The Trade Commission

The Trade Commission

Start date:	September 16th, 1962
End date:	March 10th, 1963
# of strips:	26 (26 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Task Test"
Followed by:	"The Ghost Lover"

"The Trade Commission" is the 91st Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Original drawing (First Sunday page)

Plot Summary

A few years ago "operation way-out", a communications project for outer space, sent out a satellite. When the satellite is captured by some strange aliens the signals suddenly stops.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Col Carlson, chief of "operation way-out".
Mac, an astronaut.
Jim, a farmer.
Captain Jim, owner of a boat.
The President of the United States.
Ugo, a alian on a trade mission hoping to sell suchi crystals.
Tubo, a alian on a trade mission hoping to sell suchi crystals.

Locations

US
- Washington
  - The White House
Deep space
- The Blue Planet

Vehicles

Mercury twelve, a space capsule orbiting Earth.

Behind the scenes

The story title is taken from the strip of September 23, 1962 (Beginning: The Trade Commission). A similar title is at the end of the strip of September 9th, 1962 (Next Week: Trade Commission).
Note: At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Trade Commission (The Blue Planet)".