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{{Newspaperbox 
|Title= The Hawk (Mandrake Meets Narda)
|image= [[Image:md-1934-11-26.png|400 px]]
|Start= November 26, 1934
|End= February 23, 1935
|Strips= 78 (13 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Cobra (Daily story 1934)|The Cobra]]"
|Followed= "[[The Monster of Tanov Pass]]"
|}}
'''"The Hawk (Mandrake Meets Narda)"''' is the 2nd Mandrake [[daily story]]. 
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].
This story exists in two variants, one made to span six newspaper columns, the other to span five. It is uncertain whether the first six weeks are available in the five-column version.

== Plot Summary ==
After Mandrake's fight with the [[Luciphor|Cobra]] he and Lothar went to Alexandria, and almost at once they were attacked by two ugly egyptians, servants for Princess Narda. Narda explained that she had sent her servants to scare the evil Hawk away, but mistake Mandrake for the Hawk. Mandrake tried to help the princess but she once more try to kill him !

Hawk was the owner of a casino in Paris, and in this casino Narda's older brother, Prince Segrid, did have a quarrel over a debt he owed Count Alban. They both had been drinking and the next day some find Count Alban dead. Mr Hawk smuggled Narda and Segrid over the border and into Alexandria forcing them to give him lage sums of money, and now the crown jevels. Mandrake found that it was the Hawk who was the killer and that he had made a trap for the prince and princess, going for their money.

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

'''One-time characters'''
*Hawk, a casino owner from Paris.
*Tula, servant of Hawk.
*Jacques, Narda's butler.
*Duke (Count) Alban.
*Costi, chief of the police.

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'''Locations'''
*Alexandria
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==Behind the scenes==
===Title===
*The title for the story is lifted from the plot.
===Special strip===
*In this story one find a special made [[Special Strips|"Merry Christmas"]] strip for December the 25th of 1934.
===Swiping===
In first part of this story Phil Davis has swiped Narda from Alex Raymond's "Flash Gordon". 
<gallery>
Image:MD-002-FG-PD-01.jpg|Dale vs Narda
Image:MD-002-FG-PD-02.jpg|People
Image:MD-002-FG-PD-03.jpg|Layout
</gallery>

== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Mandrakecolecao02.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Collana Albi grandi avventure-02-v.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Il Vascello-02-63.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Super Albo 154.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Collana Mandrake csitw-03b.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Comart02.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Mandrake esteve 2.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain 
1001ozel-001.jpg|[[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey
Gunes04-a.jpg|[[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey
Gunes05.jpg|[[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey
</gallery>

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

=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia===
*[[Australian Women's Weekly]] (1935)

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"Encontro com Narda", [[Mandrake 2 (L&PM)|''Mandrake'' #2]] (1989)
*"O Sinistro Plano do Corcunda", [[Mandrake Coleção 2|''Mandrake Coleção'' #2]] (1989)
*"Mandrake conhece Narda", [[Mandrake Omnibus : O Cobra e Outras Histórias |''Mandrake Omnibus : O Cobra e Outras Histórias'']] (2025)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le mystère de la maison de jeu", [[Mandrake roi de la magie (CELEG) 1|''Mandrake roi de la magie'' #1]] (1965)
*"Le mystère de la maison de jeu", [[Futuropolis Copyright - Mandrake le Magicien Vol. 1|''Mandrake le Magicien'' Vol. 1]] (1981)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Il mistero della casa da giuoco", [[L'Avventuroso|''L'Avventuroso'' #44 - #59]] (1935)
*"Il mistero della casa da giuoco", [[Collana Albi grandi avventure (2)|''Collana Albi grandi avventure - Mandrake'' #2]] (1936)
*"Il mistero della casa da giuoco", [[Collana Albi grandi avventure (2) (1945)|''Collana Albi grandi avventure - Mandrake'' #2]] (1945)
*"Il mistero della casa da giuoco", [[Ristampe di grande successo 2|''Ristampe di grande successo - Mandrake'' #2]] (1949)
*"Il mistero della casa da giuoco", [[Il Vascello 63 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #63]] (1961)
*"Il mistero della casa da giuoco", [[Super Albo 154 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''Super Albo'' #154]] (1965)
*"Il mistero della casa da giuoco", [[Eureka Pocket 2|''Eureka Pocket'' #2]] (1969)
*"Il mistero della casa da giuoco", [[Mandrake 3 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #3]] (Comics Stars in the World 1976)
*"Il mistero della casa da gioco", [[New Comics Now 115|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #115]] (1984)
*"Il mistero della casa da gioco", [[Mandrake 2 (Comic Art)]] (1991)
*"Il mistero della casa da gioco", [[Mandrake il mago (Mondadori Comics)|''Mandrake il mago'']] (2014)

=== [[Image:mini_french_polynesia.png|border]] French Polynesia===
*"Il mistero della casa da giuoco", [[Mandrake 3 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #3]] (Comics Stars in the World 1976) <small>note: Italian text.</small>

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"Mandrake Contra Hawk, o Corcunda", [[Mundo de Aventuras 377|''Mundo de Aventuras'' #377]] to [[Mundo de Aventuras 391|''Mundo de Aventuras'' #391]]     (1981)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"Misterio en el Casino", [[Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado 10 - Mandrake 2|''Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado'' #10 - ''Mandrake'' #2]] (1981)
*"El Halcón", [[Mandrake el Mago: Daily strips 1934-1936 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2022)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Gizli Oyun Yeri, [[Ateş|''Ateş'']] (1937)
*"Gizli Oyun Yeri", [[1001 Roman|''1001 Roman'' #275 - 296]] (1944-1945)
*"Gizli Oyun Yeri", [[1001 Özel 1|''1001 Özel'' #1]] (1950)
*"Oyunculara Karsı", [[Küçük Afacan|Küçük Afacan #1 to #16]] (1955)
*"Prenses'in Sırrı", [[Red Kit 7|''Red Kit'' #7]] & [[Red Kit 8| #8]] & [[Red Kit 9| #9]] & [[Red Kit 10| #10]] & [[Red Kit 11| #11]] & [[Red Kit 12| #12]] (1965)
*"Prenses'in Sırrı", [[Güneş 4|''Güneş'' #4]] and [[Güneş 5| #5]] (1968)
*"Prenses'in Sırrı", [[Güneş Albüm 2|''Güneş Albüm'' #2]] (1968)

=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
*"The Hawk", ''[[Mandrake the Magician - The Dailies Volume 1: The Cobra]]'' (2016)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"The Hawk", [[Comics Revue 305-306|''Comics Revue'' #305-306]] &ndash; [[Comics Revue 315-316|#315-316]] (2011/2012)
*"The Hawk", [[Volume One: the complete newspaper dailies 1934-1936]] (2024)

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