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|Title= Tale of Aleena
|Title= Tale of Aleena
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|Start= September 10, 1973
|Start= September 10, 1973
|End= January 19, 1974
|End= January 19, 1974
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== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
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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===
===Appearances===
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*[[Lothar]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Karma]]
*[[Hojo]], at Xanadu only.
*[[Aleena]]
*[[Theron]]
*[[Luciphor]], mention only.


'''One-time 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.
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'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
*[[Xanadu]]
*[[Collegium Magikos|College of Magic]]
'''Objects'''
*[[The Crystal Cube]]


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==Related stories==
==Behind the scenes==
===Follows===
===Title===
 
*The story title is taken from the strip of September 25, 1973 (Tomorrow: "Tale of Aleena").
===Referenced in===
===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 ==
== Reprints ==
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*"Mandrake Através do Tempo e do Espaço", [[Mandrake Especial (RGE)|''Mandrake Especial'']] (1974)
*"Mandrake Através do Tempo e do Espaço", [[Mandrake Especial (RGE)|''Mandrake Especial'']] (1974)


=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia===
=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Opasnost - mirisni tamjan!", [[Super EKS Almanah 18|''Super EKS Almanah'' #18]] (1981)
*"Noitanainen", [[Mustanaamio 11/1987|''Mustanaamio'' #11]] and [[Mustanaamio 12/1987| #12]] (1987)
*"Opasnost - mirisni tamjan!", [[Mandrakov magazin 16|''Mandrakov magazin'' #16]] (1990)
 
=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le chateau des enchantements", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 436|''Mandrake'' #436]] (1977)
 
=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*"Spell of the Enchantress", [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 52|''Indrajal Comics'' Vol. 24 No. 52]] (1987)
 
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Il castello degli incantesimi", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 81|''Mandrake'' #81]] (1977)
 
=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"A Feiticeira Alina", [[Mundo de Aventuras 99 (second series)|''Mundo de Aventuras'' #99]] (1975)
 
=== [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"Alina", [[Supercomics Garbo 11|''Supercomics Garbo'' #11]] and [[Supercomics Garbo 14| #14]] (1976)
*"Alina la Hechicera", [[Comics-Art - Mandrake (Merlin el Mago) 2|''Mandrake - Merlin el Mago'' #2]] and [[Comics-Art - Mandrake (Merlin el Mago) 3| #3]] (1980)
 
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Trollkvinnan", [[Fantomen 23/1986|''Fantomen'' #23]] (1986)


=== [[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]] [[Mandrake Albüm 18 (Tay)| #18]]  
*"Güzel Büyücü", [[Mandrake Albüm 17 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #17]] and [[Mandrake Albüm 18 (Tay)| #18]]  
*"Güzel Büyücü", [[Mandrake Albüm 88 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #88]] [[Mandrake Albüm 89 (Tay)| #89]]  
*"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 ===
*"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===
*"Opasnost - mirisni tamjan!", [[Super EKS Almanah 18|''Super EKS Almanah'' #18]] (1981)
*"Opasnost - mirisni tamjan!", [[Mandrakov magazin 16|''Mandrakov magazin'' #16]] (1990)


[[Category:Daily stories|Tale of Aleena]]
[[Category:Daily stories|Tale of Aleena]]

Latest revision as of 11:46, 20 October 2023

Tale of Aleena
Md-1973-09-10.png
Start date: September 10, 1973
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.

Locations

Objects


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:

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