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===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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'''Recurring characters'''
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Mandrake]]
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*Tri, 3 sided crystal creatures.
*Tri, 3 sided crystal creatures.


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'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
*[[Xanadu]]
*New York City
**[[Xanadu]]
*A parallel universe
*A parallel universe


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=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*"El mundo de los hombres de cristal", [[Sandokan 22|''Sandokan'' #22]] (1983)
*"El Mundo de los Hombres de Cristal", [[Sandokan 22|''Sandokan'' #22]] (1983)


=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
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=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Mavi girdap", [[Mandrake 135 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #135]] [[Mandrake 136 (Tay)| #136]] (1977)
*"Mavi Girdap", [[Mandrake 135 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #135]] & [[Mandrake 136 (Tay)| #136]] (1977)
*"Mavi Girdap", [[Mandrake Albüm 45 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #45]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 46 (Tay)| #46]]
*"Mavi Girdap", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 70 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #70]]


=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===

Revision as of 18:39, 19 September 2015

The Blue Thing
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Start date: May 21st, 1972
End date: September 3rd, 1972
# of strips: 16 (16 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Fred Fredericks
Preceded by: "Emile, Emir of Emmo"
Followed by: "The Basilisk"

"The Blue Thing" is the 117th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Suddenly a mysterious blue thing appear, pulling animals and people right into it, like a super vacuum cleaner. First a horse, next a girl, a cop, a drunk and finally Mandrake and Lothar. On the other side of the blue magnetic whirepool they find them selves in another dimension. Where the strange alian universe is populated with crystalline creatures.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Storm King, a racehorse
  • Star King, King of the crystal creatures.
  • Hex, 6 sided crystal creatures.
  • Quad, 4 sided crystal creatures.
  • Tri, 3 sided crystal creatures.

Locations

  • New York City
  • A parallel universe


Behind the scenes

  • The title for the story is taken from the strip of May 21, 1972 (Beginning: "The Blue Thing").

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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