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== Plot Summary == | == Plot Summary == | ||
Dr. Dell, a famed crime expert is in US for a lecture tour. She visit Mandrake to see and hear about the criminals in his gangster gallery. In a lecture afterwards she mentions the sign of 8 in a footnote. Soon she was kidnapped, and then Mandrake and Lothar. | |||
They woke up in a strange place. A small island with an 8-shaped castle. In the garden; 8 shaped hedge, a sundial with only 8 numbers, and in the a basement room; an aquarium with a giant ocopus. Inside a room with 8 people around a 8 shaped table, the Masters of the 7th arm, controlled by the voice of their secret leader - the Octon. | |||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
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*[[Lothar]] | *[[Lothar]] | ||
*[[Narda]] | *[[Narda]] | ||
*[[Jed]] | |||
*[[Octon]], his voice only. | |||
'''One-time characters''' | '''One-time characters''' | ||
*Dr. Dell, famed crime expert from London. | |||
*Dr. Zorb, a history professor and junior member of 8. | |||
*The Masters of the 7th arm of 8. | |||
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;"> | </div><div style="float:right; width:50%;"> | ||
'''Locations''' | '''Locations''' | ||
*Kennedy Airport. | |||
*[[Xanadu]] | |||
'''Organizations''' | '''Organizations''' | ||
*[[Inter-Intel]] | *[[Inter-Intel]] | ||
*[[ | *[[8]] | ||
</div><br clear="all"> | </div><br clear="all"> | ||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
* | *The title for this story is taken from the strip of January 15, 1968 (Beginning: Dr. Dell & 8) | ||
== Reprints == | == Reprints == | ||
Revision as of 10:14, 10 June 2013
| Dr Dell and 8 | |
| Start date: | January 15, 1968 |
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| End date: | May 11, 1968 |
| # of strips: | 102 (17 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Fred Fredericks |
| Preceded by: | "The Mysterious Bureau" |
| Followed by: | "The Gold Crisis" |
"Dr Dell and 8" is the 136th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.
Plot Summary
Dr. Dell, a famed crime expert is in US for a lecture tour. She visit Mandrake to see and hear about the criminals in his gangster gallery. In a lecture afterwards she mentions the sign of 8 in a footnote. Soon she was kidnapped, and then Mandrake and Lothar.
They woke up in a strange place. A small island with an 8-shaped castle. In the garden; 8 shaped hedge, a sundial with only 8 numbers, and in the a basement room; an aquarium with a giant ocopus. Inside a room with 8 people around a 8 shaped table, the Masters of the 7th arm, controlled by the voice of their secret leader - the Octon.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Dr. Dell, famed crime expert from London.
- Dr. Zorb, a history professor and junior member of 8.
- The Masters of the 7th arm of 8.
Behind the scenes
- The title for this story is taken from the strip of January 15, 1968 (Beginning: Dr. Dell & 8)
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "O Signo Oito", Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake #4 (1989)
- "O Signo Oito", Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake (Minissérie Encadernada) (1989)
France
- "La salle interdite", Mandrake #311, #312, #313 and #314 (1971)
India
- "Gigantic Octopus", Indrajal Comics #226 (1975)
- "The Hideous Underworld", Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 10 (1986)
Italy
- "La stanza proibita", Mandrake #117, #118 and #119 (1969)
- "La stanza proibita", Mandrake - New Comics Now #398 (1997)
Norway
- "Dr. Dell", Fantomet #17 (1987)
- "Dr. Dell", Mandrake Spesial (1997)
Turkey
- "Ahtapot", Mandrake #1 #2 #3 (1974)
- "Ahtapot", Mandrake Albüm #1
- "Ahtapot", Mandrake #28 #29 #30
- "Ahtapot", Mandrake Süper Albüm #8
- "Ahtapot", Mandrake Süper Albüm #48
- "Ahtapot", Mandrake Süper Albüm #26
Yugoslavia
- "Gospodari osmice", Super EKS Almanah #48 (1983)