The Sign of 8
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The Sign of 8 | |
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Start date: | August 16th, 1965 |
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End date: | February 5th, 1966 |
# of strips: | 150 (25 weeks) |
Writer: | Lee Falk |
Artist: | Fred Fredericks |
Preceded by: | "The Odd Fellow" |
Followed by: | "The Witches" |
"The Sign of 8" is the 129th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.
Plot Summary
Adult education is quite the thing now and Narda is back at school. She is doing graduate work in history. By accident, in a footnote, she discovered a medieval gang of thiefs, called "The League of 8". While doing a fascinating report on the 800 years old gang she found clues of the acient gang closer to our time. Then the league of 8 strike....
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Antone, Ambassador.
- Andros, president. mention only
- Dr. Ludd, professor in history and Narda's supervisor.
- Miss Percy, a librarian.
- Dan Goon, ganglord and local chief of the league of 8.
- Bello, gang member.
- Adams, a police woman.
- Q, a quizzer of 8.
- X, a executioner of 8.
Behind the scenes
- The title for this story is taken from the strip of September, 4 (Next Week: Sign of 8)
- This story have a long intro about Mandrake's new home, Xanadu, spanning the first 20 strips.
- Narda lives in Bartlett Street, a real street name in the Broadway Triangle New York.
- The members of 8 wearing cuff links with the sign 8, the X and Q wearing a ring with the sign 8 on their left ringfinger.
- In a hidden place far away is the top unit of 8 and their giant computer, Octo. If they are in doubt about what to do in a case feed the information into the computer, and get a short reply.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "O Signo do Oito", Mandrake #114 (1966)
- "Xanadu", Mandrake Especial (1974)
- "O Signo do 8", As Grandes Aventuras do Mandrake #3 (1986)
- "A Origem de Xanadu", Mandrake Especial #22 (1988)
Finland
- "Salainen liiga" & "Salainen liiga (II): Kuulustelu", Mustanaamio #14 and #14 (1982)
France
- "La bande du Huit" & "Prisonniers du Huit", Spécial Mandrake #93 and #94 (1971)
- "La ligue des 8", Le Journal de Mickey #1484 to #1502
India
- "The Treacherous Gang" Indrajal Comics #77 (1969)
- "The Claws of Treachery", Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 39 (1985)
- "The Dangerous Gang" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #4 (1992)
- "The Dangerous Gang" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #51 (1997)
Italy
- "La lega dell’otto" & "Allarme squadra volante", Special Mandrake #183 and #184 (1966)
- "La lega dell’otto", "Allarme squadra volante" & "La lega dell’otto", Mandrake (1972)
- "La lega dell'Otto", Mandrake - New Comics Now #380 (1997)
- "Xanadù", Mandrake (I classici del Fumetto) (1999) - (intro part only)
Norway
- "Den hemmelige ligaen", Fantomet #25 and Fantomet #26 (1985)
- "Den hemmelige ligaen", Mandrake Spesial (1997)
Portugal
- "A Dádiva do Presidente" & "A misteriosa Liga 8", Mundo de Aventuras #1189 (1972)
Spain
- "Xandu", Héroes Modernos #23 (1966)
- "Xanadú" & "La sociedad secreta del 8", Mandrake #47 (2000)
Sweden
- "Den hemliga ligan; I en dödlig fälla" & "Den hemliga ligan; Förhörsledaren", Fantomen #5 and #6 (1982)
Turkey
- "Dehşet Çetesi", Mandrake #96 #97 #98 #99 #100 (1976)
- "Dehşet Çetesi", Mandrake Albüm #32 #33
- "Dehşet Çetesi", Mandrake Albüm #162 #163
- "Dehşet Çetesi", Mandrake #31 #32 #33
- "Dehşet Çetesi", Mandrake Süper Albüm #9
- "Dehşet Çetesi", Mandrake Süper Albüm #46 #47
Yugoslavia
- "Liga 8", Stripoteka #368/369 (1976)
- "У знаку Осмице"/"U znaku Osmice", Politikin Zabavnik #1341 (1977)
- "U znaku Osmice", Super EKS Almanah #27 (1982)
- "U znaku Osmice", Mandrak magazin #11 (1990)