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== Plot Summary == | == Plot Summary == | ||
The red haired Lady Shirlana lives in a shining marble manson on the riviera. She is one of the richest and prettiest, and certainly the most spoiled, heiress in the world. Now she has a problem. Unless she marry this year, her fathers fortune goes to the society for a new alphabeth. And Shirlana would only receive a modest income. | |||
But how can she find a man good enough for her? She ordered her lawyer to search the world to find her a suitable man. | |||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
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'''One-time characters''' | '''One-time characters''' | ||
*Shirlana | |||
*Jack, Shirlana's lawyer. | |||
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;"> | </div><div style="float:right; width:50%;"> | ||
'''Locations''' | '''Locations''' | ||
*The riviera | |||
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== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
*The title for this story is taken from the strip of October 10, 1959 (Next Week: "Shirlana" -). | |||
*Looking at the strip of October the 10th 1959 the third panel have a picture of a Nobel prize-winning writer -remarkable alike Lee Falk! | |||
== Reprints == | == Reprints == | ||
Revision as of 19:21, 29 December 2013
| Shirlana | |
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| Start date: | October 12, 1959 |
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| End date: | December 26, 1959 |
| # of strips: | 66 (11 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "The Spaceman Mystery" |
| Followed by: | "Secret of the Sargasso" |
"Shirlana" is the 104th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
The red haired Lady Shirlana lives in a shining marble manson on the riviera. She is one of the richest and prettiest, and certainly the most spoiled, heiress in the world. Now she has a problem. Unless she marry this year, her fathers fortune goes to the society for a new alphabeth. And Shirlana would only receive a modest income.
But how can she find a man good enough for her? She ordered her lawyer to search the world to find her a suitable man.
Appearances
Locations
- The riviera
Behind the scenes
- The title for this story is taken from the strip of October 10, 1959 (Next Week: "Shirlana" -).
- Looking at the strip of October the 10th 1959 the third panel have a picture of a Nobel prize-winning writer -remarkable alike Lee Falk!
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "Herencia condicinada", Mandrake el Mago #13 (1960)
Brazil
- "Lady Shirlana Procura Marido", Mandrake #46 (1960)
- "Procura-se Um Marido", Mandrake Coleção #30 – #31 (1992)
France
- "Les caprices de l'héritière", Mandrake #204 & Mandrake #205 (1969)
- "Les caprices de l'héritière",Spécial Mandrake (mondes mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série #3 (1974)
- "no title given, Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 3 - 1957 à 1961 (2012)
Italy
- "I capricci della ereditiera", Il Vascello #56 (1961)
- "I capricci della ereditiera", I Classici dell'Avventura #21 (1962)
- "I capricci della ereditiera", Mandrake #67 and #68 (1968)
- "I capricci dell’ereditiera", Mandrake - New Comics Now #70 (1982)
Spain
- "Lady Shirlana", Serie Amarilla #2 (1959)
United Kingdom
- "Mandrake meets Shirlana", Mandrake the Magician #14 (1961)