|''Selecções'' #186]] (1976)

=== [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"Los Monstruos del Espacio", [[Mandrake 23 (Euroclub Magerit)|''Mandrake'' #23]] (1997)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Rymdmonstren", [[Fantomen 24/1984|''Fantomen'' #24]] (1984)

[[Category:Daily stories|Monsters, The]]

The Mirror People

2022-02-22T19:12:20Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Mirror People
|image= [[Image:md-1944-10-09.png|400 px]]
|Start= October 9th, 1944
|End= December 16th, 1944
|Strips= 60 (10 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[Doctor Congo]]"
|Followed= "[[The Ice Lady]]"
|}}
'''"The Mirror People"''' is the 33rd Mandrake [[daily story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
One night Narda wakes up and has a look at her mirror, she finds that her mirror image is behaving strangely. Suddenly her mirror image, Adran, comes through the mirror and kidnaps her to a strange mirror world.

Trying to rescue her Mandrake and Lothar find their own mirror images very much alive, evil and powerful.

At the end our friends manage to defeat Ekardnam and Rahtol. But Ekardnam wipes away Mandrake and Lothar's memory about their travel in the strange world. While Narda is left alone, wondering if their adventure was just a dream.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Ekardnam]], in the Mirror World an evil opposites of Mandrake.
*[[Rahtol]], in the Mirror World an evil opposites of Lothar.
*[[Adran]], in the Mirror World an evil opposites of Narda.

'''One-time characters'''
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
'''Locations'''
*New York
*[[The Mirror World]]
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The title for the story is taken from the strip of October 7, 1944 (Beginning Next Week = The Mirror People!).

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
*"''The Amazing Case of the'' Mirror World", [[Mandrake The Magician (Consolidated Press 1947)|''Mandrake The Magician'']] (1947)

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"O Mundo dos Espelhos", [[Mandrake, o Mágico 18|''Mandrake, o Mágico'' #18]] (1972)

=== [[Image:mini_denmark.gif]] Denmark ===
*"??", [[Fantomhefte 9|''Fantomhefte'' #9]] (1953)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Maaron ja Peilikansa", [[Kippari Kalle 6/1953|''Kippari Kalle'' #6]] (1953)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le peuple des miroirs", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 241|''Mandrake'' #241]] and [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 242| #242]] (1969)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Il popolo degli specchi", [[L'Avventura|''L'Avventura'']] (1946)
*"Mandrake contro Ekardnam" & "Mandrake nel mondo degli specchi", [[Albo avventure 21 - Mandrake 13|''Mandrake'' #13]] and [[Albo avventure 23 - Mandrake 14| #14]] (1947)
*"Il popolo degli specchi", [[Il Vascello 59 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #59]] (1961)
*"Il popolo degli specchi", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 35|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #35]] (1963)
*"Il popolo degli specchi", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 121|''Mandrake'' #121]] (1969)
*"Il popolo degli specchi", [[Mandrake 15 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #15]] (Comics Stars in the World 1976)
*"Il popolo degli specchi", [[New Comics Now 213|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #213]] (1988)
*"Il popolo degli specchi", [[Mandrake 27 (Comic Art)]] (1993)
*"Il Popolo degli Specchi", [[Mandrake (I classici del Fumetto)]] (1999)

=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"The Mirror People", [[Mandrake the Magician 97 (Feature Productions)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #97]] and [[Mandrake the Magician 98 (Feature Productions)| ''Mandrake the Magician'' #98]] (1955)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Speilfolket", [[Fantom-hefte 9|''Fantom-hefte'' #9]]
*"Speilfolket", [[Fantom-hefte 1953|''Fantom-hefte'' #1953]]

=== [[Image:mini_french_polynesia.png|border]] French Polynesia===
*"Il popolo degli specchi", [[Mandrake 15 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #15]] (Comics Stars in the World 1976) <small>note: Italian text.</small>

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"No Mundo do Espelho", [[Mandrake - No Mundo do Espelho (Hiquafi-Editora)|''Mandrake'' No Mundo do Espelho]] (197?)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El espejo roto" & "El mundo de los espejos", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 30|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #30]] and [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 31| #31]] (194?)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Spegelvärlden", [[Stjärnbragder 4|''Stjärnbragder'' #4]] (1953)
*"I spegelvärlden", [[Mandrake 1/1962 (Formatic Press)|''Mandrake'' #1]] (1962)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Aynanın Oyunu", [[1001 Özel 100|''1001 Özel'' #100]] (1954) <small>Note: starts with the strip of November 1, 1944. A new ending is made from the strip of November 23, 1944.</small>

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"The Mystic Mirror of Evil" & "Mirror Menace" & "Perilous Pursuit!", [[Magic Comics 120|''Magic Comics'' #120]] & [[Magic Comics 121| #121]] & [[Magic Comics 122| #122]] (1949)
*"The Mirror People", [[The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Mirror People" (Pacific Comics Club)|''The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)''/ Episode: "The Mirror People" (Pacific Comics Club)'']] (2019)

[[Category:Daily stories|Mirror People, The]]

The Museum Mystery

2022-02-22T19:08:51Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Museum Mystery
|image= [[Image:md-1940-01-22.png|400 px]]
|Start= January 22, 1940
|End= May 04, 1940
|Strips= 90 (15 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Mountain Bandits]]"
|Followed= "[[The Octopus Ring]]"
|}}
'''"The Museum Mystery"''' is the 21st Mandrake [[daily story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
A dozen guards swear they saw a mummy walking in the east wing of the Orient Museum. It was impossible to keep guards at the east wing, with all the priceless treasures, at night and Dr. White did not like the situation.

Mandrake, Lothar and Sonny with her camera decided to spend the night at the east wing. Soon they discover something strange with the mummy case of Seti Anhk Amen. In the dark something moves, Sonny takes a flashlight photo, the mummy case was empty.

Developing the film in the dark-room in the cellar of the museum they could see a picture of the walking mummy.

Looking a bit closer Mandrake discovers the inside the mummy case there was a false back, with a corridor behind leading to the museum vault filled with priceless treasures of antiquity, gold and gems.

It turns out that Mr. Bendar, his wife and his gang had planned the robbery of the museum vault for months, and almost succeeded.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Dr. White]], director of the Orient Museum.
*[[Sonny]], daughter of Dr. White.

'''One-time characters'''
*Rufus, guard at the Orient Museum.
*Bendar, assistant curator at the Orient Museum.
*Mrs. Bendar, ''The Walking Mummy'' wife of Bendar.
*''Seti Anhk Amen'', ancient king of upper Egypt. <small>mention only</small>
*Pete, a gang member.
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
'''Locations'''
*The Orient.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
===Title===
*The title for the story is taken from the strip of January 20, 1940 (Beginning Next Week = The Museum Mystery).

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*"La momia viviente", [[El Libro de la Historieta 10|''El Libro de la Historieta'' #10]] (1954)

=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
*"The Museum Mystery", [[Mandrake Annual 1951|''Mandrake Annual'']] (1951)
*"The Museum Mystery" [[Mandrake the Magician 8 (Frew)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #8]] (1991)

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"O Mistério do Museu", [[Mandrake 72 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #72]] (1963)
*"A Múmia Que Anda", [[Mandrake, o Mágico 5|''Mandrake, o Mágico'' #5]] (1971)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"La momie vivante", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 9|''Spécial Mandrake'' #9]] (1964)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"I misteri del museo", [[L'Avventuroso|''L'Avventuroso'' #340 - #354]] (1941)
*"I misteri del museo", [[Collana Albi grandi avventure (14)|''Collana Albi grandi avventure - Mandrake'' #14]] (1941)
*"I misteri del museo" & "La mummia che cammina", [[Collana Albi grandi avventure 31 (second serie)|''Mandrake'' #10]] and [[Collana Albi grandi avventure 32 (second serie)| #11]] (1947)
*"La mummia vivente", [[Il Vascello 27 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #27]] (1960)
*"La mummia vivente", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 15 (La Freccia)|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #15]] (1961)
*"La mummia vivente", [[Super Albo 60 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''Super Albo - Mandrake'' #60]] (1963)
*''no title'', [[L'olimpo dei fumetti 14|''L'olimpo dei fumetti'' #14]] (1973)
*"I misteri del museo", [[New Comics Now 149|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #149]] (1985)
*"I misteri del museo", [[Mandrake 17 (Comic Art)]] (1992)
*"I misteri del museo", [[Club dei Trenta - Albo 44|''Club dei Trenta'' #44]] (200<small>?</small>)

=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"The Museum Mystery", [[Mandrake the Magician 75 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #75'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 76 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #76'']] (1954)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Den vandrende mumie", [[Spøk og Spenning]] (1941)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El misterio del museo", [[Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado 37 - Mandrake 12|''Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado'' #37 - ''Mandrake'' #12]] (1986 ?)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Den vandrande mumien", [[Allers Familj-Journal|''Allers Familj-Journal'' #22/1940 - #50/1940]]
*"Den vandrande mumien", [[Mandrake 1946 (Åhlén & Åkerlunds)|''Mandrake'']] (1946)
*"Den vandrande mumien", [[Mandrake 1949 (Allers)|''Mandrake'']] (1949)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*''no title'', [[1001 Roman|''1001 Roman'' #55 - 75]] (1940)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"The Museum Mystery",[[The Official Mandrake the Magician 6|''The Official Mandrake the Magician'' #6]] and [[The Official Mandrake the Magician 7| #7]] (1988)

=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png]] Kingdom of Yugoslavia ===
*"Тајна мумије" (romanized as "Tajna mumije"), [[Mika Miš 491|''Mika Miš'' #491]] – [[Mika Miš 505|#505]] (1941; incomplete story)

[[Category:Daily stories|Museum Mystery, The]]

The Mountain Bandits

2022-02-22T19:06:44Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Mountain Bandits
|image= [[Image:md-1939-12-25.png|400 px]]
|Start= December 25th, 1939
|End= January 20th, 1940
|Strips= 24 (4 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[Mandrake in North Africa]]"
|Followed= "[[The Museum Mystery]]"
|}}
'''"The Mountain Bandits"''' is the 20th Mandrake [[daily story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].
The plot are more like an interlude, presenting supporting characters and head to the next story.

== Plot Summary ==
Passing from desert into mountain country, Mandrake and Lothar head northward. Suddenly, the road's blocked and our friends become the prisoners of the mountain bandits. In the camp of the mountain bandits Mandrake found other prisoners, Dr. White and his lovely daughter Sonny, held for ransom.

The chief of the bandits said he would set them all free for ten thousand pieces of gold. And in the eyes of the bandit chief the basket of fish in the back of Mandrake's car turns into a gold chest.

When our friends left the bandit camp Dr. White asks Mandrake if he could help him with a mystery at the Orient museum, a walking mummy.....

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Dr. White]], director of the Orient museum.
*[[Sonny]], daughter of Dr. White.

'''One-time characters'''
*Lindo, ''the lion killer'', member of the bandit gang.

</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
'''Locations'''
*The Orient.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
===Title===
*The title for the story is taken from the plot. The strip of December 23 1939 indicate the title as: Next Week --- The Desert Banditti.

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Les brigands des hauts-plateaux", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 17|''Spécial Mandrake'' #17]] (1965)
*"Les brigands des hauts-plateaux", [[Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 4 (Soleil)]] (1994)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"I briganti degli altipiani", [[Super Albo 104 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''Super Albo'' #104]] (1964)
*"I briganti degli altipiani", [[Mandrake 20 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #20]] (Comics Stars in the World 1978)
*"I briganti degli altipiani", [[New Comics Now 148|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #148]] (1985)
*"I briganti degli altipiani", [[Mandrake 17 (Comic Art)]] (1992)
*"I briganti degli altipiani", [[Mandrake il mago (Mondadori Comics) Volume 2|''Mandrake il mago Volume 2'']] (2015)

=== [[Image:mini_french_polynesia.png|border]] French Polynesia===
*"I briganti degli altipiani", [[Mandrake 20 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #20]] (Comics Stars in the World 1978) <small>note: Italian text.</small>

=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"The Mountain Bandits", [[Mandrake the Magician 74 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #74'']] (1954)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"Los bandidos del desierto", [[Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado 36 - Mandrake 11|''Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado'' #36 - ''Mandrake'' #11]] (1986 ?)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*''"no title"'', [[The Official Mandrake 12|''The Official Mandrake'' #12]] (1989)

[[Category:Daily stories|Mountain Bandits, The]]

Mandrake in North Africa

2022-02-22T19:00:49Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= Mandrake in North Africa
|image= [[Image:md-1939-09-04.png|400 px]]
|Start= September 4th, 1939
|End= December 23rd, 1939
|Strips= 96 (16 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[Mandrake in Cockaigne]]"
|Followed= "[[The Mountain Bandits]]"
|}}
'''"Mandrake in North Africa"''' is the 19th Mandrake [[daily story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Mandrake and Lothar are in North Africa heading to Paris when Libie Carr fools our friends aboard a plane that goes to Central Africa. They arrive at Fort Radi and are told an amazing story. Besa, the sorcerer, has killed Colonel Carr using black magic and now he threatens to kill Captain Tod Brownell. Nearby is the Wambesi village where Lothar grew up as son of the king. The people of Wambesi were under the tyranny of the jungle sorcerer and when Lothar came to visit they saw a glimpse of hope. As son of their great dead king Lothar was their prince. As the strongest of the Wambesi only Lothar could drive out the evil Besa.

Lothar manages to defeat Besa and becomes the crowned King of the great Wambesi tribe. But soon Lothar found the ''King stuff'' boring. Then when he ''inherited'' two dozen wives of the last king, and was told he had to marry them all, he fled while he shouted: "Me abdicate".

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]

'''One-time characters'''
*Libie Carr
*Captain Tod Brownell, Libie Carr's fiancé.
*Besa, a sorcerer.
*Colonel Carr, was the commandant of Fort Radi.
*Narob, a houseboy at Fort Radi.
*Oogubay, the previous King of Wambesi.
*Gugu, wife of the king.
*Lala, wife of the king.
*Tradi, wife of the king.
*Madi, wife of the king.
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
'''Locations'''
*North Africa
*Central Africa
**Fort Radi
**[[The Twelve Nations|Wambesi]] village.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
===Title===
*The title for the story is taken from the plot.
===Mandrake Lore===
*Lothar become King of [[The Twelve Nations|Wambesi]], one of the major tribes in the land of the [[The Phantom|Phantom]].

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
*"Mandrake in Africa", [[The Supercomic Series 34|''The Supercomic Series'' #34]] (1950)

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"A Maldição do Feiticeiro", [[Mandrake 71 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #71]] (1962)
*"Magia Negra", [[Mandrake, o Mágico 1|''Mandrake, o Mágico'' #1]] (1970)
*"Mandrake na África", [[Mandrake 238 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #238]] (1976)
*"Mandrake na África", [[Mandrake Coleção 11|''Mandrake Coleção'' #11]] (1990)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Un drame de la sorcellerie", [[Aventures et Mystère 54 (Sage 1947-1949) |''Aventures et Mystère'' #54]] & "Lothar 1er", [[Aventures et Mystère 56 (Sage 1947-1949) |''Aventures et Mystère'' #56]] (1948)
*"Le sorcier des Wambesi", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 13|''Spécial Mandrake'' #13]] (1964)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"L'inesorabile Besa", [[Super Albo 98 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''Super Albo'' #98]] (1964)
*"Besa lo stregone" & "Re Lothar contro Besa", [[Mandrake 16 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #16]] & [[Mandrake 17 (Comics Stars in the World)| #17]] (Comics Stars in the World 1977)
*"Besa, lo stregone", [[New Comics Now 148|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #148]] (1985)
*"Besa, lo stregone", [[Mandrake 16 (Comic Art)]] (1992)
*"Besa lo stregone", [[Mandrake il mago (Mondadori Comics) Volume 2|''Mandrake il mago Volume 2'']] (2015)

=== [[Image:mini_french_polynesia.png|border]] French Polynesia===
*"Besa lo stregone" & "Re Lothar contro Besa", [[Mandrake 16 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #16]] & [[Mandrake 17 (Comics Stars in the World)| #17]] (Comics Stars in the World 1977) <small>note: Italian text.</small>

=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"Mandrake in North Africa", [[Mandrake the Magician 72 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #72'']], [[Mandrake the Magician 73 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #73'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 74 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #74'']] (1954)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"Besa el hechicero", [[Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado 36 - Mandrake 11|''Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado'' #36- ''Mandrake'' #11]] (1986 ?)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"untitled, [[Mandrake 4 (Hürriyet Hediyesi)|''Mandrake (Hürriyet Hediyesi)'' #4]] (2017)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"no title", [[The Official Mandrake 10|''The Official Mandrake'' #10]] – [[The Official Mandrake 10| #11]] – [[The Official Mandrake 12| #12]] (1989)
*"North Africa", [[Comics Revue 423-424|''Comics Revue'' #423-424]], [[Comics Revue 425-426|''Comics Revue'' #425-426]] (2021)

=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png|border]] [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
*''(romanized as "Princ Lotar")'', [[Zabavnik 106|''Zabavnik'' #106]] (1941)
*''(no given title)'', [[Strip 1|''Strip'' #1]], [[Strip 2| #2]], [[Strip 3| #3]] and [[Strip 4| #4]] (1951) <small>(Note: ending with the strip of October 5, 1939)</small>

[[Category:Daily stories|Mandrake in North Africa]]

The Slave Traders of Tygandi

2022-02-22T17:15:50Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Slave Traders of Tygandi
|image= [[Image:md-1936-07-20.png|400 px]]
|Start= July 20th, 1936
|End= November 28th, 1936
|Strips= 114 (19 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Return of the Clay Camel]]"
|Followed= "[[Mandrake in the Lost World]]"
|}}
'''"The Slave Traders of Tygandi"''' is the 7th Mandrake [[daily story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
In Alexandria Prince Segrid has gambled away the state funds intrusted to him. Emir Krim exploited the situation to kidnap Narda. He gave here to Sheik Nazdah who wanted to honor her as reigning favorite in his harem. Sheik Nazdah changed his mind and decided to sell Narda at the slave marked in Tygandi.

At the slave marked the rich and mysterious Shah of Sudan bought Narda for an enormous sum, in addition to all the other women that were for sale.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Segrid]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Sir Oswald]]

'''One-time characters'''
*Emir Krim
*Sete, a thug.
*Bula, a thug.
*Samuel Smith, aka the mummy.
*Sheik Nazdah
*Hamid, a slave dealer.
*Felli, auctioneer of the slave mart.
*The Shah of Sudan, Mandrake in disguise.
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
'''Locations'''
*Egypt
**Pyramid of Gizen
**Alradi, an oasis.
**Tygandi, a portable slave marked at the north shore of the dead lake.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
===Title===
*The title for the story is lifted from the plot.

===Swiping ===
It is not an uncommon practice amongst comic strip and comic book artists to "borrow" (swipe) layouts and drawing styles from other artists. In an interview published in King Comic Heroes ''(James Van Hise, Pioneer Books, 1988)'', Lee Falk tells an amusing anecdote from the early days of his Mandrake strip:

"When I was working with Phil Davis doing layouts very early in the game, we had a Sunday page which had some rearing horses. Now these are illustrative artists and they use photo references and whole files of other artists' material. When I indicated a rifle or a gun or a tank, he had a model or something to copy from. They didn't copy it -- they used the file to get something for a model and they sketched from it. They didn't trace it or anything like that. They had to have a model just like they'd have a model for a woman. At that very moment, in I think it was Flash Gordon, they had some rearing horses. We used that as inspiration, but we didn't copy it. About a year later I moved to New York, and I went up and I had dinner with Alex Raymond up in Stamford where I'd moved to in Connecticut and he was showing me through his studio in his beautiful house and there on his drawing board was the Flash Gordon he was working on and next to it was the Sunday page of Mandrake with the rearing horses -- he was using it as a model. I said, 'But Alex, we copied that from you!' He said "Oh, for Christ's sake!' He'd forgotten."

Although Alex Raymond did not finish the strip that Lee Falk spoke about, Phil Davis swiped a horse from Flash Gordon once more:
<gallery>
Image:md-007-davis_raymond-01.jpg|Sample 4
</gallery>

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia===
*"The Slave Mart of Tygandi", [[Mandrake The Magician (Consolidated Press 1938)|''Mandrake The Magician'']] (1938)

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil===
*"Mandrake entre as Múmias", [[Mandrake 3 (Pixel Media)|''Mandrake'' #3]] (2015)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"L'oasis d'acradi", [[Hop-là!|''Hop-là!'']] (1938-1939)
*"L'oasis d'acradi", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 36|''Spécial Mandrake'' #36]] & [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 37|''Spécial Mandrake'' #37]] (1966)
*"L'enfer du jeu", [[Futuropolis Copyright - Mandrake le Magicien Vol. 4|''Mandrake le Magicien'' Vol. 4]] (1985)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"La mummia vivente", [[L'Avventuroso|''L'Avventuroso'' #153 - #169]] (1937-1938)
*"La mummia vivente", [[Collana Albi grandi avventure (7)|''Collana Albi grandi avventure - Mandrake'' #7]] (1938)
*"La mummia vivente", [[Giungla!|''Giungla!'' #127 to #131]] (1938)
*"La mummia vivente" & "L'oasi di Acradi", [[Collana Albi grandi avventure 56 (second serie)|''Mandrake'' #17]] & [[Collana Albi grandi avventure 59 (second serie)| #18]] (1947)
*"Nell'oasi di Acradi", [[Special Mandrake 165 (Fratelli Spada)|''Special Mandrake'' #165]] and [[Special Mandrake 166 (Fratelli Spada)| #166]] (1966)
*"La mummia vivente", [[New Comics Now 117|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #117]] (1984)
*"La mummia vivente", [[Mandrake 7 (Comic Art)]] (1992)
*"La mummia vivente", [[Mandrake il mago (Mondadori Comics)|''Mandrake il mago'']] (2014)

=== [[Image:mini_mexico.gif]] Mexico ===
*"La momia de ankt", "El rapto de Narda" & "??", [[Paquito 11021|''Paquito'' #11021]] to [[Paquito 11023| #11023]] (1953)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"La Momia Viviente", [[Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado 25 - Mandrake 7|''Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado'' #25 - ''Mandrake'' #7]] (1983 ?)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Sudan Şahı", [[1001 Roman - Özel Sayı 29|''1001 Roman - Özel Sayı'' #29]] (1942) <small>Note: starts half-way through the original adventure.</small>
*"Sudan Şahı", [[1001 Özel 94|''1001 Özel'' #94]] (1953)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"The Slave Traders of Tygandi", [[Comics Revue 385-386|''Comics Revue'' #385-386]] (2018)

[[Category:Daily stories|Slave Traders of Tygandi, The]]

The Return of the Clay Camel

2022-02-22T17:15:25Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Return of the Clay Camel
|image= [[Image:md-1936-03-02.png|400 px]]
|Start= March 2nd, 1936
|End= July 18th, 1936
|Strips= 120 (20 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Werewolf]]"
|Followed= "[[The Slave Traders of Tygandi]]"
|}}
'''"The Return of the Clay Camel"''' is the 6th Mandrake [[daily story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Once again the world's cleverst thief and the world's greatest master of disguise has left his clay camel at a crime scene.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Saki (The Clay Camel)]]
**Saki, disguised as Sir Oswald.
**Saki, disguised as Inspector Duffy.
**Saki, disguised as an old lady.
**Saki, disguised as Ronald.
**Saki, disguised as Charles.
*[[Sir Oswald]]

'''One-time characters'''
*Jane, daughter of Sir Oswald.
*Ronald, fiancé of Jane.
*Charles, chauffeur of Sir Oswald.
*Inspector Duffy
*Joe, jailer working for Inspector Duffy.

</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
'''Locations'''
*Europe
*Shropshire
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
===Title===
*The title for the story is taken from the strip of March 21 1936 (Monday - Return of the Clay Camel).

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"A Volta do Camelo de Barro", [[Mandrake Especial 2|''Mandrake Especial'' #2]] (1987)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif|border]] Finland ===
*"Savikameli - mestarivaras", [[Wanhat Sarjat 1|''Wanhat Sarjat'' #1]] (1981)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Frégoli du mal", [[Hop-là!|''Hop-là!'']] #26 – #51/1938
*"L'énigmatique Davos", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 96|''Spécial Mandrake'' #96]] & "Le retour de Saki", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 97|''Spécial Mandrake'' #97]] (1972)
*"Le retour de Saki", [[Futuropolis Copyright - Mandrake le Magicien Vol. 2|''Mandrake le Magicien'' Vol. 2]] (1982)

=== [[Image:mini_french_polynesia.png|border]] French Polynesia===
*"L'enigmatico sir Oswald" & "Mandrake contro Saki", [[Mandrake 33 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #33]] & [[Mandrake 34 (Comics Stars in the World)| #34]] (Comics Stars in the World 1978) <small>note: Italian text.</small>

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"L’enigmatico Davos", [[L'Avventuroso|''L'Avventuroso'' #129 - #152]] (1937)
*"L’enigmatico Davos", [[Collana Albi grandi avventure (6)|''Collana Albi grandi avventure - Mandrake'' #6]] (1938)
*"L'enigmatico Davos" & "Lo specchio stregato", [[Collana Albi grandi avventure 54 (second serie)|''Mandrake'' #15]] and [[Collana Albi grandi avventure 55 (second serie)| #16]] (1947)
*"L'enigmatico Davos" & "Il ritorno di Saki", [[Special Mandrake 163 (Fratelli Spada)|''Special Mandrake'' #163]] and [[Special Mandrake 164 (Fratelli Spada)| #164]] (1965-1966)
*''"no title"'', [[L'olimpo dei fumetti 8|''L'olimpo dei fumetti'' #8]] (1972)
*"L'enigmatico sir Oswald" & "Mandrake contro Saki", [[Mandrake 33 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #33]] & [[Mandrake 34 (Comics Stars in the World)| #34]] (Comics Stars in the World 1978)
*"L’enigmatico sir Oswald", [[New Comics Now 116|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #116]] (1984)
*"L’enigmatico Sir Oswald", [[Mandrake 6 (Comic Art)]] (1991)
*"L’enigmatico sir Oswald", [[Mandrake il mago (Mondadori Comics)|''Mandrake il mago'']] (2014)

=== [[Image:mini_mexico.gif]] Mexico ===
*"??","Saki, el ladron de los mil disfraces" & "Derrota a Saki", [[Paquito 11018|''Paquito'' #11018]] to [[Paquito 11020| #11020]] (1953)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El Enigmático Davos", [[Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado 23 - Mandrake 6|''Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado'' #23 - ''Mandrake'' #6]] (1983)

=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
*"The Return of the Clay Camel", ''[[Mandrake the Magician - The Dailies Volume 1: The Cobra]]'' (2016)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*[[The Comic Strip News 2|The Comic Strip News #2]] (1980)

[[Category:Daily stories|Return of the Clay Camel, The]]

The Traveller's Tale

2022-02-22T17:06:28Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Traveller's Tale
|image= [[Image:ms-1965-03-21.png|300 px]]
|Start= March 21st, 1965
|End= August 22th, 1965
|Strips= 23 (23 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Martha Davis]] and <br>[[Fred Fredericks]]
|Preceded= "[[The Mole (story)|The Mole]]"
|Followed= "[[The Cobra Returns]]"
|}}
'''"The Traveller's Tale"''' is the 96th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Martha Davis]] and [[Fred Fredericks]].

== Plot Summary ==
In Greenland a minor earthquake tumbeling ancient ice into the cold sea, inside an ancient man. Our friends are up at the Newfoundlands banks on Barton's new boat. While fishing they rescue a mysterious castaway, telling a strange story.

Opolo was from the city Cromanga in tropical Yorkdon, now under tree miles of ice at the North Pole. He have been sleeping for 60 000 years.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:30%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Colonel Barton]]

'''One-time characters'''
*Opolo, 60 000 years old man.
*Adrana, girlfriend of Opolo.
*Natas, friend of Opolo and wizard of chemical arts.
</div><div style="float:right; width:30%;">
'''Locations'''
*New York City
*Greenland
*Newfoundlands banks
*North Pole
*Second moon of Saturn, new home of Opolo and Adrana.

'''Vehicles'''
*S.S.[[Argos|Argos II]], Colonel Barton's yacht.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The story title is from the strip of March 21, 1965 (Beginning: The Traveler's Tale).
*According to [http://vanderkrogt.net/columbus/texts/shd_paper.html Peter van der Krogt] there are 95 statues of Christopher Columbus in USA ''(in 2002)''. It is unknown which statue Martha Davis drew in the first panel of this story.
*Fred Fredericks new artist from the strip of June 27, 1965.
<gallery>
Image:ms-1965-06-27.jpg|strip of June 27, 1965<br>by Fred Fredericks
</gallery>

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*"??", [[Libro de Oro - Mandrake el Mago 21|''Libro de Oro - Mandrake el Mago'' #21]] (1966)
*"??", [[Fantasía Anuario 9|''Fantasía Anuario'' #9]] (1970)

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"O Homem do Passado", [[Mandrake 108 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #108]] (1965)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Kasvot jäässä", [[Taika-Jim 3|''Taika-Jim'' #3]] (1971)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"L’étrange Viking", [[Les héros du mystère 17|''Les héros du mystère'' #17]] & "Le sommeil liquide", [[Les héros du mystère 18|''Les héros du mystère'' #18]] (1968)
*"L’étrange Viking", & "Le sommeil liquide", [[Les héros du mystère - Album 6|''Les héros du mystère Album'' #6]] (1968)
*"L’étrange Viking", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 412|''Mandrake'' #412]] (1973)
*"L'étranger venu de la mer", [[Le Journal de Mickey|''Le Journal de Mickey'' #1127-#1138]] (1973)
*"L'étranger venu de la mer", [[Le Journal de Mickey 1 (Hors-série)|''Le Journal de Mickey'' #1]] (2001) <small>note: one page only (first Sunday page).</small>

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Lo strano "vichingo"", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 114|''Mandrake'' #114]] & "Il sonno liquido"", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 115|''Mandrake'' #115]](1966)
*"Lo strano "vichingo"", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 58|''Mandrake'' #58]] (1973)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*''[[Stavanger Aftenblad]]'' 2009-2010

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"O Mundo Perdido", [[Mundo de Aventuras 910|''Mundo de Aventuras'' #910]] (1967)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El relato del viajero", [[Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1965–1968 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2018)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"İkinci Hayat", [[Mandrake 247 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #247]] & [[Mandrake 248 (Tay)| #248]] & [[Mandrake 249 (Tay)| #249]] & [[Mandrake 250 (Tay)| #250]] (1979)
*"İkinci Hayat", [[Mandrake Albüm 80 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #80]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 81 (Tay)| #81]] (1979)
*"İkinci Hayat", [[Mandrake Albüm 200 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #200]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 201 (Tay)| #201]]

=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
*"The Traveller's Tale", ''[[Mandrake the Magician - The Sundays Volume 1: The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar]]'' (2018)

=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia===
*"Život pod ledenom korom", [[Super EKS Almanah 34|''Super EKS Almanah'' #34]] (1982)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Traveller's Tale, The]]

The Collector

2022-02-22T16:57:14Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Collector
|image= [[Image:ms-19611217.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= December 17th, 1961
|End= April 29th, 1962
|Strips= 20 (20 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Diversion]]"
|Followed= "[[Task Test]]"
|}}
'''"The Collector"''' is the 89th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Worldwide, an epidemic of thefts of priceless paintings. Everytime an masterpiece is stolen a strange glowing strand of beads is left at the crime scene.
===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]]
'''One-time characters'''
*The museum director.
*An alien art dealer.
*An alien warden.
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
'''Locations'''
*New York City
**The big city museum.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The story title is taken from the strip of December 10, 1961 (Next Week: The Collector).

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*"Amantes del arte", [[Impacto con Mandrake el mago 79 (Impacto)|''Mandrake el Mago'' #79]] (1966)

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"O Ladrão Invisível", [[Mandrake 76 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #76]] (1963)
*"O Ladrão Invisível", [[Mandrake 249 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #249]] (1976)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Tauluvaras toiselta planeetalta", [[Taika-Jim 1|''Taika-Jim'' #1]] (1971)
*"Museomysteeri", [[Mustanaamio 20/2001|''Mustanaamio'' #20]] (2001)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le voleur invisible", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 82|''Spécial Mandrake'' #82]] (1970)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Il ladro invisibile", [[Super Albo 14 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''Super Albo - Mandrake'' #14]] (1962)
*"Il ladro invisibile", [[New Comics Now 333|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #333]] and [[New Comics Now 334| #334]] (1994)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway===
*"Samleren", [[Fantomet 19/1984|''Fantomet'' #19]] (1984)
*"Samleren", [[Fantomet 20/2001|''Fantomet'' #20]] (2001)

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"O Assaltante Misterioso", [[Selecções 22|''Selecções'' #22]] (1963)
*"O Assaltante Misterioso", [[Heróis Inesquecíveis 14|''Heróis Inesquecíveis'' #14]] (1998)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El coleccionista", [[Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1959-1962 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2021)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Museimysteriet", [[Fantomen 20/2001|''Fantomen'' #20]] (2001)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Çalinan Tablolar", [[Mandrake 177 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #177]] and [[Mandrake 178 (Tay)| #178]] [[Mandrake 179 (Tay)| #179]] (1977)
*"Çalinan Tablolar", [[Mandrake Albüm 57 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #57]] and [[Mandrake Albüm 58 (Tay)| #58]] (1977 or 1978)
*"Çalinan Tablolar", [[Mandrake Albüm 178 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #178]]

=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png]] [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia ===
*"Kрађа у музеју" (romanized as "Krađa u muzeju", [[Politikin Zabavnik 1065|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #1065]] (1972)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Collector, The]]

The Water Pirates

2022-02-22T14:23:11Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Water Pirates
|image= [[Image:ms-19600814-c.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= August 14th, 1960
|End= December 4th, 1960
|Strips= 17 (17 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Radio Telescope]]"
|Followed= "[[Sky Raid]]"
|}}
'''"The Water Pirates"''' is the 84th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
An alien space ship stealing the Earth's water.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Magnon]]

'''One-time characters'''
*Alien water pirates.
</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*New York City
*Outer space
*[[Magna]]
'''Objects'''
*A three dimentional photograph of Nardraka, changing as the baby changes.
*A galactic watch, gives time on any planet just by thinking the question - and with an amazing alarm.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The story title is taken from the strip of August 8 and 14, 1960 (Next Week: The Water Pirates & Beginning Next Week: The Water Pirates).

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"''no title''", [[Mandrake 57 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #57]] (1961)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le massage des étoiles", [[Mandrake 2 (Remparts)|''Mandrake'' #2]] (1962) Note: Only the 4 first pictures of first page.
*"Les voleurs d’eau", [[Les héros du mystère - Extra issue Christmas 1967|''Les héros du mystère - Extra issue Christmas 1967'']] (1967)
*"Les voleurs d'eau", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 255|''Mandrake'' #255]] (1970)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India===
*"The Water Pirates", [[The Phantom 2 (Egmont India)|''The Phantom'' #2]] (2000)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"I predatori d'acqua", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 7|''Mandrake'' #7]] (1962)
*"I predatori d'acqua", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 47|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #47]] (1963)
*"I predatori d'acqua", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 133|''Mandrake'' #133]] (1969)
*"I predatori d'acqua", [[New Comics Now 319|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #319]] (1993)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Vannpiratene", [[Fantomet 10/1998|''Fantomet'' #10]] (1998)

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"O cavalo ladrão", [[Condor Popular 3506|''Condor Popular'' vol. 35 #6]] (1962)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"Piratas modernos", [[Novelas Gráficas presenta en su serie Amarilla 42|''Serie Amarilla'' #42]] (1959)
*"Los piratas del agua", [[Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1959-1962 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2021)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Vattenpirater", [[Fantomen 10/1998|''Fantomen'' #10]] (1998)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Su korsanlari", [[Mandrake 162 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #162]] [[Mandrake 163 (Tay)| #163]] (1977)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"The Water Pirates", [[The Missing Years 59|''The Missing Years'' #59]] and [[The Missing Years 60| ''The Missing Years'' #60]] (2010)

=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia ===
*"Невидљиви крадљивци"/"Nevidljivi kradljivci", [[Politikin Zabavnik 1010|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #1010]] (1971)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Water Pirates, The]]

S.S. Dept.

2022-02-22T14:19:14Z

Paramjitmann: adding image

{{character
|name=S.S. Dept.
|image= [[Image:S.S. Dept..jpg|200 px]]
|first= "[[The Silly Stuff Department]]"
|creators= [[Lee Falk]] and [[Phil Davis]]
|}}

'''S.S. Dept.''' or the "Silly Stuff" Department, for cranks and crackpots.

==History==
At the police hq in New York they have a "Silly Stuff" Division ''(also known as "Silly Stuff" Department)''.

== Notable appearances ==
Some of the stories where the "Silly Stuff" Department has featured most prominently are:

{| {{table}}
! Year!!Daily/Sunday !!Title !!Artist !! Comments
|-
| 1952 || Daily || "[[The Silly Stuff Department]]" || [[Phil Davis|Davis]] ||
|-
| 1956 || Daily || "[[The New Neighbors]]" || Davis || S.S. Dept., ''Silly Stuff Department''
|-
| 1956 || Daily || "[[The Little Fog]]" || Davis || S.S. Dept.
|-
| 1957 || Daily || "[[The Penthouse Mystery]]" || Davis || S.S. Div., ''Silly Stuff Division''
|-
| 1957 || Sunday || "[[The Place Called X]]" || Davis || S.S. Div., ''Silly Stuff Division''
|-
| 1958 || Daily || "[[Employment Agency]]" || Davis || S.S. Div., ''Silly Stuff Division''
|-
| 1958 || Sunday || "[[The Invisible Thief]]" || Davis || S.S. Div., ''Silly Stuff Division''
|-
| 1959 || Daily || "[[Queen of the Cats]]" || Davis || S.S. Div., ''Silly Stuff Division''
|-
| 1961 || Daily || "[[The Fishing Trip]]" || Davis || ''Silly-Stuff Department'' mentioned
|-
| 1961 || Daily || "[[Photo Mystery]]" || Davis || S.S Div., ''Silly Stuff Division''
|-
| 1964 || Daily || "[[The Butterfly Man]]" || Davis || S.S Div., ''Silly Stuff Division''
|-
| 1967 || Daily || "[[The Secret Weapon Caper]]" || [[Fred Fredericks|Fredericks]] || SS Dept., the ''Silly Stuff Department''
|-
| 1970 || Daily || "[[Hojo's Tale]]" || Fredericks || Special Services Division, known to the cops as the ''Silly Stuff Division''
|-
| 1972 || Daily || "[[The Mission]]" || Fredericks || S.S. Division
|-
| 1974 || Daily || "[[Super-Elec]]" || Fredericks || Special Services Division, known to the cops as the ''Silly Stuff Division''
|-
| 1990 || Daily || "[[The Other Side of Nowhere]]" || Fredericks || S.S. Division
|-
| 1995 || Daily || "[[The Monster Thief]]" || Fredericks || Silly-Stuff Department
|-
| 1996 || Daily || "[[The S. S. Div.]]" || Fredericks ||
|-
| 1998 || Daily || "[[The Fisherman (1998 story)|The Fisherman]]" || Fredericks || C.S. Department, ''Crazy Stuff Department''
|-
|}

[[Category:Locations|S.S. Dept.]]

File:S.S. Dept..jpg

2022-02-22T14:18:06Z

Paramjitmann: S.S. Dept., Panel from The Silly Stuff Department, art by Phil Davis.

== Summary ==
[[S.S. Dept.]], Panel from [[The Silly Stuff Department]], art by [[Phil Davis]].

The Invaders

2022-02-22T14:11:11Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Invaders
|image= [[Image:ms-19580105.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= January 5, 1958
|End= April 20, 1958
|Strips= 16 (16 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Place Called X]]"
|Followed= "[[The Mesa]]"
|}}
'''"The Invaders"''' is the 74th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Two scouts from an alien invasion fleet come from a distant star to conquer the Earth.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Narda]]

'''One-time characters'''
*Brownie, a horse.

</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*US
*Province 7W81, third planet, Cyni 11.
'''Vehicles'''
*X6-Z4@N, an alian scout ship.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The story title is taken from the strip of December 29, 1957 (Next Week: The Invaders).
*Narda is five feet five inches high.

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"Os Invasores do Espaço", [[Almanaque do Mandrake 1959|''Almanaque do Mandrake'']] (1959)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Les conquérants de l'espace", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 1|''Mandrake'' #1]] (1962)
*"Les conquérants de l'espace", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 306|''Mandrake'' #306]] (1971)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Gli invasori dello spazio", [[Il Vascello 50 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #50]] (1961)
*"Gli invasori dello spazio", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 21|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #21]] (1962)
*"Gli invasori dello spazio", [[New Comics Now 302|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #302]] (1993)

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
''*"no title"'', [[Ciclone 13|''Ciclone'' #13]] (1961)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"Invasion a la tierra", [[Coleccion Héroes Modernos presenta: Merlin el Mago Moderno 12|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #12]] (1959)
*"Invasion a la tierra", [[Coleccion Héroes Modernos presenta: Merlin el Mago Moderno - Album de Lujo 3|''Merlin el Mago Moderno - Album de Lujo'' #3]] (1959)
*"Los Invasores", [[ Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1956–1959 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2021)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Hotet från rymden", [[Fantomen - Den vandrande vålnaden 6|''Den vandrande vålnaden'' #6]] (1996)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"İstilacılar", [[Mandrake 79 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #79]] [[Mandrake 80 (Tay)| #80]] (1976)
*"İstilacılar", [[Mandrake Albüm 27 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #27]]

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"The Invaders", [[The Missing Years 48|''The Missing Years'' #48]] (2005)

=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia===
*"Senke strave", [[Super EKS Almanah 49|''Super EKS Almanah'' #49]] (1983)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Invaders, The]]

The Place Called X

2022-02-22T14:10:43Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Place Called X
|image= [[Image:ms-19570811.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= August 11, 1957
|End= December 29, 1957
|Strips= 21 (21 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Casino]]"
|Followed= "[[The Invaders]]"
|}}
'''"The Place Called X"''' is the 73rd Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
At a laboratory in the country they are experimenting with new ultra-ultre short waves. The suddenly, people begin to vanish, into a silent whirling green spiral.
===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]]
'''One-time characters'''
*Prof Pell /Bell, a electronic expert.
*Steve, Prof Bell's assistant.
*Joe Brown, a farmer.
*Ed, a young man.
*The [[Greenies]], inhabitants of the Green World in the World of XYMX
*The [[Flamz]], inhabitants of the Flaming Red World in the World of XYMX
</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*New York City
**[[S.S. Dept.|S.S. Division]]
*''The country''
**Lover's Lane
*[[The World of XYMX]]
**The Green World
**The Flaming Red World
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The story title is taken from the strip of August 4 and 11, 1957 (Next Week: The Place Called X & Beginning: The Place Called X).

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"A Nuvem Verde", [[Mandrake 33 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #33]] (1958)
*"A Misteriosa Nuvem Verde", [[Mandrake 303 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #303]] (1981)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*''"no given title"'', [[Sarjakuvalehti 19/1963|''Sarjakuvalehti'' #19]] (1963)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"La spirale mystérieuse", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 2|''Mandrake'' #2]] (1962)
*"La spirale mystérieuse", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 266|''Mandrake'' #266]] (1970)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"La spirale misteriosa", [[Il Vascello 45 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #45]] (1961)
*"La spirale misteriosa", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 27|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #27]] (1963)
*"La spirale misteriosa", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 151|''Mandrake'' #151]] (1970)
*"La spirale misteriosa", [[New Comics Now 275|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #275]] (1991)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India===
*"The Place Called X", [[The Phantom 11 (Egmont India)|''The Phantom'' #11]] (2001)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Et sted ved navn X", [[Fantomet 7/1999|''Fantomet'' #7]] (1999)

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"O Segredo do Remoinho Verde", [[Condor Popular Vol. 20 N.° 4|''Condor Popular Vol. 20 N.° 4'']] (1959)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"Un Lugar Llamado X", [[ Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1956–1959 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2021)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"En plats kallad X", [[Fantomen 7/1999|''Fantomen'' #7]] (1999)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Yeşil Dünya", [[Mandrake 77 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #77]] [[Mandrake 78 (Tay)| #78]] (1975)
*"Yeşil Dünya", [[Mandrake Albüm 26 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #26]]

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"The Place Called X", [[The Missing Years 47|''The Missing Years'' #47]] (2004)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Place Called X, The]]

City in the Deep

2022-02-22T14:03:45Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= City in the Deep
|image= [[Image:ms-19560219.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= February 19, 1956
|End= June 3, 1956
|Strips= 16 (16 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Castaway (1955 story)|The Castaway]]"
|Followed= "[[Witchmen's Peak]]"
|}}
'''"City in the Deep"''' is the 69th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Part of Sir Harry's work on the ''around-the-world'' cruise on the "Ocean Wind" is to make a profil of the sea bottom. Using sonic soundings they getting echoes from the erc layer. The ''moving'' phantom sea bottom is one of the world's mysteries that Sir Harry hope to solve. In the newbuilt seamobile Mandrake, Lothar and Sir Harry going down to have a look at the mysterious layer.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Sir Harry]], one of the world's richest men - hunter, sportsman, collector..

'''One-time characters'''
*Captain on the yacht

</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*At sea
*Mu <small>(mentioned only)</small>
*The underwater city, thousand of years ago rebels fled the tyrant of Mu and build the city to hide
'''Vehicles'''
*S.S. [[Ocean Wind]], Sir Harry's yacht.
*A seamobile, a submarine with belts as a tank
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*At the [http://www.deepwoods.org deepwoods.org] index the title for this story is '''"City in the Deep"''', which is lifted from the plot.
*The strip of February 19 is more like a filler page, where our friends think of "how nice it is to be back in the safe big city again" versus how many risks that pop up in a big city. Similar as the last strip of the [[Pacifica]] story from 1942.
*Mandrake is a master of many languages.
*The ''around-the-world cruise'' on the "Ocean Wind" ends with this story.

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"''no title''", [[Mandrake 24 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #24]] (1957)
*"Mistério no Fundo do Mar", [[Mandrake 225 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #225]] (1974)
*"Perigo no Fundo do Mar", [[Mandrake Coleção 21|''Mandrake Coleção'' #21]] (1991)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le continent Mu", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 3|''Mandrake'' #3]] (1962)
*"Le continent Mu", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 261|''Mandrake'' #261]] (1970)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India===
*"The Underwater City", [[The Phantom 1:3 (Egmont India)|''The Phantom'' #1 Book 3]] (2000)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Continente Mu", [[Il Vascello 40 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #40]] (1960)
*"Continente "Mu", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 11|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #11]] (1962)
*"Il continente Mu", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 130|''Mandrake'' #130]] (1969)
*"Continente Mu", [[New Comics Now 274|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #274]] (1991)

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"O Continente Perdido", [[Condor Popular Vol. 10 N.° 1|''Condor Popular Vol. 10 N.° 1'']] (1957)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"La Ciudad en las Profundidades", [[ Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1956–1959 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2021)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Staden i djupet", [[Fantomen - Den vandrande vålnaden 2|''Den vandrande vålnaden'' #2]] (1996)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Deniz Altındaki Sır", [[Mandrake 101 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #101]] [[Mandrake 102 (Tay)| #102]] (1976)
*"Deniz Altındaki Sır", [[Mandrake Albüm 34 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #34]]
*"Deniz Altındaki Sır", [[Mandrake Albüm 102 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #102]] [[Mandrake Albüm 103 (Tay)| #103]]

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"City in the Deep", [[Mandrake the Ultimate|''Mandrake the Ultimate'' #1]] (1989)

[[Category:Sunday stories|City in the Deep]]

The Castaway (1955 story)

2022-02-22T14:02:54Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Castaway
|image= [[Image:ms-19551127.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= November 27, 1955
|End= February 12, 1956
|Strips= 12 (12 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[Magnetic Island]]"
|Followed= "[[City in the Deep]]"
|}}
'''"The Castaway"''' is the 68th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Dr. Lake's special fild was epidemics, germs. His studies convinced him that disease germs - somehow - either came or were sent to Earth from Jupiter. One day he recieved a strange package, containing a note engraved on thin metal with blueprints for a rocketship of unknown design. Then, a year ago Dr. Lake was the first man to fly a rocket. But something happend and the rocket vanished leaving no trace.

Now as our friends sails slowly on The Ocean Wind they discovered a castaway, who claims that he is Dr. Lake. The Castaway told a strange tale about his experiences on the planet Jupiter.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]

'''One-time characters'''
*Dr. Lake, a bacteriologist - and rocketeer
*[[Jovians]], people on Jupiter
</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*At sea
*Jupiter, the planet
'''Vehicles'''
*S.S. [[Ocean Wind]], Sir Harry's yacht.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The story title is from the strip of November 20, 1955 (Next Week: "The Castaway").

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"(no title given)", [[Almanaque de O Globo Juvenil 1957|''Almanaque de O Globo Juvenil'' 1957]] (1956)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Raketilla jupiteriin", [[Mustanaamio 4/1997|''Mustanaamio'' #4]] (1997)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le rescapé de la planète Jupiter", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 58|''Mandrake'' #58]] (1965)
*"Le rescapé de la planète Jupiter", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 275|''Mandrake'' #275]] (1970)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India===
*"The Castaway", [[The Phantom 13 (Egmont India)|''The Phantom'' #13]] (2001)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"L'evaso dal pianeta Giove", [[Il Vascello 39 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #39]] (1960)
*"L'evaso del pianeta Giove", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 11|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #11]] (1962)
*"L'evaso dal pianeta Giove", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 149|''Mandrake'' #149]] (1970)
*"L'evaso dal pianeta Giove", [[New Comics Now 258|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #258]] and [[New Comics Now 274| #274]] (1989 and 1991)

=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"The Castaway", [[Mandrake the Magician 151 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #151'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 152 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #152'']] (1957)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Med rakett til Jupiter", [[Fantomet 4/1997|''Fantomet'' #4]] (1997)

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"O Viajante do Espaço", [[Condor Popular Vol. 8 N.° 3|''Condor Popular'' Vol. 8 #3]] (1956)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El Náufrago", [[ Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1953–1956 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2020)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Med raket till Jupiter", [[Fantomen 4/1997|''Fantomen'' #4]] (1997)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Bir Uzay Macerası", [[Mandrake 100 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #100]] [[Mandrake 101 (Tay)| #101]] (1976)
*"Bir Uzay Macerası", [[Mandrake Albüm 34 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #34]]
*"Bir Uzay Macerası", [[Mandrake Albüm 102 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #102]]

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"The Castaway", [[Mandrake the Ultimate|''Mandrake the Ultimate'' #1]] (1989)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Castaway, The]]

Magnetic Island

2022-02-22T14:01:18Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= Magnetic Island
|image= [[Image:ms-19550814.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= August 14, 1955
|End= November 20, 1955
|Strips= 15 (15 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[Universal Love]]"
|Followed= "[[The Castaway (1955 story)|The Castaway]]"
|}}
'''"Magnetic Island"''' is the 67th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
The Ocean Wind approaching a high black island, then the steel schooner mysteriously moves towards the island.
===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Sir Harry]], one of the world's richest men - hunter, sportsman, collector..

'''One-time characters'''
*A telegraphist, at The Ocean Wind
*Captain on S.S. Gay
*King Magno
*Marko, a electronic wizard. aka King Magno
</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*A high black island
'''Vehicles'''
*S.S. [[Ocean Wind]], Sir Harry's yacht.
*S.S. Gay, a missing round-the-world cruise ship
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*At the [http://www.deepwoods.org deepwoods.org] index the title for this story is '''"Magnetic Island"''', which is lifted from the plot.

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le rescapé de la planète Jupiter", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 58|''Mandrake'' #58]] (1965)
*"L'île magnétique", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 256|''Mandrake'' #256]] (1970)
*"Le mystère de l'île noire", [[Le Journal de Mickey|''Le Journal de Mickey'' #991-#995]] (1971)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India===
*"The Magnetic Island", [[The Phantom 9 (Egmont India)|''The Phantom'' #9]] (2001)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"L'isola magnetica", [[Il Vascello 39 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #39]] (1960)
*"L’isola magnetica", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 11|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #11]] (1962)
*"L'isola magnetica", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 134|''Mandrake'' #134]] (1969)
*"L’isola magnetica", [[New Comics Now 258|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #258]] (1989)

=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"Magnetic Island", [[Mandrake the Magician 150 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #150'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 151 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #151'']] (1957)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Magnetøya", [[Fantomet 15/1997|''Fantomet'' #15]] (1997)

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"Os Escravos de Magno", [[Condor Popular Vol. 8 N.° 3|''Condor Popular'' Vol. 8 #3]] (1956)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"La Isla Magnética", [[ Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1953–1956 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2020)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Magnetön", [[Fantomen 15/1997|''Fantomen'' #15]] (1997)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Manyetik Ada", [[Mandrake 93 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #93]] [[Mandrake 94 (Tay)| #94]] (1976)
*"Manyetik Ada", [[Mandrake Albüm 31 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #31]] [[Mandrake Albüm 32 (Tay)| #32]]
*"Manyetik Ada", [[Mandrake Albüm 101 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #101]] [[Mandrake Albüm 102 (Tay)| #102]]

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"Magnetic Island", [[Mandrake the Ultimate|''Mandrake the Ultimate'' #1]] (1989)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Magnetic Island]]

Universal Love

2022-02-22T14:00:25Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= Universal Love
|image= [[Image:ms-19550529.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= May 29, 1955
|End= August 7, 1955
|Strips= 11 (11 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[Isle of the Giant]]"
|Followed= "[[Magnetic Island]]"
|}}
'''"Universal Love"''' is the 66th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
At the yacht our friends are looking at the stars when a huge, burning object flies out of the sky and explodes on a desert island. They go ashore to investigate and find a meteorite of solid metal. During the night the meteorite split in half and our friends see an incredible creature.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]

'''One-time characters'''
*Sord-folks, creatures from outer space
*The captain on Ocean Wind

</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*A desert island
*A planet with two moons, revolving about a green star <small>(mentionde only)</small>
'''Vehicles'''
*S.S. [[Ocean Wind]], Sir Harry's yacht.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*At the [http://www.deepwoods.org deepwoods.org] index the title for this story is '''"Universal Love"''', which is lifted from the plot.

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Universaalista rakkautta", [[Mustanaamio 1/1997|''Mustanaamio'' #1]] (1997)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Les trois îles mystérieuses/Le papillon venu d'ailleurs", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 10|''Mandrake'' #10]] (1963)
*"Le papillon venu d'ailleurs", [[Le Journal de Mickey|''Le Journal de Mickey'' #988-#991]] (1971)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India===
*"Universal Love", [[The Phantom 1:1 (Egmont India)|''The Phantom'' #1 Book 1]] (2000)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Le 3 isole misteriose", [[Il Vascello 38 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #38]] (1960)
*"Le tre isole misteriose (Sposi spaziali)", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 11|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #11]] (1962)
*"Le 3 isole misteriose", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 126|''Mandrake'' #126]] (1969)
*"Sposi spaziali", [[New Comics Now 258|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #258]] (1989)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Universell kjærlighet", [[Fantomet 1/1997|''Fantomet'' #1]] (1997)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"Amor Universal", [[ Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1953–1956 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2020)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Universell kärlek", [[Fantomen 1/1997|''Fantomen'' #1]] (1997)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Garip Yolculuk", [[Mandrake 91 (Tay)| #91]] (1976)
*"Garip Yolculuk", [[Mandrake Albüm 31 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #31]]

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"Universal Love", [[Mandrake the Ultimate|''Mandrake the Ultimate'' #1]] (1989)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Universal Love]]

Universal Love

2022-02-22T13:58:56Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= Universal Love
|image= [[Image:ms-19550529.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= May 29, 1955
|End= August 7, 1955
|Strips= 11 (11 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[Isle of the Giant]]"
|Followed= "[[Magnetic Island]]"
|}}
'''"Universal Love"''' is the 66th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
At the yacht our friends are looking at the stars when a huge, burning object flies out of the sky and explodes on a desert island. They go ashore to investigate and find a meteorite of solid metal. During the night the meteorite split in half and our friends see an incredible creature.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]

'''One-time characters'''
*Creatures from outer space
*The captain on Ocean Wind

</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*A desert island
*A planet with two moons, revolving about a green star <small>(mentionde only)</small>
'''Vehicles'''
*S.S. [[Ocean Wind]], Sir Harry's yacht.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*At the [http://www.deepwoods.org deepwoods.org] index the title for this story is '''"Universal Love"''', which is lifted from the plot.

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Universaalista rakkautta", [[Mustanaamio 1/1997|''Mustanaamio'' #1]] (1997)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Les trois îles mystérieuses/Le papillon venu d'ailleurs", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 10|''Mandrake'' #10]] (1963)
*"Le papillon venu d'ailleurs", [[Le Journal de Mickey|''Le Journal de Mickey'' #988-#991]] (1971)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India===
*"Universal Love", [[The Phantom 1:1 (Egmont India)|''The Phantom'' #1 Book 1]] (2000)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Le 3 isole misteriose", [[Il Vascello 38 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #38]] (1960)
*"Le tre isole misteriose (Sposi spaziali)", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 11|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #11]] (1962)
*"Le 3 isole misteriose", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 126|''Mandrake'' #126]] (1969)
*"Sposi spaziali", [[New Comics Now 258|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #258]] (1989)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Universell kjærlighet", [[Fantomet 1/1997|''Fantomet'' #1]] (1997)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"Amor Universal", [[ Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1953–1956 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2020)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Universell kärlek", [[Fantomen 1/1997|''Fantomen'' #1]] (1997)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Garip Yolculuk", [[Mandrake 91 (Tay)| #91]] (1976)
*"Garip Yolculuk", [[Mandrake Albüm 31 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #31]]

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"Universal Love", [[Mandrake the Ultimate|''Mandrake the Ultimate'' #1]] (1989)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Universal Love]]

The Sleeping Forest

2022-02-22T12:57:42Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Sleeping Forest
|image= [[Image:ms-19541219.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= December 19, 1954
|End= March 13, 1955
|Strips= 13 (13 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Ocean Wind]]"
|Followed= "[[Isle of the Giant]]"
|}}
'''"The Sleeping Forest"''' is the 64th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
While the "Ocean Wind" gets supplies in the port of a large tropical island Mandrake decided to ride across the island to meet the ship on the other side. First they have to cross "The Great Gulch" and beyond there are many strange things, among them "The Sleeping Wood". Our friends manage to cross "The Great Gulch" and soon the discovered a wood with giant flowers, with a strange perfume. And soon they fall into a trance-like sleep.

After a few days aboard the yacht they hear music, strange singing comming over the water.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Sir Harry]], one of the world's richest men - hunter, sportsman, collector..

'''One-time characters'''
*A governor
*Animals
**Horses
**A tiger
**A fawn
*The flower-god of the Sleeping flowers
*A Chief
*Captain on the yacht
*Mermaid #1, boss of the wreckers
*Mermaid #2, boss of the wreckers
*A gang of wreckers
</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*A large tropical island
**The Great Gulch
**The Sleeping Wood
***A village
'''Vehicles'''
*S.S. [[Ocean Wind]], Sir Harry's yacht.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*At the [http://www.deepwoods.org deepwoods.org] index the title for this story is '''"The Sleeping Forest"''', which is lifted from the plot.
*The strip of December 19, 1954 indicate a title for first part of this story (Next Week: The Great Gulch).
*The strip of February 6, 1955 indicate a title for second part of this story (Next Week: Strange Music).

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"A Ilha do Gigante", [[Mandrake 16 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #16]] (1955)
*"A Flor da Morte" and "As Sereias Piratas", [[Mandrake 210 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #210]] (1973)
*"Aventura nos Trópicos", [[Mandrake Coleção 16|''Mandrake Coleção'' #16]] (1990)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Les trois îles mystérieuses"; "Les fleurs étranges" and "Les sirènes", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 10|''Mandrake'' #10]] (1963)
*"Les trois îles mystérieuses", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 253|''Mandrake'' #253]] and [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 254| #254]] (1970)
*"Les fleurs étranges" and "Les sirènes", [[Le Journal de Mickey|''Le Journal de Mickey'' #982-#985]] (1971)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India===
*"The Sleeping Woods", [[The Phantom 3 (Egmont India)|''The Phantom'' #3]] (2000)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Le 3 isole misteriose", [[Il Vascello 38 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #38]] (1960)
*"Le tre isole misteriose (La foresta del sonno) & (Le sirene)", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 11|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #11]] (1962)
*"Le 3 isole misteriose", ("[[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 126|''Mandrake'' #126]]") (1969)
*"La foresta del sonno" and "Le sirene", [[New Comics Now 257|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #257]] and [[New Comics Now 258| #258]] (1989)

=== [[Image:mini_mexico.gif]] Mexico ===
*"Aventuras en el Mar", [[Mandrake el mago 11 (EDAR)|''Mandrake el mago'' #11]] (1966)

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"As Sereias", [[Tigre 25|''Tigre'' #25]] (1957)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El Bosque Dormido" and "Extraña Música" , [[ Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1953–1956 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2020)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Den sovande skogen", [[Serie-pressen 11/1972|''Serie-pressen'' #11]] (1972)
*"Den sovande skogen", [[Fantomen - Den vandrande vålnaden 8|''Den vandrande vålnaden'' #8]] (1996)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Garip Yolculuk", [[Mandrake 89 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #89]] & [[Mandrake 90 (Tay)| #90]] (1976)
*"Garip Yolculuk", [[Mandrake Albüm 30 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #30]] (1976)
*"Garip Yolculuk", [[Mandrake Albüm 101 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #101]]

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"The Sleeping Forest", [[Mandrake Sundays 6|''Mandrake Sundays'' #6]] [[Mandrake the Ultimate|''Mandrake the Ultimate'' #1]] (1989)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Sleeping Forest, The]]

The Sleeping Forest

2022-02-22T12:57:08Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Sleeping Forest
|image= [[Image:ms-19541219.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= December 19, 1954
|End= March 13, 1955
|Strips= 13 (13 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Ocean Wind]]"
|Followed= "[[Isle of the Giant]]"
|}}
'''"The Sleeping Forest"''' is the 64th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
While the "Ocean Wind" gets supplies in the port of a large tropical island Mandrake decided to ride across the island to meet the ship on the other side. First they have to cross "The Great Gulch" and beyond there are many strange things, among them "The Sleeping Wood". Our friends manage to cross "The Great Gulch" and soon the discovered a wood with giant flowers, with a strange perfume. And soon they fall into a trance-like sleep.

After a few days aboard the yacht they hear music, strange singing comming over the water.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Sir Harry]], one of the world's richest men - hunter, sportsman, collector..

'''One-time characters'''
*A governor
*Animals
**Horses
**A tiger
**A fawn
*The flower-god of the Sleeping flowers
*A Chief
*Captain on the yacht
*Mermaid #1, boss of the wreckers
*Mermaid #2, boss of the wreckers
*A gang of wreckers
</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*A large tropical island
**The Great Gulch
**The Sleeping Wood
***A village
'''Vehicles'''
*S.S. Ocean Wind, Sir Harry's yacht.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*At the [http://www.deepwoods.org deepwoods.org] index the title for this story is '''"The Sleeping Forest"''', which is lifted from the plot.
*The strip of December 19, 1954 indicate a title for first part of this story (Next Week: The Great Gulch).
*The strip of February 6, 1955 indicate a title for second part of this story (Next Week: Strange Music).

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"A Ilha do Gigante", [[Mandrake 16 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #16]] (1955)
*"A Flor da Morte" and "As Sereias Piratas", [[Mandrake 210 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #210]] (1973)
*"Aventura nos Trópicos", [[Mandrake Coleção 16|''Mandrake Coleção'' #16]] (1990)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Les trois îles mystérieuses"; "Les fleurs étranges" and "Les sirènes", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 10|''Mandrake'' #10]] (1963)
*"Les trois îles mystérieuses", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 253|''Mandrake'' #253]] and [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 254| #254]] (1970)
*"Les fleurs étranges" and "Les sirènes", [[Le Journal de Mickey|''Le Journal de Mickey'' #982-#985]] (1971)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India===
*"The Sleeping Woods", [[The Phantom 3 (Egmont India)|''The Phantom'' #3]] (2000)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Le 3 isole misteriose", [[Il Vascello 38 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #38]] (1960)
*"Le tre isole misteriose (La foresta del sonno) & (Le sirene)", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 11|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #11]] (1962)
*"Le 3 isole misteriose", ("[[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 126|''Mandrake'' #126]]") (1969)
*"La foresta del sonno" and "Le sirene", [[New Comics Now 257|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #257]] and [[New Comics Now 258| #258]] (1989)

=== [[Image:mini_mexico.gif]] Mexico ===
*"Aventuras en el Mar", [[Mandrake el mago 11 (EDAR)|''Mandrake el mago'' #11]] (1966)

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"As Sereias", [[Tigre 25|''Tigre'' #25]] (1957)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El Bosque Dormido" and "Extraña Música" , [[ Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1953–1956 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2020)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Den sovande skogen", [[Serie-pressen 11/1972|''Serie-pressen'' #11]] (1972)
*"Den sovande skogen", [[Fantomen - Den vandrande vålnaden 8|''Den vandrande vålnaden'' #8]] (1996)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Garip Yolculuk", [[Mandrake 89 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #89]] & [[Mandrake 90 (Tay)| #90]] (1976)
*"Garip Yolculuk", [[Mandrake Albüm 30 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #30]] (1976)
*"Garip Yolculuk", [[Mandrake Albüm 101 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #101]]

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"The Sleeping Forest", [[Mandrake Sundays 6|''Mandrake Sundays'' #6]] [[Mandrake the Ultimate|''Mandrake the Ultimate'' #1]] (1989)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Sleeping Forest, The]]

The Ocean Wind

2022-02-22T12:56:14Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Ocean Wind
|image= [[Image:ms-19540725.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= July 25, 1954
|End= December 12, 1954
|Strips= 21 (21 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Tomb]]"
|Followed= "[[The Sleeping Forest]]"
|}}
'''"The Ocean Wind"''' is the 63rd Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Mandrake and Narda are on a ''around-the-world'' cruise on the "Ocean Wind". When they made a stop at an tropical isle someone tried to defraud Harry to buy an island with centaurs. Next they where attacked by zeppelin pirates, then they saw a strange sight. An old man riding on a leaping porpoise, blowing on a silver whisle.
===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Sir Harry]], one of the world's richest men - hunter, sportsman, collector.

'''One-time characters'''
*Baron Burle, a swindler
*Swindler #
*Zeppelin pirates
*An old man, who grew up on the ocean
</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*A tropical island
*Los Hope Isle, a small tropical island
'''Vehicles'''
*S.S. [[Ocean Wind]], Sir Harry's yacht.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The story title is from the strip of July 18, 1954 (Next Week: The Ocean Wind -).

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"A Viagem Fantástica", [[Mandrake - Edição Extra 1972|''Mandrake - Edição Extra'']] (1971)
*''"no title"'', [[Almanaque do Mandrake 1956|''Almanaque do Mandrake'']] (1956)
*"A Viagem Fantástica", [[Mandrake Especial 24|''Mandrake Especial'' #24]] (1989)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Kentauri" & "Zeppeliinirosvot" & "Salaperäinen huilumies", [[Mustanaamio 21/2000|''Mustanaamio'' #21]], [[Mustanaamio 6/2001| #6]] and [[Mustanaamio 9/2001| #9]] (2000-2001)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le dompteur de baleines", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 17|''Mandrake'' #17]] (1963)
*"Le dompteur de baleines", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 271|''Mandrake'' #271]] (1970)
*"Les centaures", "Les forbans du ciel" and "Le maître des baleines", [[Le Journal de Mickey|''Le Journal de Mickey'' #977-#982]] (1971)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Il domatore di balene", [[Il Vascello 37 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #37]] (1960)
*"Il domatore di balene", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 7|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #7]] (1962)
*"Il domatore di balene", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 150|''Mandrake'' #150]] (1970)
*"I centauri", "I pirati dell’aria" and "Il signore del mare", [[New Comics Now 257|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #257]] (1989)

=== [[Image:mini_mexico.gif]] Mexico ===
*"Aventuras en el Mar", [[Mandrake el mago 11 (EDAR)|''Mandrake el mago'' #11]] (1966) <small>note: starting 17 October, 1954.</small>
*"La Isla Misteriosa", [[Mandrake el mago 13 (EDAR)|''Mandrake el mago'' #13]] (1966) <small>note: ending 10 October, 1954.</small>

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Kentauren" & "Zeppelinpiratene" & "Mannen med sølvfløyten", [[Fantomet 21/2000|''Fantomet'' #21]], [[Fantomet 6/2001| #6]] and [[Fantomet 9/2001| #9]] (2000-2001)

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"O Mistério dos Centauros", [[Tigre 2|''Tigre'' #2]] (1955) <small>(note: first part)</small>

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El viento del Océano", [[ Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1953–1956 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2020)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Havsvinden" & "Äventyret med luftpiraterna", [[Serie-pressen 8/1972|''Serie-pressen'' #8]] & [[Serie-pressen 9/1972| #9]] & [[Serie-pressen 10/1972| #10]] & [[Serie-pressen 11/1972| #11]] (1972)
*"Kentauren" & "Zeppelinarpiraterna" & "Valdomptören", [[Fantomen 21/2000|''Fantomen'' #21]] , [[Fantomen 6/2001| #6]] and [[Fantomen 9/2001| #9]] (2000-2001)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Okyanus Rüzagarı", [[Mandrake 121 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #121]] & [[Mandrake 122 (Tay)| #122]] (1976)
*"Okyanus Rüzagarı", [[Mandrake Albüm 41 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #41]]

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"The Ocean Wind", [[Mandrake Sundays 6|''Mandrake Sundays'' #6]] (1989)
*"The Ocean Wind", [[The Sunday Pages Mandrake Series/ "The Ocean Wind and other Stories" (Pacific Comics Club)|''The Sunday Pages Series/ "The Ocean Wind and other Stories" (Pacific Comics Club)'']] (2018)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Ocean Wind, The]]

The Doorway to Z

2022-02-22T12:42:06Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Doorway to Z
|image= [[Image:ms-19520713.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= July 13, 1952
|End= November 16, 1952
|Strips= 19 (19 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[Taboo Land]]"
|Followed= "[[The Hide-out]]"
|}}
'''"The Doorway to Z"''' is the 54th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
During his experiments Dr. Boyd accidentally discovered a mysterious doorway, possibly to another dimension. When he toss or shove objects through the doorway, they disappears.

While Mandrake and Dr. Boyd examines the fascinating doorway suddenly a beatiful girl in an unearthly costume appears in the doorway. Next two desperate convicts rush into the house and into the mysterious doorway.

With a gun and a walkie-talkie radio Mandrake decides to enter the mysterious world of "Z".

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]

'''One-time characters'''
*Dr. Boyd, a famous scientist.
*Mac, an escaped concict.
*[[Rollies]], spherical inhabitants of the World of Z.

</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*The Caribbean
*[[The World of Z]]
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The story title is from the strip of July 11, 1952 (Beginning Next Week = "The Doorway to Z" ...) and July 13, 1952 (Beginning: The Doorway to Z).

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*"??", [[Cinemisterio 205|''Cinemisterio'' #205]] (1954)

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"Mundo de Z", [[Mandrake 2 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #2]] (1953)
*"O Mundo Z", [[Mandrake 243 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #243]] (1976)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Ovi Zetaan", [[Wanhat Sarjat 9|''Wanhat Sarjat'' #9]] (1985)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le monde Z", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 59|''Mandrake'' #59]] (1965)
*"Le monde Z", [[Les héros de l'aventure 58|''Les héros de l'aventure'' #58]] (1969)
*"Le monde Z", [[Le Journal de Mickey|''Le Journal de Mickey'' #965-#969]] (1970-1971)
*"''no title''", [[BD V.F. - Mandrake le Magicien 5|''Mandrake le Magicien'' #5]] (1984)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India===
*"The Doorway to 'Z'", [[The Phantom 7 (Egmont India)|''The Phantom'' #7]] (2001)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Il mondo Zeta", [[Albo Traguardo 28 - Mandrake - Nuova serie 2|''Albo Traguardo'' #28]] (1953)
*"Il mondo Zeta", [[Collana grandi personaggi - Mandrake 1|''Collana grandi personaggi - Mandrake'' #1]] (1953)
*"Il mondo "Z"", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 15|''Mandrake'' #15]] (1962)
*"Il mondo "Z"", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 51|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #51]] (1963)
*"Il mondo Zeta", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 100|''Mandrake'' #100]] (1969)
*"Il mondo Zeta", [[New Comics Now 200|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #200]] (1987)

=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"The Doorway to Z", [[Mandrake the Magician 57 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #57'']], [[Mandrake the Magician 58 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #58'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 59 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #59'']] (1953)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Porten til Z", [[Fantomet 3/1999|''Fantomet'' #3]] (1999)

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"A Porta Z", [[Condor Popular Vol. 42 N.° 1|''Condor Popular'' #1, volum 42]] (1962)
*"A Porta Z", [[Mundo de Aventuras 219|''Mundo de Aventuras'' #219]] to [[Mundo de Aventuras 225|''Mundo de Aventuras'' #225]] (1953)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"Puerta a Z", [[ Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1949–1953 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2019)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Porten till Z", [[Fantomen 3/1999|''Fantomen'' #3]] (1999)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Esrarengiz Kapı", [[Mandrake 112 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #112]] & [[Mandrake 113 (Tay)| #113]] & [[Mandrake 114 (Tay)| #114]] (1976)
*"Esrarengiz Kapı", [[Mandrake Albüm 38 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #38]]
*"Esrarengiz Kapı", [[Mandrake Albüm 151 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #151]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 152 (Tay)| #152]]

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"The Doorway to Z", [[Mandrake Sundays 5|''Mandrake Sundays'' #5]] (1989)
*"The Doorway to Z", [[Comics Revue 281-282|''Comics Revue'' #281-282]] – [[Comics Revue 299-330|#299-330]] (2009/2011)
*"The Doorway to Z", [[The Sunday Pages Mandrake Series/ "The Doorway to Z and other Stories" (Pacific Comics Club)|''The Sunday Pages Series/ "The Doorway to Z and other Stories" (Pacific Comics Club)'']] (2019)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Doorway to Z, The]]

Curse of the Kavrun Emerald

2022-02-22T12:30:39Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= Curse of the Kavrun Emerald
|image= [[Image:ms-19501029.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= October 29, 1950
|End= January 14, 1951
|Strips= 12 (12 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Department Store Mystery]]"
|Followed= "[[The Venus Flytrap]]"
|}}
'''"Curse of the Kavrun Emerald"''' is the 47th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Narda has inherited the famous Kavrun emerald ring after her aunt Sophia, Grand Duchess of [[Cockaigne]]. The famous ring is cursed and Narda told Mandrake that everyone who ever wore it died violently.
But the cursed ring has one more secret.
===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]

'''One-time characters'''
*Sophia, Grand Duchess of Cockaigne. Narda's aunt. <small>Mentioned only</small>
*Narda's grand-grandfather, a famous mountain climber. <small>Mentioned only</small>
*A mighty Lord of Cockaigne, Narda's ancestor. <small>Mentioned only</small>
*Assassin #1
*Assassin #2
*Assassin #3
</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*New York City
*North Africa
**Atlas Mountains
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The title for this story is taken from the strip of October 29, 1950 (Beginning: Curse of the Kavrun Emerald !).

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"A maldição da esmeralda", [[Almanaque do O Globo Juvenil 1952|''Almanaque do O Globo Juvenil'' 1952]] (1951)
*"A Maldição da Esmeralda", [[Mandrake 94 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #94]] (1964)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"La baque maudite", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 28|''Mandrake'' #28]] (1964)
*"La baque maudite", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 319|''Mandrake'' #319]] (1971)
*"L'emeraude de Kavrum", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 428|''Mandrake'' #428]] (1975)
*"L'émeraude de Kavrun", [[BD V.F. - Mandrake le Magicien 4|''Mandrake le Magicien'' #4]] (1982)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"L'anello maledetto", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 44|''Mandrake'' #44]] (1963)
*"L'anello maledetto", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 89|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #89]] (1965)
*"L'anello maledetto", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 74|''Mandrake'' #74]] (1975)
*"L'anello maledetto", [[New Comics Now 169|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #169]] (1986)
*"L'anello maledetto", [[Mandrake Speciale (Comic Art) 4|''Mandrake'' #4]] (1994)

=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"Curse of the Kavrun Emerald", [[Mandrake the Magician 52 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #52'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 53 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #53'']] (1953)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Kavrunsmaragden", [[Skippern]] (1955)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"La maldición de la esmeralda", [[ Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1949–1953 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2019)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Smaragdens förbannelse", [[Fantomen - Den vandrande vålnaden 1|''Den vandrande vålnaden'' #1]] (1996)

=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
*"Curse of the Kavrun Emerald", [[King Comic Annual (UK magazine)|''King Comic'' Annual]] (1954)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"Curse of the Kavrun Emerald", [[The Official Mandrake Sundays 4|''The Official Mandrake Sundays'' #4]] (1989)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Curse of the Kavrun Emerald]]

The Raft People

2022-02-22T12:29:31Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Raft People
|image= [[Image:ms-19481121.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= November 21st, 1948
|End= January 23rd, 1949
|Strips= 10 (10 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[City of Jewels Pt.3: Conclusion|City of Jewels<br>Pt.3: Conclusion]]"
|Followed= "[[Fear Island]]"
|}}
'''"The Raft People"''' is the 41st Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
As the Argos moves lazily through a warm tropical sea, Narda sunbathes on a raft, pulled aft of the yacht. But the raft rope works loose from the raft railing and unnoticed by anyone, Narda and the raft are gone.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Munden]], an explorer
*[[Gena]], princess in the City of Jewels

'''One-time characters'''
*Old Salt, an old sailer living with the Raft people
*The Raft people
</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*South Sea
'''Vehicles'''
*S.S. [[Argos|Argus]], Blaine's yacht.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The title for this story is taken from the strip of November 21, 1948 (Beginning: The Raft People...).

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
*"The Raft People", [[Mandrake Annual 1954|''Mandrake Annual'']] (1954)

=== [[Image:mini_belgium.gif]] Belgium ===
*"Le peuple du radeau", [[Story 283|''Story''# 283]] to [[Story 292|''Story''#292]] (1950/1951)

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"A Aldeia Flutuante", [[Mandrake 105 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #105]] (1965)
*"A Aldeia Flutuante", [[Mandrake 258 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #258]] (1977)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Ouragan aux Tropiques", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 62|''Mandrake'' #62]] (1965)
*"Ouragan aux Tropiques", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 425|''Mandrake'' #425]] (1975)
*"Le peuple du radeau", [[BD V.F. - Mandrake le Magicien 4|''Mandrake le Magicien'' #4]] (1982)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Uragano ai tropici", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 45|''Mandrake'' #45]] (1963)
*"Uragano ai tropici", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 93|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #93]] (1965)
*"Uragano ai tropici", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 71|''Mandrake'' #71]] (1975)
*"Uragano ai tropici", [[New Comics Now 106|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #106]] and [[New Comics Now 132| #132]] (1984 and 1985)
*"Uragano ai tropici", [[Mandrake Speciale (Comic Art) 3|''Mandrake'' #3]] (1994)
*''no title'', [[I classici del fumetto di Repubblica - serie oro 12|''Mandrake'' - La rotta delle meraviglie]] (2004)

=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"The Raft People", [[Mandrake the Magician 46 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #46'']] (1953)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Mandrake og flåtefolket", [[Skippern]] (1952)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"The Raft People", [[The Official Mandrake Sundays 3|''The Official Mandrake Sundays'' #3]] (1989)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Raft People, The]]

City of Jewels Pt.3: Conclusion

2022-02-22T12:28:41Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= City of Jewels<br>Pt.3: Conclusion
|image= [[Image:ms-19480912.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= September 12th, 1948
|End= November 14th, 1948
|Strips= 10 (10 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons|City of Jewels<br>Pt.2: The Ice Demons]]"
|Followed= "[[The Raft People]]"
|}}
'''"City of Jewels" Pt.3: "Conclusion"''' is the 40th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Mandrake and Lothar are lost in a storm when they stumble over a tropical paradise, a relic with prehistoric animals and a city build of jewels.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Colonel Barton|Arlen Blaine]]
*[[Munden]], an explorer
*[[Gena]], princess in the City of Jewels

'''One-time characters'''
*A tyrannosaurus rex
*A sabre-toothed tiger
*Gena's brother

</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*The polar region
**The City of Jewels
'''Vehicles'''
*[[Argos|Argus]], Blaine's yacht.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The title for this story is taken from the strip of April 4 and 11, 1948 (Next Week = "The City of Jewels" & Beginning: The City of Jewels.). The subtitle is lifted from the plot.

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia===
*"City of Jewels", [[Mandrake Comic 2|''Mandrake Comic'' #2]] (1953)

=== [[Image:mini_belgium.gif]] Belgium ===
*"(no title given)", [[Story 231|''Story''# 231]] to [[Story 237|''Story''#237]] (1949/1950)

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"A Cidada das Jóias", [[Mandrake 98 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #98]] (1965)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Enfer blanc", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 61|''Spécial Mandrake'' #61]] (1968)
*"Enfer blanc", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 5|''Spécial Mandrake Album'' #5]] (1968)
*"La ville des joyaux", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 424|''Mandrake'' #424]] (1974)
*"La cité de cristal", [[BD V.F. - Mandrake le Magicien 3|''Mandrake le Magicien'' #3]] (1981)
*"L'enfer blanc", [[Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 2 (Soleil)]] (1993)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"La città dei gioielli", [[L'Avventura Albo tascabile 10|''L'Avventura Albo tascabile'' #10]] (1950)
*"Inferno bianco", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 25|''Mandrake'' #25]] (1962)
*"Inferno bianco", [[Special Mandrake 191 (Fratelli Spada)|''Special Mandrake'' #191]] (1967)
*"La citta del gioielli", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 70|''Mandrake'' #70]] (1974)
*"Inferno bianco", [[New Comics Now 106|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #106]] (1984)
*"Inferno bianco", [[Mandrake Speciale (Comic Art) 2|''Mandrake'' #2]] (1994)
*''no title'', [[I classici del fumetto di Repubblica - serie oro 12|''Mandrake'' - La rotta delle meraviglie]] (2004)

=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"City of Jewels Pt.3: Conclusion", [[Mandrake the Magician 45 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #45'']] (1953)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Mandrake i juvelbyen", [[Skippern]] (1951-1952)

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"A Cidade de Cristal", [[Antologia da BD Clássica 1|''Antologia da BD Clássica'' #1]] (1982)

=== [[Image:mini_serbia.gif|border]] Serbia ===
*"Grad dragulja", [[Biblioteka Nostalgija 1 (Makondo)|''Biblioteka Nostalgija'' #1]] (2014)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"City of Jewels", [[The Official Mandrake Sundays 3|''The Official Mandrake Sundays'' #3]] (1989)

[[Category:Sunday stories|City of Jewels Pt.3: Conclusion]]

City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons

2022-02-22T12:27:12Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= City of Jewels<br>Pt.2: The Ice Demons
|image= [[Image:ms-19480627.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= June 27th, 1948
|End= September 5th, 1948
|Strips= 11 (11 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates|City of Jewels<br>Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates]]"
|Followed= "[[City of Jewels Pt.3: Conclusion|City of Jewels<br>Pt.3: Conclusion]]"
|}}
'''"City of Jewels" Pt.2: "The Ice Demons"''' is the 39th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
On the ice field Mandrake and Narda find a fainting girl tide to a stake nearby a hole in the ice. In the hut of her father they hear of the ice-demons, living beneath the ice. Each day the villagers leave food offering at the ice-holes, and once a year a girl.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Colonel Barton|Arlen Blaine]]
*[[Munden]], an explorer

'''One-time characters'''
*Teemah, a native girl
*Father of Teemah
*Sugon, a native man
*The Ice Demons, fur-bearing dwarfs - ''human ants''
*King of the Ice Demons

</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*The polar region
**A village
**A anthill-like colony beneath the ice
'''Vehicles'''
*[[Argos|Argus]], Blaine's yacht.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The title for this story is taken from the strip of April 4 and 11, 1948 (Next Week = "The City of Jewels" & Beginning: The City of Jewels.). The subtitle is lifted from the plot.

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia===
*"City of Jewels", [[Mandrake Comic 2|''Mandrake Comic'' #2]] (1953)

=== [[Image:mini_belgium.gif]] Belgium ===
*"(no title given)", [[Story 225|''Story''# 225]] to [[Story 230|''Story''#230]] (1949)

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"A Cidada das Jóias", [[Mandrake 98 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #98]] (1965)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Enfer blanc", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 61|''Spécial Mandrake'' #61]] (1968)
*"Enfer blanc", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 5|''Spécial Mandrake Album'' #5]] (1968)
*"La ville des joyaux", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 424|''Mandrake'' #424]] (1974)
*"La cité de cristal", [[BD V.F. - Mandrake le Magicien 3|''Mandrake le Magicien'' #3]] (1981)
*"L'enfer blanc", [[Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 2 (Soleil)]] (1993)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"La città dei gioielli", [[L'Avventura Albo tascabile 10|''L'Avventura Albo tascabile'' #10]] (1950)
*"Inferno bianco", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 25|''Mandrake'' #25]] (1962)
*"Inferno bianco", [[Special Mandrake 191 (Fratelli Spada)|''Special Mandrake'' #191]] (1967)
*"La citta del gioielli", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 70|''Mandrake'' #70]] (1974)
*"Inferno bianco", [[Mandrake Speciale (Comic Art) 2|''Mandrake'' #2]] (1994)
*''no title'', [[I classici del fumetto di Repubblica - serie oro 12|''Mandrake'' - La rotta delle meraviglie]] (2004)

=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons", [[Mandrake the Magician 44 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #44'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 45 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #45'']] (1953)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Mandrake i juvelbyen", [[Skippern]] (1951-1952)

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"A Cidade de Cristal", [[Antologia da BD Clássica 1|''Antologia da BD Clássica'' #1]] (1982)

=== [[Image:mini_serbia.gif|border]] Serbia ===
*"Grad dragulja", [[Biblioteka Nostalgija 1 (Makondo)|''Biblioteka Nostalgija'' #1]] (2014)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"City of Jewels", [[The Official Mandrake Sundays 3|''The Official Mandrake Sundays'' #3]] (1989)

[[Category:Sunday stories|City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons]]

City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates

2022-02-22T12:26:23Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= City of Jewels<br>Pt.1:The Polar Bear Pirates
|image= [[Image:ms-19480411.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= April 11th, 1948
|End= June 20th, 1948
|Strips= 11 (11 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Prince Who Never Smiled]]"
|Followed= "[[City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons|"City of Jewels"<br>Pt.2:The Ice Demons]]"
|}}
'''"City of Jewels" Pt.1: "The Polar Bear Pirates"''' is the 38th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Returning from the polar regions the explorer Munden said he had discovered a warm land surrounded by polar ice. With a glittering, fabulous city build of giant jewels instead og stone. Now he wants Mr. Blaine to finance an expedition back there, to search for the city. When they finally reached the great ice pack they were attacked by the Polar Bear Pirate, aided by his amazing trained bear pack. He loots Argos and kidnaps Narda.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Colonel Barton|Arlen Blaine]]
*[[Munden]], an explorer

'''One-time characters'''
*A native
*The Polar Bear Pirate
</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*New York City
*The polar region
'''Vehicles'''
*[[Argos|Argus]], Blaine's yacht.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The title for this story is taken from the strip of April 4 and 11, 1948 (Next Week = "The City of Jewels" & Beginning: The City of Jewels.). The subtitle is lifted from the plot.

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia===
*"City of Jewels", [[Mandrake Comic 2|''Mandrake Comic'' #2]] (1953)

=== [[Image:mini_belgium.gif]] Belgium ===
*"(no title given)", [[Story 220|''Story''# 220]] to [[Story 225|''Story''#225]] (1949)

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"A Cidade das Jóias", [[Mandrake 98 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #98]] (1965)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Enfer blanc", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 61|''Spécial Mandrake'' #61]] (1968)
*"Enfer blanc", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 5|''Spécial Mandrake Album'' #5]] (1968)
*"La ville des joyaux", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 424|''Mandrake'' #424]] (1974)
*"La cité de cristal", [[BD V.F. - Mandrake le Magicien 3|''Mandrake le Magicien'' #3]] (1981)
*"L'enfer blanc", [[Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 2 (Soleil)]] (1993)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"La città dei gioielli", [[L'Avventura Albo tascabile 10|''L'Avventura Albo tascabile'' #10]] (1950)
*"Inferno bianco", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 25|''Mandrake'' #25]] (1962)
*"Inferno bianco", [[Special Mandrake 191 (Fratelli Spada)|''Special Mandrake'' #191]] (1967)
*"La citta del gioielli", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 70|''Mandrake'' #70]] (1974)
*"Inferno bianco", [[Mandrake Speciale (Comic Art) 2|''Mandrake'' #2]] (1994)
*''no title'', [[I classici del fumetto di Repubblica - serie oro 12|''Mandrake'' - La rotta delle meraviglie]] (2004)

=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates", [[Mandrake the Magician 44 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #44'']] (1953)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Mandrake i juvelbyen", [[Skippern]] (1951-1952)

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"A Cidade de Cristal", [[Antologia da BD Clássica 1|''Antologia da BD Clássica'' #1]] (1982)

=== [[Image:mini_serbia.gif|border]] Serbia ===
*"Grad dragulja", [[Biblioteka Nostalgija 1 (Makondo)|''Biblioteka Nostalgija'' #1]] (2014)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"City of Jewels", [[The Official Mandrake Sundays 3|''The Official Mandrake Sundays'' #3]] (1989)

[[Category:Sunday stories|City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates]]

Mystery of the Girls with Red Hair

2022-02-22T06:17:59Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= Mystery of the Girls with Red Hair
|image= [[Image:ms-19421108.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= November 8th, 1942
|End= February 28th, 1943
|Strips= 17 (17 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[Pacifica]]"
|Followed= "[[Cloud City]]"
|}}
'''"Mystery of the Girls with Red Hair"''' is the 23rd Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was probably written by others than [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Back in the US June and Jimmy have a small, quiet wedding. Junes sister, the red haired Gloria, was to come home for June's wedding but something have happend, she has disappeared. The police are dealing with a similar mystery, twelve girls with red hair are missing.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]], only in the second panel of the story !
*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]] ?
*[[Colonel Barton]]
*[[June]], daughter of Colonel Barton.

'''One-time characters'''
*Private Jimmy, a marine.
*Gloria, daughter of Colonel Barton.
*Miss Martin, a policewoman.
*Griswold, mentioned only.
*Craven, an old man.
*Lilly, Craven's blond houskeeper and Griswold's daughter
</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*New York
*Craven's mountain estate.
*Griswold Gold Mines, in the western mountain area

</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The title for this story is taken from the strip of November 8, 1942 (Beginning The Mystery of the Girls with Red Hair).

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"O mistério das moças ruivas", [[Almanaque do O Globo Juvenil 1945|''Almanaque do O Globo Juvenil'' 1945]] (1944)
*"O Mistério das Ruivas", [[Mandrake 119 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #119]] (1966)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Punatukkaisten tyttöjen arvoitus", [[Mustanaamio 8/1993|''Mustanaamio'' #8]] (1993)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le mystère des filles aux cheveux roux", [[L'âge d'or – Mandrake 4|''L'âge d'or Mandrake'' #4]] (1980)
*"Le mystère des filles aux cheveux roux", [[Mandrake le Magicien (Editions de la Porte Dorée) 3]] (2019)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Il mistero delle ragazze dai capelli rossi", [[L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake 4|''L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake'' #4]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Mysteriet med de rødhårete jentene", [[Fantomet 13/1993|''Fantomer'' #13]] (1993)
*"Mysteriet med de rødhårete jentene", [[Mandrake 1934-1964 (Klassikerserien)|''Klassikerserien'' Mandrake 1934-1964]] (2003)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"De rödhåriga flickorna", [[Allers Familj-Journal|''Allers Familj-Journal'']]
*"Mysteriet med de rödhåriga flickorna", [[Fantomen 4/1993|''Fantomen'' #4]] (1993)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===

*''"(no title)"'', [[King Comics 94|''King Comics'' #94]], [[King Comics 95|''King Comics'' #95]], [[King Comics 96|''King Comics'' #96]], [[King Comics 97|''King Comics'' #97]] and [[King Comics 98|''King Comics'' #98]] (1944)

=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png|border]] [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
*"Misterija riđokosih devojaka", [[Biblioteka Nostalgija 8|''Biblioteka Nostalgija'' #8]] (1988)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Mystery of the Girls with Red Hair]]

Pacifica

2022-02-22T06:17:16Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= Pacifica
|image= [[Image:ms-19420419.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= April 19th, 1942
|End= November 1st, 1942
|Strips= 29 (29 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Flame Pearls Pt.8: The Hungry Isles|The Flame Pearls Pt.8:<br>The Hungry Isles]]"
|Followed= "[[Mystery of the Girls with Red Hair]]"
|}}

'''"Pacifica"''' is the 22nd Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Mandrake returning from a scientific expedition to the South Pacific, looking for ''flame colored pearls''. Now they have reached a small outpost island of Pacifica, a group of American-owned islands. Approaching the outpost isle there is a strange lifeless silence, where everything lies in ruins. The Argos travelers have been far away from civilization, and know nothing of the colossal conflict that has shaken the Earth..

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Colonel Barton]]
*[[June]], daughter of Colonel Barton.

'''One-time characters'''
*Major Gallant, the marine commandant at Pacifica.
*Private Jimmy, a marine.
*The Jap naval chief.
*The Jap commander.

</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*South Pacific.
*Pacifica Island.
'''Vehicles'''
*S.S.[[Argos]], Colonel Barton's yacht.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*At the [http://www.deepwoods.org deepwoods.org] index the title for this story is '''"Pacifica"''', which is lifted from the plot.
*The strip of October 25 ends with: ''And so the Argos leaves Pacifica !'', and indicates the end of the story. The strip of November 1 is more like a ''filler page'', where our friends think of ''"how nice it is to be back in the safe big city again"'' versus how many risks that pop up in a big city.

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"L'attaque du Pacifique" & "Une journée en ville", [[L'âge d'or – Mandrake 4|''L'âge d'or Mandrake'' #4]] (1980)
*""no title", [[Mandrake le Magicien (Editions de la Porte Dorée) 1]] (2015)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"L'attacco nel Pacifico" & "Una giornata in citta", [[L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake 4|''L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake'' #4]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*''"(no title)"'', [[King Comics 87|''King Comics'' #87]], [[King Comics 88|''King Comics'' #88]], [[King Comics 89|''King Comics'' #89]], [[King Comics 90|''King Comics'' #90]], [[King Comics 91|''King Comics'' #91]], [[King Comics 92|''King Comics'' #92]], [[King Comics 93|''King Comics'' #93]] and [[King Comics 94|''King Comics'' #94]] (1943//1944)

=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png|border]] [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
*"Bitka na Pacifiku", [[Biblioteka Nostalgija 8|''Biblioteka Nostalgija'' #8]] (1988)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Pacifica]]

The Flame Pearls Pt.8: The Hungry Isles

2022-02-22T06:16:43Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Flame Pearls Pt.8:<br>The Hungry Isles
|image= [[Image:ms- 19411109.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= November 9th, 1941
|End= April 12th, 1942
|Strips= 23 (23 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Flame Pearls Pt.7: Land of the Giants|The Flame Pearls Pt.7:<br>Land of the Giants]]"
|Followed= "[[Pacifica]]"
|}}

'''"The Flame Pearls Pt.8: The Hungry Isles"''' is the 21st Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Mandrake is on a scientific expedition to the South Pacific, looking for ''flame colored pearls''. Now they have reached a string of small islands, known as ''The Hungry Isles''. Then they are attacked and captured by pirates. Finaly, passing through a great cirkle of fire that burns on the water and reach a small floating island, the Flame Pearl Island.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Colonel Barton]]
*[[June]], daughter of Colonel Barton.

'''One-time characters'''
*Captain Beeker, on Argos.
*The pirate leader.
*Davey Jones, mentioned only in an incantation.
</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*South Pacific.
*The Hungry Isles.
*The Burning Water.
**Flame Pearl Island, a small floating isle.
'''Vehicles'''
*S.S.[[Argos]], Colonel Barton's yacht.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The main title for this story is taken from the strip of April 14th, 1940 (Next Week: "The Flame Pearls"), while the sub title is lifted from the plot.
*The "Flame Pearls" story is a ''retelling'' of an ancient Greek myth; "[[Spotlight on Inspiration - Jason and the Golden Fleece|Jason and the Golden Fleece]]".

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"Mandrake enfrenta os piratas", [[Novo Gibi 1816|''Novo Gibi'' #1816]] (1953)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Tulihelmien mysteeri (VIII): Palavaa vettä", [[Mustanaamio 21/1992|''Mustanaamio'' #21]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Les îles de la faim", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 331|''Mandrake'' #331]] (1971)
*"Les perles de flamme", [[L'âge d'or – Mandrake 3|''L'âge d'or Mandrake'' #3]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Le isole della fame", [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 5|''Mandrake'' #5]] (1971)
*"Le perle di fiamma", [[L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake 3|''L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake'' #3]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway===
*"Det brennende vannet", [[Fantomet 21/1992|''Fantomet'' #21]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"Las Perlas Color de Fuego", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 18|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #18]] (194?)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Eldpärlorna", [[Allers Familj-Journal|''Allers Familj-Journal'']]
*"Mysteriet med eldpärlorna del 7: Det brinnande vattnet", [[Fantomen 17/1992|''Fantomen'' #17]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*''"(no title)"'', [[King Comics 81|''King Comics'' #81]], [[King Comics 82|''King Comics'' #82]], [[King Comics 83|''King Comics'' #83]], [[King Comics 84|''King Comics'' #84]], [[King Comics 85|''King Comics'' #85]], [[King Comics 86|''King Comics'' #86]] and [[King Comics 87|''King Comics'' #87]] (1943)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Flame Pearls Pt.8: The Hungry Isles, The]]

The Flame Pearls Pt.7: Land of the Giants

2022-02-22T06:15:55Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Flame Pearls Pt.7:<br>Land of the Giants
|image= [[Image:ms-19410629.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= June 29th, 1941
|End= November 2nd, 1941
|Strips= 19 (19 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Flame Pearls Pt.6: The Witch of Tago|The Flame Pearls Pt.6:<br>The Witch of Tago]]"
|Followed= "[[The Flame Pearls Pt.8: The Hungry Isles|The Flame Pearls Pt.8:<br>The Hungry Isles]]"
|}}

'''"The Flame Pearls Pt.7: Land of the Giants"''' is the 20th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Mandrake is on a scientific expedition to the South Pacific, looking for ''flame colored pearls''. Now they have reached the remote isle of the Colossi, giants who are eighty feet high. The ''great people'' are the last few survivors who in the dim past had roamed and ruled the Earth.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Colonel Barton]]
*[[June]], daughter of Colonel Barton.

'''One-time characters'''
*''The Witch of Tago''.
*A colossus.
*The colossus wife.
*The colossus daughter.
</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*South Pacific.
*Land of Giants, a remote isle.
*Atlantis, mentioned only.
'''Vehicles'''
*S.S.[[Argos]], Colonel Barton's yacht.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The main title for this story is taken from the strip of April 14th, 1940 (Next Week: "The Flame Pearls"), while the sub title is lifted from the plot.
*The "Flame Pearls" story is a ''retelling'' of an ancient Greek myth; "[[Spotlight on Inspiration - Jason and the Golden Fleece|Jason and the Golden Fleece]]".

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"Mandrake na Ilha dos Gigantes", [[Novo Gibi 1815|''Novo Gibi'' #1815]] (1953)
*"Ilha dos Gigantes", [[Almanaque dos Heróis|''Almanaque dos Heróis'']] (??)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Tulihelmien mysteeri (VII): Jättiläisten saari", [[Mustanaamio 16/1992|''Mustanaamio'' #16]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"La sorcière de la colline", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 330|''Mandrake'' #330]] (1971)
*"Les perles de flamme", [[L'âge d'or – Mandrake 3|''L'âge d'or Mandrake'' #3]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"La strega della collina", [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 4|''Mandrake'' #4]] (1971)
*"Le perle di fiamma", [[L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake 3|''L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake'' #3]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway===
*"Kjempenes øy", [[Fantomet 20/1992|''Fantomet'' #20]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"La Isla de los Gigantes", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 17|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #17]] (194?)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Eldpärlorna", [[Allers Familj-Journal|''Allers Familj-Journal'']]
*"Mysteriet med eldpärlorna del 6: Jättarnas ö", [[Fantomen 12/1992|''Fantomen'' #12]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*''"(no title)"'', [[King Comics 77|''King Comics'' #77]], [[King Comics 78|''King Comics'' #78]], [[King Comics 79|''King Comics'' #79]], [[King Comics 80|''King Comics'' #80]] and [[King Comics 81|''King Comics'' #81]] (1942/1943)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Flame Pearls Pt.7: Land of the Giants, The]]

The Flame Pearls Pt.6: The Witch of Tago

2022-02-22T06:15:28Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Flame Pearls Pt.6:<br>The Witch of Tago
|image= [[Image:ms-19410427.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= April 27th, 1941
|End= June 22nd, 1941
|Strips= 9 (9 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Flame Pearls Pt.5: The Ghost Ship|The Flame Pearls Pt.5:<br>The Ghost Ship]]"
|Followed= "[[The Flame Pearls Pt.7: Land of the Giants|The Flame Pearls Pt.7:<br>Land of the Giants]]"
|}}

'''"The Flame Pearls Pt.6: The Witch of Tago"''' is the 19th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Mandrake is on a scientific expedition to the South Pacific, looking for ''flame colored pearls''. Now they have reached the remote isle Tago, inhabitated by fierce tribes and a mysterious woman known as ''The Witch of Tago''.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Colonel Barton]]
*[[June]], daughter of Colonel Barton.

'''One-time characters'''
*''The Witch of Tago''.
*Daughter of ''The Witch of Tago''.
*Granddaughter of ''The Witch of Tago''.
</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*South Pacific.
*Tago, a remote isle.
'''Vehicles'''
*S.S.[[Argos]], Colonel Barton's yacht.
</div><br clear="all">
==Behind the scenes==
*The main title for this story is taken from the strip of April 14th, 1940 (Next Week: "The Flame Pearls"), while the sub title is lifted from the plot.
*The "Flame Pearls" story is a ''retelling'' of an ancient Greek myth; "[[Spotlight on Inspiration - Jason and the Golden Fleece|Jason and the Golden Fleece]]".

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"''no title''", [[Novo Gibi 1814|''Novo Gibi'' #1814]] (1953)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Tulihelmien mysteeri (VI): Tago -saaren noita", [[Mustanaamio 15/1992|''Mustanaamio'' #15]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"La sorcière de la colline", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 330|''Mandrake'' #330]] (1971)
*"Les perles de flamme", [[L'âge d'or – Mandrake 3|''L'âge d'or Mandrake'' #3]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"La strega della collina", [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 4|''Mandrake'' #4]] (1971)
*"Le perle di fiamma", [[L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake 3|''L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake'' #3]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway===
*"Heksen på Tago-øya", [[Fantomet 17/1992|''Fantomet'' #17]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"La Isla de los Gigantes", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 17|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #17]] (194?)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Eldpärlorna", [[Allers Familj-Journal|''Allers Familj-Journal'']]
*"Mysteriet med eldpärlorna del 5: Häxan på Tago-ön", [[Fantomen 11/1992|''Fantomen'' #11]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*''"(no title)"'', [[King Comics 74|''King Comics'' #74]], [[King Comics 75|''King Comics'' #75]] and [[King Comics 76|''King Comics'' #76]] (1942)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Flame Pearls Pt.6: The Witch of Tago, The]]

The Flame Pearls Pt.5: The Ghost Ship

2022-02-22T06:15:00Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Flame Pearls Pt.5:<br>The Ghost Ship
|image= [[Image:ms-19401229.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= December 29th, 1940
|End= April 20th, 1941
|Strips= 17 (17 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Flame Pearls Pt.4: The Amazons|The Flame Pearls Pt.4:<br>The Amazons]]"
|Followed= "[[The Flame Pearls Pt.6: The Witch of Tago|The Flame Pearls Pt.6:<br>The Witch of Tago]]"
|}}

'''"The Flame Pearls Pt.5: The Ghost Ship"''' is the 18th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Mandrake is on a scientific expedition to the South Pacific, looking for ''flame colored pearls''. After passing through the Strangler Straits, they are attacked by a sea monster. Then the Argos comes upon a fishing-boat, drifting with all the fishermen asleep on the deck. When they wake up they tell about a mysterious ''Ghost Ship''.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Colonel Barton]]
*[[June]], daughter of Colonel Barton.

'''One-time characters'''
*The doctor on Argos.
*Captain Beeker, on Argos.
*Captain Gar, on the ''Ghost Ship''.
*Gretel, Gar's lovely daughter.
*Jim, in love with Gretel.
</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*South Pacific.
*The Strangler Straits.
'''Vehicles'''
*S.S.[[Argos]], Colonel Barton's yacht.
*''The Ghost Ship''.
</div><br clear="all">
==Behind the scenes==
*The main title for this story is taken from the strip of April 14th, 1940 (Next Week: "The Flame Pearls"), while the sub title is lifted from the plot.
*The "Flame Pearls" story is a ''retelling'' of an ancient Greek myth; "[[Spotlight on Inspiration - Jason and the Golden Fleece|Jason and the Golden Fleece]]".

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"O Navio Fantasma", [[Novo Gibi 1813|''Novo Gibi'' #1813]] (1953)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Tulihelmien mysteeri (V): Aavelaiva", [[Mustanaamio 14/1992|''Mustanaamio'' #14]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le vaisseau fantôme", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 329|''Mandrake'' #329]] (1971)
*"Les perles de flamme", [[L'âge d'or – Mandrake 3|''L'âge d'or Mandrake'' #3]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Il vascello fantasma", [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 3|''Mandrake'' #3]] (1971)
*"Le perle di fiamma", [[L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake 3|''L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake'' #3]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway===
*"Ildperlene, Spøkelseskipet", [[Fantomet 10/1992|''Fantomet'' #10]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El Navio Fantasma", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 16|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #16]] (194?)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Eldpärlorna", [[Allers Familj-Journal|''Allers Familj-Journal'']]
*"Mysteriet med eldpärlorna del 4: Dödens sund", [[Fantomen 9/1992|''Fantomen'' #9]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*''"(no title)"'', [[King Comics 70|''King Comics'' #70]], [[King Comics 71|''King Comics'' #71]], [[King Comics 72|''King Comics'' #72]], [[King Comics 73|''King Comics'' #73]] and [[King Comics 74|''King Comics'' #74]] (1942)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Flame Pearls Pt.5: The Ghost Ship, The]]

The Flame Pearls Pt.4: The Amazons

2022-02-22T06:14:26Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Flame Pearls Pt.4:<br>The Amazons
|image= [[Image:ms-19401013.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= October 13th, 1940
|End= December 22th, 1940
|Strips= 11 (11 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Swordfish]]"
|Followed= "[[The Flame Pearls Pt.5: The Ghost Ship|The Flame Pearls Pt.5:<br>The Ghost Ship]]"
|}}

'''"The Flame Pearls Pt.4: The Amazons"''' is the 17th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Mandrake is on a scientific expedition to the South Pacific, looking for ''flame colored pearls''. Mandrake and Colonel Barton goes ashore Amoz island, and in the island village thy behold a strange sight. They see man at work, men doing the traditional task's of women: cooking, washing clothes, sweeping out the huts, feeding the children.

The queen of the amazons fell in love with Mandrake and would take him as the new king, but first she had to get rid of her current husband. The King, Mandrake and Colonel Barton managed to escape the amazones. Mandrake hypnotized the King to tell the queen that from now on, the King will wear the pants in the family. The men won the revolt, and for a short time the male parade their new power. But the revolt of the males ends as quickly as it started. ''"As a leopard cannot change its spots"'', remarks Mandrake, ''"So an amazon will always be an amazon''".

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Colonel Barton]]

'''One-time characters'''
*Roba, an amazone
*Queen of the amazones
*King of the amazones

</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*South Pacific.
*Amoz Island
'''Vehicles'''
*S.S.[[Argos]], Colonel Barton's yacht.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The main title for this story is taken from the strip of April 14th, 1940 (Next Week: "The Flame Pearls"), while the sub title is lifted from the plot.
*The "Flame Pearls" story is a ''retelling'' of an ancient Greek myth; "[[Spotlight on Inspiration - Jason and the Golden Fleece|Jason and the Golden Fleece]]".

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"A Ilha das Amazonas", [[Novo Gibi 1812|''Novo Gibi'' #1812]] (1953)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Tulihelmien mysteeri (IV): Kuoleman salmi", [[Mustanaamio 13/1992|''Mustanaamio'' #13]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"La reine des Amazones", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 328|''Mandrake'' #328]] (1971)
*"Les perles de flamme", [[L'âge d'or – Mandrake 3|''L'âge d'or Mandrake'' #3]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"La regina delle amazoni", [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 2|''Mandrake'' #2]] (1971)
*"Le perle di fiamma", [[L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake 3|''L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake'' #3]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway===
*"Ildperlene IV, Amasonøya II", [[Fantomet 8/1992|''Fantomet'' #8]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El Navio Fantasma", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 16|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #16]] (194?)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Eldpärlorna", [[Allers Familj-Journal|''Allers Familj-Journal'']]
*"Mysteriet med eldpärlorna del 3: Amazonernas ö", [[Fantomen 7/1992|''Fantomen'' #7]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*''"(no title)"'', [[King Comics 67|''King Comics'' #67]], [[King Comics 68|''King Comics'' #68]], [[King Comics 69|''King Comics'' #69]] and [[King Comics 70|''King Comics'' #70]] (1941/1942)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Flame Pearls Pt.4: The Amazons, The]]

The Swordfish

2022-02-22T06:14:02Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Swordfish
|image= [[Image:ms-19400929.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= September 29th, 1940
|End= October 6th, 1940
|Strips= 2 (2 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Flame Pearls Pt.3: The Three Cows|The Flame Pearls Pt.3:<br>The Three Cows]]"
|Followed= "[[The Flame Pearls Pt.4: The Amazons|The Flame Pearls Pt.4:<br>The Amazons]]"
|}}
'''"The Swordfish"''' is the 16th Mandrake filler page, the 1st in between the 16th and 17th [[Sunday story]]. The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]]. This two pages is a strange sequence in history more like an additional independent event at the end of the previous story. First row ending the previous story, next row planning trip to Amoz Island. Then the swordfish attack and Lothar fights it on the last row and almost the whole next page, ending with a picture for the next story (Next Week: - The Amazons).

== Plot Summary ==
Mandrake is on a scientific expedition to the South Pacific, looking for ''flame colored pearls''. Heading the Amoz island a giant swordfish suddenly attack the Argos barge.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Colonel Barton]]
*[[June]], daughter of Colonel Barton.

'''One-time characters'''

</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*South Pacific.
*Amoz Island
'''Vehicles'''
*S.S.[[Argos]], Colonel Barton's yacht.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The main title for this story is taken from the strip of April 14th, 1940 (Next Week: "The Flame Pearls"), while the sub title is lifted from the plot.
*The "Flame Pearls" story is a ''retelling'' of an ancient Greek myth; "[[Spotlight on Inspiration - Jason and the Golden Fleece|Jason and the Golden Fleece]]".

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Tulihelmien mysteeri (III); Amatsonien saari", [[Mustanaamio 11/1992|''Mustanaamio'' #11]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"La reine des Amazones", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 328|''Mandrake'' #328]] (1971)
*"Les perles de flamme", [[L'âge d'or – Mandrake 3|''L'âge d'or Mandrake'' #3]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"La regina delle amazoni", [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 2|''Mandrake'' #2]] (1971)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway===
*"Ildperlene III, Amasonenes øy", [[Fantomet 7/1992|''Fantomet'' #7]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El Navio Fantasma", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 16|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #16]] (194?)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Eldpärlorna", [[Allers Familj-Journal|''Allers Familj-Journal'']]
*"Mysteriet med eldpärlorna del 3: Amazonernas ö", [[Fantomen 7/1992|''Fantomen'' #7]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*''"(no title)"'', [[King Comics 67|''King Comics'' #67]] (1941)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Swordfish, The]]

The Flame Pearls Pt.3: The Three Cows

2022-02-22T06:13:32Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Flame Pearls Pt.3:<br>The Three Cows
|image= [[Image:ms-19400818.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= August 18th, 1940
|End= September 22th, 1940
|Strips= 6 (6 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Flame Pearls Pt.2: Magnetic Island|The Flame Pearls Pt.2:<br>Magnetic Island]]"
|Followed= "[[The Swordfish|The Flame Pearls:<br>The Swordfish]]"
|}}
'''"The Flame Pearls Pt.3: The Three Cows"''' is the 16th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Mandrake is on a scientific expedition to the South Pacific, looking for ''flame colored pearls''. On an tropical port the 60 men from the magnetic island disembark while Cy and Jasper are handed over to the port police.

The natives bringing flowers, food and trinkets, which they hope to trade or sell. Hanging on the neck of the old chief is a flame pearl, and he want to exchange the pearl and tree cows for June's hand in marriage.

The old chief told that when he was a young man he took a long trip into strange waters. He was attaced by a tribe of women worriors, and selected by the Queen as her husbond. She hung the flame pearl on his neck as a marriage token. The chief finaly escaped from the Amoz island.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Colonel Barton]]
*[[June]], daughter of Colonel Barton.

'''One-time characters'''

</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*South Pacific, a tropical port.

'''Vehicles'''
*S.S.[[Argos]], Colonel Barton's yacht.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The main title for this story is taken from the strip of April 14th, 1940 (Next Week: "The Flame Pearls"), while the sub title is lifted from the plot.
*The "Flame Pearls" story is a ''retelling'' of an ancient Greek myth; "[[Spotlight on Inspiration - Jason and the Golden Fleece|Jason and the Golden Fleece]]".

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Tulihelmien mysteeri (III); Amatsonien saari", [[Mustanaamio 11/1992|''Mustanaamio'' #11]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"La reine des Amazones", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 328|''Mandrake'' #328]] (1971)
*"Les perles de flamme", [[L'âge d'or – Mandrake 3|''L'âge d'or Mandrake'' #3]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"La regina delle amazoni", [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 2|''Mandrake'' #2]] (1971)
*"Le perle di fiamma", [[L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake 3|''L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake'' #3]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway===
*"Ildperlene III, Amasonenes øy", [[Fantomet 7/1992|''Fantomet'' #7]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"La Isla Magnetica" and "El Navio Fantasma", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 15|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #15]] and [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 16| #16]] (194?)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Eldpärlorna", [[Allers Familj-Journal|''Allers Familj-Journal'']]
*"Mysteriet med eldpärlorna del 3: Amazonernas ö", [[Fantomen 7/1992|''Fantomen'' #7]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*''"(no title)"'', [[King Comics 65|''King Comics'' #65]], [[King Comics 66|''King Comics'' #66]] and [[King Comics 67|''King Comics'' #67]] (1941)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Flame Pearls Pt.3: The Three Cows, The]]

The Flame Pearls Pt.2: Magnetic Island

2022-02-22T06:13:03Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Flame Pearls Pt.2:<br>Magnetic Island
|image= [[Image:ms-19400602.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= June 2nd, 1940
|End= August 11th, 1940
|Strips= 11 (11 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination|The Flame Pearls Pt.1:<br>Attempted Assassination]]"
|Followed= "[[The Flame Pearls Pt.3: The Three Cows|The Flame Pearls Pt.3:<br>The Three Cows]]"
|}}
'''"The Flame Pearls Pt.2: Magnetic Island"''' is the 15th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Mandrake is on a scientific expedition to the South Pacific, looking for ''flame colored pearls''. A tropical storm breaks suddely, the compass going wild, and the Argos is stedily pulled side-ways towards a mysterious magnetic island. Mandrake, Lothar, June and Colonel Barton reach the shore safely on an rubber raft.

On the mysterious floating magnetic island they found 60 men, survivors from ship-wrecks. All enslaved by the escpade murderer, King Cy, and his henchman Jasper.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Colonel Barton]]
*[[June]], daughter of Colonel Barton.

'''One-time characters'''
*Captain Beeker, on Argos.
*King Cy, giant ruler of the mysterious Magnetic Island.
*"Jasper" King Cy's henchman.

</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*South Pacific
*A floating magnetic island.
'''Vehicles'''
*S.S.[[Argos]], Colonel Barton's yacht.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The main title for this story is taken from the strip of April 14th, 1940 (Next Week: "The Flame Pearls"), while the sub title is lifted from the plot.
*The "Flame Pearls" story is a ''retelling'' of an ancient Greek myth; "[[Spotlight on Inspiration - Jason and the Golden Fleece|Jason and the Golden Fleece]]".

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"A Ilha Magnética", [[Novo Gibi 1811|''Novo Gibi'' #1811]] (1953)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Tulihelmien mysteeri (II): Magneettisaari", [[Mustanaamio 5/1992|''Mustanaamio'' #5]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Les perles de flamme", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 327|''Mandrake'' #327]] (1971)
*"Les perles de flamme", [[L'âge d'or – Mandrake 3|''L'âge d'or Mandrake'' #3]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"L’isola magnetica", [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 1|''Mandrake'' #1]] (1971)
*"Le perle di fiamma", [[L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake 3|''L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake'' #3]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway===
*"Ildperlene II, Magnetøya", [[Fantomet 5/1992|''Fantomet'' #5]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"La Isla Magnetica", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 15|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #15]] (194?)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Eldpärlorna", [[Allers Familj-Journal|''Allers Familj-Journal'']]
*"Mysteriet med eldpärlorna del 2: Magnetön", [[Fantomen 26/1991|''Fantomen'' #26]] (1991)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*''"(no title)"'', [[King Comics 63|''King Comics'' #63]], [[King Comics 64|''King Comics'' #64]] and [[King Comics 65|''King Comics'' #65]] (1941)

=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png|border]] [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
*"Plameni biseri", [[Biblioteka Nostalgija 8|''Biblioteka Nostalgija'' #8]] (1988)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Flame Pearls Pt.2: Magnetic Island, The]]

The Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination

2022-02-22T06:12:24Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Flame Pearls Pt.1:<br>Attempted Assassination
|image= [[Image:ms-19400421.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= April 21th, 1940
|End= May 26th, 1940
|Strips= 6 (6 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Theatre Mysteries]]"
|Followed= "[[The Flame Pearls Pt.2: Magnetic Island|The Flame Pearls Pt.2:<br>Magnetic Island]]"
|}}
'''"The Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination"''' is the 14th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
At a houseparty in the home of the wealthy Colonel Barton, Mandrake entertains the guests. The Colonel tells Mandrake that he soon will be leaving on a scientific expedition to the South Pacific, looking for ''flame colored pearls'', and he wants Mandrake to join him. Mandrake cannot say no to an adventure and soon he finds himself on the yacht ''Argos'' and the search for the ''Flame Pearls'' begins.

But Captain Beeker and First Mate Sims are making plans on how they can get their hands on the Flame Pearls themselves.

Mandrake and Colonel Barton feel like some underwater exploring. Underwater, Mandrake is attacked by a gigantic octopus and at the same time Beeker and Sims knots Mandrake's air-line...

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Colonel Barton]]
*[[June]], daughter of Colonel Barton.

'''One-time characters'''
*Captain Beeker, on Argos.
*First Mate Sims, on Argos.
</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*South Pacific
'''Vehicles'''
*S.S.[[Argos]], Colonel Barton's yacht.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The main title for this story is taken from the strip of April 14th, 1940 (Next Week: "The Flame Pearls"), while the sub title is lifted from the plot.
*The "Flame Pearls" story is a ''retelling'' of an ancient Greek myth; "[[Spotlight on Inspiration - Jason and the Golden Fleece|Jason and the Golden Fleece]]".

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Tulihelmien mysteeri (I); Attentaatti", [[Mustanaamio 3/1992|''Mustanaamio'' #3]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Les perles de flamme", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 327|''Mandrake'' #327]] (1971)
*"Les perles de flamme", [[L'âge d'or – Mandrake 3|''L'âge d'or Mandrake'' #3]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"L’isola magnetica", [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 1|''Mandrake'' #1]] (1971)
*"Le perle di fiamma", [[L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake 3|''L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake'' #3]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway===
*"Ildperlene I, Attentatet", [[Fantomet 4/1992|''Fantomet'' #4]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"La Isla Magnetica", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 15|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #15]] (194?)
*("no title"), [[Album Rojo 4: Merlin, el rey de la magia|''Album Roja'' #4]] (1944)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Eldpärlorna", [[Allers Familj-Journal|''Allers Familj-Journal'']]
*"Mysteriet med eldpärlorna del 1: Attentatet", [[Fantomen 23/1991|''Fantomen'' #23]] (1991)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*''"(no title)"'', [[King Comics 61|''King Comics'' #61]], [[King Comics 62|''King Comics'' #62]] and [[King Comics 63|''King Comics'' #63]] (1941)

=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png|border]] [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
*"Plameni biseri", [[Biblioteka Nostalgija 8|''Biblioteka Nostalgija'' #8]] (1988)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination, The]]

The Lunar Trip

2022-02-22T06:08:24Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= The Lunar Trip
|image= [[Image:ms-19380327.gif|250px|border]]
|Start= March 27th, 1938
|End= September 18th, 1938
|Strips= 26 (26 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Treasure Hunt]]"
|Followed= "[[Mandrake and Lothar at the Carnival]]"
|}}
'''"The Lunar Trip"''' is the 8th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
By a complex rearrangement of atomic structures, Prof. Thursby has created Thuren, a substance that is not affected by gravity. It resists gravity and falls up instead of down. Now he has build a rocket ship powered with Thuren, heading for the Moon.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]

'''One-time characters'''
*Prof. Thursby, a scientist.
*Laura, daughter of Thursby.
*Star-dust, the rocket ship.
*Moon-men,
*Garo, a Moon-man.
*Hyra, a Moon-man.
*Fire people,

</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*US ?
**A remote section of the rockies.
*The Moon
**Lunatopia, city on the other side of the Moon.
*Atlantis, built by the Moon-men.

</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*At the [http://www.deepwoods.org deepwoods.org] index the title for this story is '''"The Lunar Trip"''', which is lifted from the plot.

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
*"Mandrake meets the Moon Men", [[The Supercomic Series 10|''The Supercomic Series'' #10]] (1948)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Mandrake sur la Lune", [[Robinson|''Robinson'']] (1938-1939)
*"La cité lunaire", [[Collection merveilleuse 13|''Collection merveilleuse'' #13]] (1940)
*"Mandrake sur la Lune", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 37|''Mandrake'' #37]] (1964)
*"L'autre côté de la lune", [[Mandrake roi de la magie (CELEG) 2|''Mandrake roi de la magie'' #2]] (1964)
*"L'autre côté de la lune", [[Mandrake roi de la magie (CELEG / Giff Wiff 23 bis)|''Mandrake roi de la magie'' #23]] (1967)
*"Mandrake sur la Lune", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 83|''Spécial Mandrake'' #83]] (1970)
*"Mandrake sur la Lune", [[L'âge d'or – Mandrake 2|''L'âge d'or Mandrake'' #2]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Mandrake sulla Luna", [[Albo avventuroso 1 - Mandrake 8|''Albo avventuroso 1 - Mandrake'' #8]] and *"La rivolta dell macchine", [[Albo avventuroso 2 - Mandrake 9|''Albo avventuroso 2 - Mandrake'' #9]] (1948)
*"Mandrake sulla Luna", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 66|''Mandrake'' #66]] (1964)
*"Mandrake sulla Luna", [[L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake 2|''L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake'' #2]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Mandrake i Lunatopia", [[Skippern]] (1948)

=== [[Image:mini_poland.gif|border]] Poland ===
*"??", [[Świat Przygód|''Świat Przygód'' #142-167]] (1938-1939)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"?", [[Aventurero Almanaque 1940|''Aventurero Almanaque'' #1940]] (1939)
*"La ciudad Lunar", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 6|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #6]] (194?)
*"La Expedición Lunar", [[Mandrake 4 - Páginas Dominicales 1938/39|''Mandrake'' #4]] (1999)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*''no title'', [[1001 Roman - Özel Sayı 69|''1001 Roman - Özel Sayı'' #69]] (1945) <small>Note: starts half-way through the original adventure.</small>
*"Ayda", [[1001 Özel 67|''1001 Özel'' #67]] (1953) <small>Note: Traced editions of 1001 Roman - Özel Sayı 69.</small>

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*''"(no title)"'', [[King Comics 34|''King Comics'' #34]], [[King Comics 35|''King Comics'' #35]], [[King Comics 36|''King Comics'' #36]], [[King Comics 37|''King Comics'' #37]], [[King Comics 38|''King Comics'' #38]], [[King Comics 39|''King Comics'' #39]], and [[King Comics 40|''King Comics'' #40]] (1939)
*"In the Fire World", [[Feature Book 46|''Feature Book'' #46]] (1946)

=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png|border]] [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
*"Mandrak na mesecu", [[Biblioteka Nostalgija 3|''Biblioteka Nostalgija'' #3]] (1985)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Lunar Trip, The]]

Land of the Fakirs

2022-02-21T18:51:00Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= Land of the Fakirs
|image= [[Image:ms-19350602a.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= June 2, 1935
|End= October 6, 1935
|Strips= 19 (19 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers]]"
|Followed= "[[Land of the Little People]]"
|}}
'''"Land of the Fakirs"''' is the 2nd Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Rajah Indus tries to capture Jehol Kahn's Kingdom by kidnapping his beautiful daughter, Jana. After having placed her in his harem, he wanted to force her to marry him. However Capitan Jorga, the sweetheart of Jana, attempts to rescue her but he fails. Then Mandrake shows up. At the end, our friends manage to escape on a flying carpet (!).
Jehol Kahn said his daughter Jana could not marry an ordinary commoner as Jorga. He said wealth is more important than love... so Mandrake decides to teach him a lesson.

In this way, Mandrake made a trick: every thing Jehol Kahn touched turns into gold, even the water. Hours later Jehol Kahn found that he could not eat or drink gold. He retains this lesson and give Jana his blessing for the marriage with Jorga.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]

'''One-time characters'''
*Jehol Kahn.
*Jana, daughter of Jehol Khan.
*Jorga, Captain and in love with Jana.
*Indus, Rajah of Lapore.
*Dupo, a fakire in Lapore.
*Melior, a girl in the harem of Rajah Indus.

</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*India
*Lapore, walled city of Rajah Indus.

</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
===Title===
*The title for the story taken from the strip of May 26th, 1935 (Next week: Mandrake in the Land of Fakirs).

===Swiping ===
It is not an uncommon practice amongst comic strip and comic book artists to "borrow" (swipe) layouts and drawing styles from other artists. In an interview published in King Comic Heroes ''(James Van Hise, Pioneer Books, 1988)'', Lee Falk tells an amusing anecdote from the early days of his Mandrake strip:

"When I was working with Phil Davis doing layouts very early in the game, we had a Sunday page which had some rearing horses. Now these are illustrative artists and they use photo references and whole files of other artists' material. When I indicated a rifle or a gun or a tank, he had a model or something to copy from. They didn't copy it -- they used the file to get something for a model and they sketched from it. They didn't trace it or anything like that. They had to have a model just like they'd have a model for a woman. At that very moment, in I think it was Flash Gordon, they had some rearing horses. We used that as inspiration, but we didn't copy it. About a year later I moved to New York, and I went up and I had dinner with Alex Raymond up in Stamford where I'd moved to in Connecticut and he was showing me through his studio in his beautiful house and there on his drawing board was the Flash Gordon he was working on and next to it was the Sunday page of Mandrake with the rearing horses -- he was using it as a model. I said, 'But Alex, we copied that from you!' He said "Oh, for Christ's sake!' He'd forgotten."

As seen below Phil Davis used several element from the Flash Gordon Sundays in this story. The horses mentione are from Flash Gordon Sundays of January 6 and 13, 1935. Interesting these horses are not reused by Alex Raymond later, but Phil Davis reused them in "[[The Return of the Clay Camel]]", the daily story from 1936.
<gallery>
Image:ms-002-davis_raymond-04.jpg|''horses''
Image:ms-002-davis_raymond-03.jpg|''girls''
</gallery>
====Curiosa====
The horses by Alex Raymond are also used in the story "La città favolosa" by Umberto Nava. The story was first published in the Italian magazine "Il Giornale di Cino e Franco" issues 69 ''(November 29 1936)'' to 90 ''(April, 25 1937)''. In February 1938 the story was released as an album.
<gallery>
Image:Nerbini-La-Citta-Favolosa-00.jpg|
Image:Nerbini-La-Citta-Favolosa-01.jpg|
</gallery>

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"No País dos Faquíres", [[Mandrake (EBAL)|''Mandrake'']] (1974)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le royaume des bandits", [[Collection merveilleuse 3|''Collection merveilleuse'' #3]] (1939)
*"Le royaume des bandits", [[Aventures et Mystère 38 (Sage 1947-1949) |''Aventures et Mystère'' #38]] (1948)
*"Le royaume des bandits", [[Mandrake roi de la magie (CELEG) 2|''Mandrake roi de la magie'' #2]] (1964)
*"Le royaume des bandits", [[Mandrake roi de la magie (CELEG / Giff Wiff 23 bis)|''Mandrake roi de la magie'' #23]] (1967)
*"Mandrake au pays des fakirs", [[L'âge d'or – Mandrake 1|''L'âge d'or Mandrake'' #1]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*"കൊലയാളി രാജാവും" ''(romanized as "Kolayali Rajavum")'', [[Mandrake 1 (Regal 2019 Series)|''Mandrake'' (#1)]] (2019)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Mandrake nel paese dei fachiri", [[L'Audace|''L'Audace'']] (1935-1936)
*"Mandrake il magnetizzatore", [[Gli Albi dei tre porcellini 15|''Gli Albi dei tre porcellini'' #15]] (1937)
*"Mandrake il magnetizzatore", [[Albi d'Oro 57|''Albi d'Oro'' #57]] (1947)
*"Mandrake contro il rajah di Lagore", [[Enciclopedia dei fumetti 3|''Enciclopedia dei fumetti'' #3]] (1970)
*"Il paese dei fachiri", [[Mandrake (Garzanti)|''Mandrake (Garzanti)'']] (1972)
*"Mandrake nel paese dei fachir", [[L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake 1|''L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake'' #1]] (1980)
*"Nel paese dei fachiri", [[Club dei Trenta - Albo 53|''Club dei Trenta'' #53]] (200<small>?</small>)
*"Il paese dei fachiri", [[Il regno segreto degli assassini: Tavole domenicali 1935–1937|Tavole domenicali 1935–1937]] (2016)

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"No País dos Faquires", [[Mandrake (Agência Portuguesa de Revistas)|''Mandrake'']] (1979)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"La Tierra de los Fakires", [[Aventurero|''Aventurero'' #31 - #49]] (1935-1936) <small>note: censored version</small>
*"Rey de la Magia", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 5|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #5]] (1942)
*"Rey de la Magia", [[Album Rojo 2: Merlin, el rey de la magia|''Album Roja'' #2]] (1944)
*"En el País de los Fakires", [[Noveno Arte 2|''Noveno Arte'' #2]] (1973)
*''"(no title)"'', [[Gran Aventurero 6|''Gran Aventurero'' #6]], [[Gran Aventurero 7| #7]], [[Gran Aventurero 8| #8]] and [[Gran Aventurero 9| #9]] (1989-1990) <small>note: censored version</small>
*"En el País de los Fakires", [[Mandrake 1 - Páginas Dominicales 1935/36|''Mandrake'' #1]] (1999)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Tusen och en natt", [[Samlade Serierariteter (7)|''Samlade Serierariteter'' #7]] (1986)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Hindistanda", [[1001 Roman - Özel Sayı 1|''1001 Roman - Özel Sayı'' #1]] (1940)

=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
*"Land of the Fakirs", ''[[Mandrake the Magician - The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers: Sundays 1935–1937]]'' (2016)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*''"(no title)"'', [[King Comics 1|''King Comics'' #1]] and [[King Comics 2|''King Comics'' #2]] (1936)
*[[Golden/Vintage Funnies|''Vintage Funnies'' #17 - #35]] (1973-1974)
*"Land of the Pakirs", [[The Sunday Pages Mandrake Series/ Land of the Fakirs" (Pacific Comics Club)|''The Sunday Pages Mandrake Series / Episode: "Land of the Fakirs" (Pacific Comics Club)'']] (2021)

=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png|border]] [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
*"Нове авантуре са махараџом од Лапора" (romanized as "Nove avanture sa maharadžom od Lapora"), [[Mika Miš|''Mika Miš'' #33 – #51]] (1936)
*"Краљ мађионичара и махараџа од Лапоре" (romanized as "Kralj mađioničara i maharadža od Lapore"), [[Zabavnik 4|''Zabavnik'' #4]] (1937)
*(no given title), [[Super EKS Almanah 4|''Super EKS Almanah'' #4]] (1980)
*"U zemlji magije", [[Biblioteka Nostalgija 1|''Biblioteka Nostalgija'' #1]] (1981)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Land of the Fakirs]]

King Kered

2022-02-21T15:40:48Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= King Kered
|image= [[Image:md-1989-10-23.jpg|400 px]]
|Start= October 23rd, 1989
|End= Mars 17th, 1990
|Strips= 126 (21 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Fred Fredericks]]
|Preceded= "[[The Gift from 8]]"
|Followed= "[[Voodoo]]"
|}}
'''"King Kered"''' is the 204th Mandrake [[daily story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Fred Fredericks]].

== Plot Summary ==
A few years ago Derek became a ganglord, heading a crime wave. Mandrake and Derek had a terrific battle, where finally Mandrake took away Derek's powers and memory. Now Derek's powers have returned, and he is back to his criminal ways, as King Kered...

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Karma]]
*[[Theron]]
*[[Derek, Mandrake's twin brother|Derek]]
*[[Lenore, Mandrake's sister|Lenore]], <small>Mentioned only.</small>
*[[Eleanora]], <small>Mentioned only.</small>
*[[Luciphor|Luciphor aka The Cobra]], <small>Mentioned only.</small>
*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]]
'''One-time characters'''
*Mr. Bradley, V.P. of a bank in NY.
*Ms. Francis, works in a bank.
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
'''Locations'''
*[[Xanadu]]
*[[Collegium Magikos|The College of Magic]]

'''Objects'''
*[[The Crystal Cube]], at CM.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
===Title===
*The story title is lifted from the plot.
===Mandrake Lore===
*Thru the centuries Theron had a few dozen wives.
*Theron was 290 years old when he married Eleanora (age 20).
*The twins were seperated when wild bandits invaded the land (Tibet).
*The twins returned to CM at age 5.
*Lenore, half-sister of Mandrake.
===Easter Eggs===
*Derek has prison number [[39013|'''39013''']].
<gallery>
Image:MD-1990-02-05-p.jpg|5 Feb, 1990
</gallery>

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"La famiglia di Mandrake", [[New Comics Now 291|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #291]] (1992)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Mandrake vs Derek - Magikernas kamp", [[Fantomen 21/1993|''Fantomen'' #21]] (1993)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"King Kered", [[Strip Adventure 3|''Strip Adventure'' #3]] (1991)

[[Category:Daily stories|King Kered]]

Fran

2022-02-20T14:34:25Z

Paramjitmann: Creating Fran

{{character
|name=Fran
|image= [[Image:Fran.jpg|200 px]]
|first= "[[Chamber into the X Dimension]]"
|creators= [[Lee Falk]] and [[Phil Davis]]
|}}
'''Fran''' is a character from the [[Mandrake the Magician (Comic strip)|Mandrake the Magician]] comic strip that first appeared in "[[Chamber into the X Dimension]]".

== Fictional Character Biography ==
'''Fran''' is the daughter of Professor Theobold. She married Tolac in [[the X Dimension]] and became the Empress of the Flesh men ''(in "X")''

===Family===
*[[Professor Theobold]], father of Fran and a scientist who invented a way to project people into the "X" Dimension.

== Notable appearances ==
Stories where Fran has featured most prominently are:

===Stories ===
{| {{table}}
!Year !! Daily/Sundays !!Title !!Artist !! Comments
|-
| 1936 || Sundays ||"[[Chamber into the X Dimension]]" || [[Phil Davis|Davis]] ||
|-
| 1974 || Sundays ||"[[Return to X]]" || [[Fred Fredericks|Fredericks]] ||
|-
| 2003 || Daily ||"[[The Walking Man]]" || Fredericks ||
|-
|}

{{stub}}
{{Characters}}
[[Category:Characters|Fran]]

File:Fran.jpg

2022-02-20T14:26:54Z

Paramjitmann: Fran, Panel from Chamber into the X Dimension, art by Phil Davis.

== Summary ==
[[Fran]], Panel from [[Chamber into the X Dimension]], art by [[Phil Davis]].

Alibi Algie

2022-02-19T06:55:36Z

Paramjitmann:

{{Newspaperbox
|Title= Alibi Algie
|image= [[Image:md-1996-07-29.png|400 px]]<br>[[Image:md-2014-04-07.png|400 px]]<br>''(Re-released in 2014)''
|Start= July 29th, 1996
|End= September 28th, 1996
|Strips= 54 (9 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Fred Fredericks]]
|Preceded= "[[Clay Camel and the Ganglords]]"
|Followed= "[[Scary Aliens]]"
|}}

'''"Alibi Algie"''' is the 223rd Mandrake [[daily story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Fred Fredericks]].

== Plot Summary ==
Inspector Brett from Scotland Yard asking Mandrake for help. He chasing the criminal "Alibi Algie". A man who always has eyewitnesses proving he was someplace else, and not at the crime.

===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]]
*[[Brett]], inspector from Scotland Yard.

'''One-time characters'''
*Rathbone, Chief inspector at Scotland Yard.
*Alibi Algie, a criminal.
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
'''Locations'''
*New York
**[[Xanadu]]

</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
===Title===
*The story title is liftet from the plot.

===Easter Eggs – Cameos===
*[[The Phantom|Slam Evil]] poster, the Phantom movie ''(strip of September 6, 9, 12 and 13, 1996)''.
<gallery>
Image:MD-1996-09-06-p.jpg|6 Sep, 1996
Image:MD-1996-09-09-p.jpg|9 Sep, 1996
</gallery>

== Re-released story in 2014 ==
[[Image:md-2014-04-07.png|400 px]]
*Start date: 7 April 2014 / End date: 7 June 2014

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Saken med det vanntette alibiet", [[Fantomet 5/2003|''Fantomet'' #5]] (2003)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Alibin tapaus", [[Mustanaamio 5/2003|''Mustanaamio'' #5]] (2003)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*"Strange Criminal" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 63|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #63]] (1998)
*"Strange Criminal" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 79|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #79]] (1999)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Fallet med det vattentäta alibit", [[Fantomen 5/2003|''Fantomen'' #5]] (2003)

[[Category:Daily stories|Alibi Algie]]