The Galactic Rumble

The Galactic Rumble
Start date:	April 6, 1969
End date:	September 7, 1969
# of strips:	23 (23 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The All or Nothing Hunt"
Followed by:	"The Invaders"

"The Galactic Rumble" is the 106th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

This story exist in three variations. Fredericks drew the strips with three rows in landscape format which scaled down to fit half a newspaper page. By cutting the top row, the strip fills a third of a newspaper page. By rearranging the panels to portrait format, the strip fit a tabloid page.

Plot Summary

At Xanadu a tri-dem of Rodon the High Marshal of the Central Galaxy; telling Mandrake that Alpha and Beta heads two rival gangs. Each numbering a million or more. They terrorize whole planets, sell protection, promote vice, smuggle, rob, kill. Recently they divded the gallaxy peacefully, but because of the "stupid wager" they became furious at each other and started a space war. Mandrake and Lothar joined Rodon on his giantic flagship to help finding the space criminals.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• Magnon
• Rodon, High Marshal of the Central Galaxy.

One-time characters

• Philon, of I.G. (Inter Galactic Security).
• Alpha
• Beta
• A "Space Thing", a enormous meat eater living in space.

Locations

• New York City
  • Xanadu
• In space

Behind the scenes

• The story title is from the strip of April 6, 1969 (Beginning: The Galactic Rumble).

Related stories

Follows

The All or Nothing Hunt

Signifiant covers

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Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "Los Gangsters del Espacio", Super Sandokan #11 (1983)

Brazil

• "A Guerra Espacial", Mandrake #160 (1970)
• "Guerra no Espaço", Mandrake #320 (1982)
• "Guerra nas Estrela", Gibi #5 (1993)

France

• "La piste spatiale", Mandrake #416 (1974)

Italy

• "La pista spaziale", Mandrake #171 and #172 (1970)
• "La pista spaziale", Mandrake #62 (1974)
• "La pista spaziale", Mandrake Selezione #2 (1976)

Portugal

• "no given title", Mundo de Aventuras #116 (1975)

Spain

• "La pista especial", Pocket de Ases #38 (1984)
• "Reyerta en el espacio", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1968–1972 (Dolmen Editorial) (2019)

Sweden

• "Kosmisk vadhållning", Fantomen #13 (1970)

Turkey

• "Ganster Savaşı", Mandrake #102 & #103 & #104 (1976)
• "Ganster Savaşı", Mandrake #33 & #34 & #35
• "Ganster Savaşı", Mandrake Süper Albüm #9
• "Ganster Savaşı", Mandrake Süper Albüm #46

United Kingdom

• "The Galactic Rumble", Mandrake the Magician - The Sundays Volume 1: The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar (2018)

Yugoslavia

• "Dvoboj na asteroidu", Super EKS Almanah #44 (1983)