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Revision as of 08:00, 22 May 2013
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| Start date: | August 14th, 1966 |
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| End date: | December 25th, 1966 |
| # of strips: | 20 (20 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Fred Fredericks |
| Preceded by: | "The Underworld vs. Inter-Intel" |
| Followed by: | "The Blackout Caper" |
"The Astro Pirates" is the 99th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.
Plot Summary
Narda is going home for a visit, but the departure date is Friday the 13th, a black cat walking under a ladder and she spilled salt. And onboard PO 112, astro-pirates land atop the ocean-spanning plane 35 000 feet above the sea.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Ned, man aboard a cruise ship.
- Mr. Marks, head of a company that insures most big jewel shipments.
- Axel, private secretary of Mr. Marks.
- Max, an Astro Pirate.
Behind the scenes
- The story title is from the strip of August 14th, 1966 (Beginning: The Astro-Pirates!).
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "??", Fantasía Suplemento #114 (1969)
Italy
- "Gli astropirati", I Giganti #14 (1967)
Sweden
- "Stratosfärpirater", Blixt Gordon #1/1969
Turkey
- "Hava Korsanları", Mandrake #47 #48 #49 (1975)
- "Hava Korsanları", Mandrake Albüm #16 #17
- "Hava Korsanları", Mandrake #16 #17
- "Hava Korsanları", Mandrake Süper Albüm #4 #5
- "Hava Korsanları", Mandrake Süper Albüm #39 #40
- "Hava Korsanları", Mandrake Süper Albüm #24
Yugoslavia
- "Astro-pirati", Super EKS Almanah #40 (1983)
- "Astro-pirati", Mandrakov magazin #21 (1990)