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{{Newspaperbox 
|Title= Chamber into the X Dimension
|image= [[Image:ms-19360830.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= August 30th, 1936
|End= March 7th, 1937
|Strips= 28 (28 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Circus People]]"
|Followed= "[[Prince Paulo the Tyrant]]"
|}}
'''"Chamber into the X Dimension"''' is the 5th Mandrake [[Sunday story]]. 
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Mandrake and Lothar meet professor Theobold who has invented a way to project people into the "X" Dimension. He has already projected his daughter into the "X" Dimension, but now he is unable to bring her back. Mandrake and Lothar volunteer to be themselves projected into the "X" Dimension, in order to seek Fran. 

===Appearances===
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'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Professor Theobold]], a scientist
*[[Fran]], daughter of Professor Theobold
*Tolac, a man (in the X Dimension)

'''One-time characters'''
*Wheel men, men of living-metal (in the X Dimension)
*Firebird, made of animated coal (in the X Dimension)
*Carnivfern, a man-eating plant (in the X Dimension)
*Plant people, living plants (in the X Dimension)
*Syca, a tree man
*Popo, a tree man
*Crystal people
*Grat, chief of the flesh men

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'''Locations'''
*Europe ?
*[[The X Dimension|The "X" Dimension]]
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==Behind the scenes==
*At the [http://www.deepwoods.org deepwoods.org] index the title for this story is '''"Chamber into the X Dimension"''', which is lifted from the plot.
*Note: Mandrake using real magic in this story.

== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Molino Grandes Aventuras-05.jpg|[[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina
Mirim-025.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Collection merveilleuse-07.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France 
Mandroi112.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France 
Albi d Oro-169.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Super Albo-lf-14.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
LGA Merlin el Mago Moderno-03.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain 
Clasicos del Comic-01.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain 
Clasicos del Comic-05.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain 
1001ozel-108.jpg|[[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey
1001ozel-109.jpg|[[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey
Feature books-52.jpg|[[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA 
SundayPagesMandSeriesChamberIntoTheXDimension.jpg|[[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA 
Mika Mis 116.jpg|[[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia
Zabavnik-028.jpg|[[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia
Stripoteka-332-333.jpg|[[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia
</gallery>

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

=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*"Mandrake en Los Hombres de X", [[Grandes Aventuras 5|''Grandes Aventuras'' #5]] (1942) <small>text version</small>

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"La dimension X", [[Robinson 46|''Robinson  #46'']] to [[Robinson 72|''Robinson  #72'']] (1937)
*"Un voyage dans l'avenir", [[Collection merveilleuse 7|''Collection merveilleuse'' #7]] (1939)
*"Guerre dans le monde à X dimensions", [[Aventures et Mystère 112 (Sage 1947-1949) |''Aventures et Mystère'' #112]] (1949)
*"Le monde à X dimensions", [[Mandrake roi de la magie (CELEG) 2|''Mandrake roi de la magie'' #2]] (1964)
*"Le monde à X dimensions", [[Mandrake roi de la magie (CELEG / Giff Wiff 23 bis)|''Mandrake roi de la magie'' #23]] (1967)
*"La dimension X", [[L'âge d'or – Mandrake 1|''L'âge d'or Mandrake'' #1]] (1980)
*"Le monde à X dimensions", [[J'ai lu BD 58|''J'ai lu BD'' #58]] (1988)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Gli uomini di cristallo", [[L'Audace|''L'Audace'']] (1937)
*"Gli uomini di cristallo", [[Topolino giornale|''Topolino giornale'' #565 to #585]] (1945-1946)
*"Gli uomini di cristallo", [[Albi d'Oro 169|''Albi d'Oro'' #169]] (1949)
*"Gli uomini di cristallo", [[Super Albo 14 - Mandrake 7 (La Freccia)|''Super Albo'' #14]] (1961)
*"Gli uomini di cristallo", [[L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake 1|''L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake'' #1]] (1980)
*"La dimensione X", [[Il regno segreto degli assassini: Tavole domenicali 1935–1937|Tavole domenicali 1935–1937]] (2016)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El Secreto de Profesor Theobold", [[Aventurero|''Aventurero'' #96 - #123]] (1937)
*"Hacia un Mundo Desconocido", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 3|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #3]] (1942)
*"Hacia un Mundo Desconocido", [[Album Rojo 2: Merlin, el rey de la magia|''Album Roja'' #2]] (1944)
*''"no title"'', [[Clásicos del Comic 1|''Clásicos del Comic'' #1]], [[Clásicos del Comic 2| #2]], [[Clásicos del Comic 3| #3]], [[Clásicos del Comic 4| #4]], [[Clásicos del Comic 5| #5]], [[Clásicos del Comic 6| #6]] and [[Clásicos del Comic 7| #7]] (1988)
*"La Dimensión 'X'", [[Mandrake 2 - Páginas Dominicales 1936/37|''Mandrake'' #2]] (1999)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Gelecekte Bir Seyahat", [[1001 Roman|''1001 Roman'' #37 - 54]] (1940)
*"Garip Dünyalarda" & "Garip Dünyalarda: İkinci Kısım", [[1001 Özel 108|''1001 Özel'' #108]] & [[1001 Özel 109| #109]] (1954)

=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
*"The Chamber into the X Dimension", [[Mandrake the Magician - The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers: Sundays 1935–1937]] (2016)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*''"(no title)"'', [[King Comics 14|''King Comics'' #14]], [[King Comics 15|''King Comics'' #15]], [[King Comics 16|''King Comics'' #16]], [[King Comics 17|''King Comics'' #17]], [[King Comics 18|''King Comics'' #18]], [[King Comics 19|''King Comics'' #19]], and [[King Comics 20|''King Comics'' #20]] (1937) 
*"In the Land of X", [[Feature Book 52|''Feature Book'' #52]] (1948)
*"Chamber into the X Dimension", [[The Sunday Pages Mandrake Series/ Chamber into the X Dimension" (Pacific Comics Club)|''The Sunday Pages Mandrake Series / Episode: "Chamber into the X Dimension" (Pacific Comics Club)'']] (2021)

=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png|border]] [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
*"U carstvu čuda i tajanstva" [[Mika Miš|''Mika Miš'' #116 &ndash; #155]] (1937)
*(romanized as "U carstvu čuda"), [[Zabavnik 28|''Zabavnik'' #28]] and [[Zabavnik 29| #29]] (1938)
*"U tajanstvenom svetu", [[Stripoteka 332/333|''Stripoteka'' #332/333]] (1975)
*"Kristalni ljudi", [[Biblioteka Nostalgija 1|''Biblioteka Nostalgija'' #1]] (1981)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Chamber into the X Dimension]]