The Galactic Birthday Adventure

The Galactic Birthday Adventure
Start date:	January 2nd, 1994
End date:	January 22nd, 1995
# of strips:	56
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Bee Thief"
Followed by:	"Revolution in Lotharton"

"The Galactic Birthday Adventure" is the 171th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Eleven years ago Narda was the winner of the "Miss Galaxy Beauty Contest" at Magna. At the end of Narda and Mandrake's visit they brought Magnon and Carola together. At the great wedding Mandrake was the best man and Narda the best woman. Now their daughter, Nardrake, is soon 10 years old and she wants to invite Mandrake and Narda to her party.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• Magnon
• Carola
• Nardraka
• Karma, at Xanadu only

One-time characters

• Space Leeches, about the size of a football field.
• The Ratmen.
• Tigermen.
• The Sharkmen.
• The Guardians, Masters of Cerebron.
• General Cozzono, Magnon's older half brother.

Locations

• Xanadu
• Magna
• The Evil Solar System
  • Rattola, home of the Ratmen.
  • Tigola, home of the Tigermen.
  • The Sharkmen
• Cerebron

Behind the scenes

• At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Galactic Birthday Adventure", which is lifted from the plot.
• First part re-telling the story The Miss Galaxy Beauty Contest and The Birthday Party.
• Note: Nardraka is going to celebrate her tenth birthday, but during the story it is also said it is her twelfth.

Signifiant cover

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  Italy

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Italy

• "Festa di compleanno fra le stelle", Mandrake - New Comics Now #366 (1997)