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|Title= The Galactic Birthday Adventure
|image= [[Image:ms-19940102.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= January 2nd, 1994
|End= January 22nd, 1995
|Strips= 56
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Fred Fredericks]]
|Preceded= "[[The Bee Thief]]"
|Followed= "[[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. 

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===Appearances===
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'''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]].
*[[The Tigermen|Tigermen]].
*[[The Sharkmen]].
*The Guardians, masters of Cerebron.
*General Cozzono, Magnon's older half brother.
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'''Locations'''
*[[Xanadu]]
*[[Magna]]
*The Evil Solar System
**Rattola, home of the [[The Ratmen|Ratmen]].
**Tigola, home of the [[The Tigermen|Tigermen]].
**[[The Sharkmen]]
*Cerebron
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==Behind the scenes==
*The story title is lifted from the plot.
*First part re-telling the story [[The Miss Galaxy Beauty Contest]]. 
*Note: Nardrake is going to celebrate her tenth birthday, but during the story it is also said it is her twelfth.

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Festa di compleanno fra le stelle", [[New Comics Now 366|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #366]] (1997)

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