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{{Magazinebox 
|Title=Specter from Space
|image= [[Image:king-F-05.jpg|280 px]]
|1st=[[Mandrake the Magician 2 (King)|''Mandrake'' #2]] (1966)
|Pages= 15 pgs
|Writer= [[Dick Wood]]
|Artist= [[André LeBlanc]]
|Producer=[[King Comics]] 
|}}
'''"Specter from Space"''' is an US made [[Mandrake]] story from 1967.
The story is a remake of the 1962 daily story '''"[[The First Visitors]]"''' by [[Lee Falk]] and [[Phil Davis]].
== Plot Summary ==
A quiet evening Mandrake and Narda talking about the possibility of life on other planets, then suddenly a broadcast: ''We are moving toward your planet at full speed! Prepare to receive us!''. 

The radar systems and telescopes tried to locate the spaceship, but they found nothing! Then, Mandrake got a cinder in his eye.

===Appearances===
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'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]

'''One-time characters'''

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'''Locations'''
*New York
**[[Xanadu]]
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== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"Os Invasores do Espaço", [[Mandrake 134 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #134]]  (1968)

=== [[Image:mini_chile.gif]] Chile ===
*"Espectro del espacio", [[Mandrake el mago 3 (Lord Cochrane)|''Mandrake el mago'' #3]]

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Les inconnus de l'espace", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 82|''Spécial Mandrake'' #82]] (1970)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*"Specter from Space" [[Indrajal Comics 70|''Indrajal Comics'' #70]] (1968)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Lo spettro dello spazio", [[I Giganti 6|''I Giganti'' #6]] (1967)

=== [[Image:mini_mexico.gif]] Mexico ===
*"Amenaza del espacio", [[Mandrake el Mago 86 (PC)|''Mandrake el Mago'' #86]] (1972)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Spøkelser fra rommet", [[Mandrake 2 (King Norwegian)|''Mandrake'' #2/1967]]

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"Fantasma do Espaço" [[Chico Zumba 6|''Chico Zumba'' #6]] (1977)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Spöken från Rymden", [[Mandrake 2 (King Swedish)|''Mandrake'' #2/1967]]

=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
*"Specter from Space", [[World Adventure Library - Mandrake the Magician 7|''World Adventure Libraries - Mandrake the Magician'' #7]] (1967)
*"Specter from Space" [[Sinister Tales 74|''Sinister Tales'' #74]] (196? or 197?)
*"Specter from Space", [[Sinister Tales 142|''Sinister Tales'' #142]]  (197?)
*"Specter from Space" [[Sinister Tales 173|''Sinister Tales'' #173]] (197?)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"Specter from Space", [[Mandrake the Magician 2 (King)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #2]] (1966)
*"Specter from Space", [[The Complete Series: The King Years: Volume One|''The Complete Series: The King Years:'' Volume 1]] (2016)

=== [[Image:mini_germany.gif]] West Germany ===
*"Spuk aus dem All", [[Mandra der Zauberer 2 (King German)|''Mandra der Zauberer'' #2]]

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