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== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
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Dr. Dell, a famed crime expert is in US for a lecture tour. She visits Mandrake to see and hear about the criminals in his gangster gallery. In a lecture afterwards she mentions the sign of 8 in a footnote. Soon she was kidnapped, and then Mandrake and Lothar.
 
They woke up in a strange place: a small island with an 8-shaped castle. In the garden: 8 shaped hedge, a sundial with only 8 numbers, and in the a basement room; an aquarium with a giant ocopus. Inside a room with 8 people around a 8 shaped table, the Masters of the 7th arm, controlled by the voice of their secret leader - the Octon.


===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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*[[Lothar]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Inter Intel]]
*[[Jed]]
 
*[[Octon]], his voice only.
'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
 
*Dr. Dell, professor of chriminology ''(her father was head of Scotland Yard)''
*Dr. Zorb, a history professor and junior member of 8.
*The Masters of the 7th arm of 8.
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'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
 
*Kennedy Airport
*New York City
**[[Xanadu]]
'''Organizations'''
*[[Inter-Intel]]
*[[8]]
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==Related stories==
==Behind the scenes==
===Follows===
===Title===
 
*The title for this story is taken from the strip of January 15, 1968 (Beginning: Dr. Dell & 8)
===Referenced in===
===Mandrake Lore===  
*Mandrake's rogues' gallery: the Cobra, the Mole, Goliath, (the Clay Camel), 8


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:
This story has been published in the following publications:
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"A Volta del Signo Oito", [[Mandrake 155 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #155]] (1969)
*"O Signo Oito", [[Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake 4|''Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake'' #4]] (1989)
*"O Signo Oito", [[Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake (Minissérie Encadernada)|''Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake (Minissérie Encadernada)'']] (1989)
=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Tri Dell", [[Mustanaamio 23/1983|''Mustanaamio'' #23]] (1983)
=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"La salle interdite", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 311|''Mandrake'' #311]], [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 312| #312]], [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 313| #313]] and [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 314| #314]] (1971)
*"Le professeur Dell", [[Le Journal de Mickey|''Le Journal de Mickey'' #1578 to #1590]]  (1982)
*"Le professeur Dell", [[Donald Magazine|''Donald Magazine'' #82-23 to #82-35]]  (1982)
*"Le professeur Dell", [[Mandrake (Les récits du Journal de Mickey) Volume 4|''Mandrake (Les récits du Journal de Mickey) Volume 4'']] (2015)
=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*"Gigantic Octopus", [[Indrajal Comics 226|''Indrajal Comics'' #226]] (1975)
*"The Hideous Underworld", [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 10|''Indrajal Comics'' Vol. 23 No. 10]] (1986)
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"La stanza proibita", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 117|''Mandrake'' #117]], [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 118| #118]] and [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 119| #119]] (1969)
*"La stanza proibita", [[New Comics Now 398|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #398]] (1997)


=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Den hemmelige ligaen", [[Mandrake Spesial (Norway)|''Mandrake Spesial'']] (1997)
*"Dr. Dell", [[Fantomet 17/1987|''Fantomet'' #17]] (1987)
*"Dr. Dell", [[Mandrake Spesial (Norway)|''Mandrake Spesial'']] (1997)
 
=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"O misterioso bando do signo 8", [[Mundo de Aventuras 1016|''Mundo de Aventuras'' #1016]] (1969)
 
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Dr Dell", [[Fantomen 12/1983|''Fantomen'' #12]] (1983)
 
=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Ahtapot", [[Mandrake 1 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #1]] [[Mandrake 2 (Tay)| #2]] and [[Mandrake 3 (Tay)| #3]]  (1974)
*"Ahtapot", [[Mandrake Albüm 1 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #1]]
*"Ahtapot", [[Mandrake Albüm 214 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #214]] and [[Mandrake Albüm 215 (Tay)| #215]]
*"Ahtapot", [[Mandrake 28 (Tay second series)|''Mandrake'' #28]] [[Mandrake 29 (Tay second series)| #29]] and [[Mandrake 30 (Tay second series)| #30]]
*"Ahtapot", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 8 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #8]]
*"Ahtapot", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 48 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #48]]
*"Ahtapot", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 26 (Tay 33 issues)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #26]]
 
=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia===
*"У знаку осмице" (romanized as "U znaku osmice"), [[Politikin Zabavnik 1341|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #1341]] (1977)
*"Gospodari osmice", [[Super EKS Almanah 48|''Super EKS Almanah'' #48]] (1983)


[[Category:Daily stories|Dr Dell and 8]]
[[Category:Daily stories|Dr Dell and 8]]

Latest revision as of 09:58, 28 June 2024

Dr Dell and 8
Md-1968-01-15.png
Start date: January 15, 1968
End date: May 11, 1968
# of strips: 102 (17 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Fred Fredericks
Preceded by: "The Mysterious Bureau"
Followed by: "The Gold Crisis"

"Dr Dell and 8" is the 136th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Dr. Dell, a famed crime expert is in US for a lecture tour. She visits Mandrake to see and hear about the criminals in his gangster gallery. In a lecture afterwards she mentions the sign of 8 in a footnote. Soon she was kidnapped, and then Mandrake and Lothar.

They woke up in a strange place: a small island with an 8-shaped castle. In the garden: 8 shaped hedge, a sundial with only 8 numbers, and in the a basement room; an aquarium with a giant ocopus. Inside a room with 8 people around a 8 shaped table, the Masters of the 7th arm, controlled by the voice of their secret leader - the Octon.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Dr. Dell, professor of chriminology (her father was head of Scotland Yard)
  • Dr. Zorb, a history professor and junior member of 8.
  • The Masters of the 7th arm of 8.

Locations

  • Kennedy Airport
  • New York City

Organizations


Behind the scenes

Title

  • The title for this story is taken from the strip of January 15, 1968 (Beginning: Dr. Dell & 8)

Mandrake Lore

  • Mandrake's rogues' gallery: the Cobra, the Mole, Goliath, (the Clay Camel), 8

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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