The Space Thing

The Space Thing
Start date:	June 4, 1961
End date:	September 24, 1961
# of strips:	17 (17 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Summit Conference"
Followed by:	"The Diversion"

"The Space Thing" is the 87th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda, on Earth only.
• Magnon
• Nardraka

One-time characters

• An astronomer, on Earth.

Locations

• New York City
• Magna
• Crispus Tau, a star 12 light years from Earth.

Objects

• A galactic watch operated by mind waves, think of any planet and it will show the correct time. If Mandrake press the alarm, a signal reaches Magnon.
• The Galactic Medal of Honor.

Behind the scenes

• The story title is taken from the strip of June 4, 1961 (Beginning: "The Space Thing").
• The strip of August 8 is the first strip with the new Sunday strip layout, which made it possible to print Mandrake Sunday strips also as a third page.

Signifiant covers

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  Italy
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  Italy
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  Portugal

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "Devorador de estrellas", Anuario de Mandrake el mago (Impacto) (1967)

Brazil

• "A Célula do Espaço", Almanaque do Mandrake (1963)

Finland

• "Parasiitti", Mustanaamio #17 (2001)

France

• "Menace cosmique", Les héros du mystère #2 (1967)
• "Menace cosmique", Les héros du mystère Album #1 (1967)
• "Menace cosmique", Mandrake #410 (1973)

Italy

• "Minaccia cosmica", Mandrake #4 (1962)
• "Minaccia cosmica", I Classici dell'Avventura #45 (1963)
• "Minaccia cosmica", Mandrake #56 (1973)
• "Minaccia cosmica", Mandrake - New Comics Now #333 (1994)

Norway

• "Parasitten", Fantomet #17 (2001)

Portugal

• "O Monstro do Espaço", Condor Popular Vol. 39 N.° 9 (1962)

Spain

• "La cosa del espacio", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1959-1962 (Dolmen Editorial) (2021)

Sweden

• "Parasiten", Fantomen #17 (2001)

Turkey

• "Kaybolan Yildiz", Mandrake #163 & #164 & #165 (1977)
• "Kaybolan Yildiz", Mandrake Albüm #54 (1977) note: first part missing
• "Kaybolan Yildiz", Mandrake Albüm #147

United Kingdom

• "The Thing in Space", Mandrake the Magician #23 (1963)