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|Title= Dr Dell and 8 | |Title= Dr Dell and 8 | ||
|image= | |image= [[Image:md-1968-01-15.png|400 px]] | ||
|Start= January 15, 1968 | |Start= January 15, 1968 | ||
|End= May 11, 1968 | |End= May 11, 1968 | ||
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== Plot Summary == | == 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=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
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*[[Lothar]] | *[[Lothar]] | ||
*[[Narda]] | *[[Narda]] | ||
*[[ | *[[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. | |||
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;"> | </div><div style="float:right; width:50%;"> | ||
'''Locations''' | '''Locations''' | ||
*Kennedy Airport | |||
*New York City | |||
**[[Xanadu]] | |||
'''Organizations''' | '''Organizations''' | ||
*[[ | *[[Inter-Intel]] | ||
*[[8]] | |||
</div><br clear="all"> | </div><br clear="all"> | ||
== | ==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 == | == Reprints == | ||
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=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil === | === [[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 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 === | === [[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) | *"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 === | === [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India === | ||
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=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy === | === [[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", [[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 === | ||
*"Dr. Dell", [[Fantomet 17/1987|''Fantomet'' #17]] (1987) | |||
*"Dr. Dell", [[Mandrake Spesial (Norway)|''Mandrake Spesial'']] (1997) | *"Dr. Dell", [[Mandrake Spesial (Norway)|''Mandrake Spesial'']] (1997) | ||
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden === | |||
*"Dr Dell", [[Fantomen 12/1983|''Fantomen'' #12]] (1983) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey === | === [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey === | ||
*"Ahtapot", [[Mandrake 1 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #1]] [[Mandrake 2 (Tay)| #2]] [[Mandrake 3 (Tay)| #3]] (1974) | *"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 1 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #1]] | ||
*"Ahtapot", [[Mandrake 28 (Tay second series)|''Mandrake'' #28]] [[Mandrake 29 (Tay second series)| #29]] [[Mandrake 30 (Tay second series)| #30]] | *"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 8 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #8]] | ||
*"Ahtapot", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 48 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #48]] | *"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 16:17, 17 October 2023
| Dr Dell and 8 | |
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| Start date: | January 15, 1968 |
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| 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.
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:
Brazil
- "A Volta del Signo Oito", Mandrake #155 (1969)
- "O Signo Oito", Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake #4 (1989)
- "O Signo Oito", Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake (Minissérie Encadernada) (1989)
Finland
- "Tri Dell", Mustanaamio #23 (1983)
France
- "La salle interdite", Mandrake #311, #312, #313 and #314 (1971)
- "Le professeur Dell", Le Journal de Mickey #1578 to #1590 (1982)
- "Le professeur Dell", Donald Magazine #82-23 to #82-35 (1982)
- "Le professeur Dell", Mandrake (Les récits du Journal de Mickey) Volume 4 (2015)
India
- "Gigantic Octopus", Indrajal Comics #226 (1975)
- "The Hideous Underworld", Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 10 (1986)
Italy
- "La stanza proibita", Mandrake #117, #118 and #119 (1969)
- "La stanza proibita", Mandrake - New Comics Now #398 (1997)
Norway
- "Dr. Dell", Fantomet #17 (1987)
- "Dr. Dell", Mandrake Spesial (1997)
Sweden
- "Dr Dell", Fantomen #12 (1983)
Turkey
- "Ahtapot", Mandrake #1 #2 and #3 (1974)
- "Ahtapot", Mandrake Albüm #1
- "Ahtapot", Mandrake Albüm #214 and #215
- "Ahtapot", Mandrake #28 #29 and #30
- "Ahtapot", Mandrake Süper Albüm #8
- "Ahtapot", Mandrake Süper Albüm #48
- "Ahtapot", Mandrake Süper Albüm #26
Yugoslavia
- "У знаку осмице" (romanized as "U znaku osmice"), Politikin Zabavnik #1341 (1977)
- "Gospodari osmice", Super EKS Almanah #48 (1983)