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==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
===Title=== | |||
*The story title is taken from the strip of September 25, 1973 (Tomorrow: "Tale of Aleena"). | *The story title is taken from the strip of September 25, 1973 (Tomorrow: "Tale of Aleena"). | ||
===Mandrake Lore=== | |||
*9-3355 are the phone number to Mandrake's study. | *9-3355 are the phone number to Mandrake's study. | ||
*Theron is about 300 years old. | *Theron is about 300 years old. | ||
===Real Life References=== | |||
*Kimberly, ''named'' after Kimberly Farr who played Narda in the musical "Mandrake the Magician and the Enchantress"? | |||
**The name is also used in a daily Phantom story from 1984, "The Kimberly Diamonds". | |||
== Reprints == | == Reprints == | ||
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=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy === | === [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy === | ||
*" | *"Il castello degli incantesimi", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 81|''Mandrake'' #81]] (1977) | ||
=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal === | === [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal === | ||
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=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey === | === [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey === | ||
*"Güzel Büyücü", [[Mandrake 49 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #49]] [[Mandrake 50 (Tay)| #50]] [[Mandrake 51 (Tay)| #51]] [[Mandrake 52 (Tay)| #52]] (1975) | *"Güzel Büyücü", [[Mandrake 49 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #49]], [[Mandrake 50 (Tay)| #50]], [[Mandrake 51 (Tay)| #51]] and [[Mandrake 52 (Tay)| #52]] (1975) | ||
*"Güzel Büyücü", [[Mandrake Albüm 17 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #17]] | *"Güzel Büyücü", [[Mandrake Albüm 17 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #17]] and [[Mandrake Albüm 18 (Tay)| #18]] | ||
*"Güzel Büyücü", [[Mandrake Albüm 88 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #88]] | *"Güzel Büyücü", [[Mandrake Albüm 88 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #88]] and [[Mandrake Albüm 89 (Tay)| #89]] | ||
*"Güzel Büyücü", [[Mandrake 65 (Tay second series)|''Mandrake'' #65]] [[Mandrake 66 (Tay second series)| #66]] | *"Güzel Büyücü", [[Mandrake Albüm 226 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #226]] and [[Mandrake Albüm 227 (Tay)| #227]] | ||
*"Güzel Büyücü", [[Mandrake 65 (Tay second series)|''Mandrake'' #65]] and [[Mandrake 66 (Tay second series)| #66]] | |||
*"Güzel Büyücü", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 20 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #20]] | *"Güzel Büyücü", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 20 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #20]] | ||
*"Güzel Büyücü", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 80 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #80]] | |||
=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA === | === [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA === | ||
*"Tale of Aleena", [[The Menomonee Falls Gazette 93|''The Menomonee Falls Gazette'' from #93]] to [[The Menomonee Falls Gazette 111| #111]] (1973/1974) | *"Tale of Aleena", [[The Menomonee Falls Gazette 93|''The Menomonee Falls Gazette'' from #93]] to [[The Menomonee Falls Gazette 111| #111]] (1973/1974) | ||
*"Tale of Aleena", [[The Daily Strips Mandrake Series / Episode: "Tale of Aleena" (Pacific Comics Club)|''The Daily Strips Mandrake Series / Episode: "Tale of Aleena" (Pacific Comics Club)'']] (2018) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia=== | === [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia=== | ||
Latest revision as of 11:46, 20 October 2023
| Tale of Aleena | |
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| Start date: | September 10, 1973 |
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| End date: | January 19, 1974 |
| # of strips: | 114 (19 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Fred Fredericks |
| Preceded by: | "The Incredible Thief" |
| Followed by: | "Super-Elec" |
"Tale of Aleena" is the 155th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.
Plot Summary
Aleena was Mandrake's girlfriend when they were 17 years old students at the College of Magic. During the years she had been married six times. Five of her ex-husbonds and her boyfriend she had enchanted so they remain, as her willing slaves.
With a magical smoke she manage to enchant her first and only love, Mandrake. Then she ordered him to bring her the crystal cube...
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Jet, Aleena's pet panther.
- Sath, Aleena's boyfriend.
- Gurn, Aleena's first husbond.
- Kimberly, Gurn new girlfriend.
- Pablo, bullfighter and Aleena's second husbond.
- Gorgeous Cyril, wrestling champion and Aleena's third husbond.
- King Rupert, Aleena's sixth husbond.
Behind the scenes
Title
- The story title is taken from the strip of September 25, 1973 (Tomorrow: "Tale of Aleena").
Mandrake Lore
- 9-3355 are the phone number to Mandrake's study.
- Theron is about 300 years old.
Real Life References
- Kimberly, named after Kimberly Farr who played Narda in the musical "Mandrake the Magician and the Enchantress"?
- The name is also used in a daily Phantom story from 1984, "The Kimberly Diamonds".
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "Mandrake Através do Tempo e do Espaço", Mandrake Especial (1974)
Finland
- "Noitanainen", Mustanaamio #11 and #12 (1987)
France
- "Le chateau des enchantements", Mandrake #436 (1977)
India
- "Spell of the Enchantress", Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 52 (1987)
Italy
- "Il castello degli incantesimi", Mandrake #81 (1977)
Portugal
- "A Feiticeira Alina", Mundo de Aventuras #99 (1975)
Spain
- "Alina", Supercomics Garbo #11 and #14 (1976)
- "Alina la Hechicera", Mandrake - Merlin el Mago #2 and #3 (1980)
Sweden
- "Trollkvinnan", Fantomen #23 (1986)
Turkey
- "Güzel Büyücü", Mandrake #49, #50, #51 and #52 (1975)
- "Güzel Büyücü", Mandrake Albüm #17 and #18
- "Güzel Büyücü", Mandrake Albüm #88 and #89
- "Güzel Büyücü", Mandrake Albüm #226 and #227
- "Güzel Büyücü", Mandrake #65 and #66
- "Güzel Büyücü", Mandrake Süper Albüm #20
- "Güzel Büyücü", Mandrake Süper Albüm #80
USA
- "Tale of Aleena", The Menomonee Falls Gazette from #93 to #111 (1973/1974)
- "Tale of Aleena", The Daily Strips Mandrake Series / Episode: "Tale of Aleena" (Pacific Comics Club) (2018)
Yugoslavia
- "Opasnost - mirisni tamjan!", Super EKS Almanah #18 (1981)
- "Opasnost - mirisni tamjan!", Mandrakov magazin #16 (1990)