View source for The Cloud (Daily story 1984)

{{Newspaperbox 
|Title= The Cloud
|image= [[Image:md-1984-03-05.jpg|400 px]]
|Start= March 5th, 1984
|End= May 12th, 1984
|Strips= 60 (10 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Fred Fredericks]]
|Preceded= "[[Little Man]]"
|Followed= "[[The Frightful School Day]]"
|}}
'''"The Cloud"''' is the 185th Mandrake [[daily story]]. 
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Fred Fredericks]].

== Plot Summary ==
A mysterious cloud hovering over Xanadu. Suddenly Mandrake and Lothar find themself inside a strange spy ship, disguised as a cloud.

===Appearances===
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'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]], at Xanadu only.
*[[Chief Bradley]]

'''One-time characters'''
*Jack, a man working at the control tower at the airport.
*Jim, a helicopter pilot.
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'''Locations'''
*[[Xanadu]]
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==Behind the scenes==
*The title for the story is taken from the strip of March 5th, 1984 (Beginning: "The Cloud").

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

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"A Nuvem", [[Mandrake Almanaque 1|''Mandrake Almanaque'' #1]]  (1986)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Pilvien arvoitus", [[Mustanaamio 9/1990|''Mustanaamio'' #9]] (1990)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*"The Strange Cloud Ship", [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 41|''Indrajal Comics'' Vol. 22 No. 41]] (1985)
*"The Mysterious Clouds" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 6|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #6]] (1992)
*"The Mysterious Clouds" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 53|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #53]] (1997)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"La nuvola", [[New Comics Now 171|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #171]] (1986)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Skymysteriet", [[Fantomet 17/1990|''Fantomet'' #17]] (1990)

=== [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"La Nube", [[Mandrake 39 (Euroclub Magerit)|''Mandrake'' #39]] (1998)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Molnmysteriet", [[Fantomen 13/1989|''Fantomen'' #13]] (1989)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Esrarengiz Bulut", [[Mandrake 42 (Tay second series)|''Mandrake'' #42]] [[Mandrake 43 (Tay second series)| #43]]
*"Esrarengiz Bulut", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 12 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #12]]
*"Esrarengiz Bulut", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 56 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #56]] [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 57 (Tay)| #57]]

=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
*"Oblak", [[Super EKS Almanah 71|''Super EKS Almanah'' #71]] (1985)

[[Category:Daily stories|Cloud, The - Daily story]]