Chamber into the X Dimension
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Chamber into the X Dimension | |
Start date: | August 30th, 1936 |
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End date: | March 7th, 1937 |
# of strips: | 28 (28 weeks) |
Writer: | Lee Falk |
Artist: | Phil Davis |
Preceded by: | "The Circus People" |
Followed by: | "Prince Paulo the Tyrant" |
"Chamber into the X Dimension" is the 5th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
Mandrake and Lothar meet professor Theobold who has invented a way to project people into the "X" Dimension. He has already projected his daughter into the "X" Dimension, but now he is unable to bring her back. Mandrake and Lothar volunteer to be themselves projected into the "X" Dimension, in order to seek Fran.
Appearances
Recurring characters
- Mandrake
- Lothar
- Professor Theobold, a scientist
- Fran, daughter of Professor Theobold
- Tolac, a man (in the X Dimension)
One-time characters
- Wheel men, men of living-metal (in the X Dimension)
- Firebird, made of animated coal (in the X Dimension)
- Carnivfern, a man-eating plant (in the X Dimension)
- Plant people, living plants (in the X Dimension)
- Syca, a tree man
- Popo, a tree man
- Crystal people
- Grat, chief of the flesh men
Locations
- Europe ?
- The "X" Dimension
Behind the scenes
- At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "Chamber into the X Dimension", which is lifted from the plot.
- Note: Mandrake using real magic in this story.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "Mandrake en Los Hombres de X", Grandes Aventuras #5 (1942) text version
France
- "La dimension X", Robinson (1937)
- "Un voyage dans l'avenir", Collection merveilleuse #7 (1939)
- "Guerre dans le monde à X dimensions", Aventures et Mystère #112 (1949)
- "Le monde à X dimensions", Mandrake roi de la magie #2 (1964)
- "Le monde à X dimensions", Mandrake roi de la magie #23 (1967)
- "La dimension X", L'âge d'or Mandrake #1 (1980)
- "Le monde à X dimensions", J'ai lu BD #58 (1988)
Italy
- "Gli uomini di cristallo", L'Audace (1937)
- "Gli uomini di cristallo", Topolino giornale #565 to #585 (1945-1946)
- "Gli uomini di cristallo", Albi d'Oro #169 (1949)
- "Gli uomini di cristallo", Super Albo #14 (1961)
- "Gli uomini di cristallo", L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake #1 (1980)
- "La dimensione X", Tavole domenicali 1935–1937 (2016)
Spain
- "El Secreto de Profesor Theobold", Aventurero #96 - #123 (1937)
- "Hacia un Mundo Desconocido", Merlin el Mago Moderno #3 (1942)
- "Hacia un Mundo Desconocido", Album Roja #2 (1944)
- "no title", Clásicos del Comic #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 and #7 (1988)
- "La Dimensión 'X'", Mandrake #2 (1999)
Turkey
- "Gelecekte Bir Seyahat", 1001 Roman #37 - 54 (1940)
- "Garip Dünyalarda" & "Garip Dünyalarda: İkinci Kısım", 1001 Özel #108 & #109 (1954)
United Kingdom
- "The Chamber into the X Dimension", Mandrake the Magician - The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers: Sundays 1935–1937 (2016)
USA
- "(no title)", King Comics #14, King Comics #15, King Comics #16, King Comics #17, King Comics #18, King Comics #19, and King Comics #20 (1937)
- "In the Land of X", Feature Book #52 (1948)
- "Chamber into the X Dimension", The Sunday Pages Mandrake Series / Episode: "Chamber into the X Dimension" (Pacific Comics Club) (2021)
Yugoslavia
- "U carstvu čuda i tajanstva" Mika Miš #116 – #155 (1937)
- (romanized as "U carstvu čuda"), Zabavnik #28 and #29 (1938)
- "U tajanstvenom svetu", Stripoteka #332/333 (1975)
- "Kristalni ljudi", Biblioteka Nostalgija #1 (1981)