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'''"The Trade Commission | '''"The Trade Commission"''' is the 91st Mandrake [[Sunday story]]. | ||
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]]. | The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]]. | ||
== Plot Summary == | == Plot Summary == | ||
A few years ago "operation way-out", a communications project for outer space, sent out a satellite. When the satellite is captured by some strange aliens the signals suddenly stops. | |||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
<div style="float:left; width: | <div style="float:left; width:40%;"> | ||
'''Recurring characters''' | '''Recurring characters''' | ||
*[[Mandrake]] | *[[Mandrake]] | ||
*[[Narda]] | *[[Narda]] | ||
'''One-time characters''' | '''One-time characters''' | ||
*Col Carlson, chief of "operation way-out". | |||
</div><div style="float:right; width: | *Mac, an astronaut. | ||
*Jim, a farmer. | |||
*Captain Jim, owner of a boat. | |||
*The President of the United States. | |||
*Ugo, a alian on a trade mission hoping to sell suchi crystals. | |||
*Tubo, a alian on a trade mission hoping to sell suchi crystals. | |||
</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;"> | |||
'''Locations''' | '''Locations''' | ||
*US | |||
**Washington | |||
***The White House | |||
*Deep space | |||
**''The Blue Planet'' | |||
'''Vehicles''' | |||
*Mercury twelve, a space capsule orbiting Earth. | |||
</div><br clear="all"> | </div><br clear="all"> | ||
== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
*The story title is taken from the strip of September 23, 1962 (Beginning: The Trade Commission). A similat title are at the end of the strip of September 9th, 1962 (Next Week: Trade Commission). <br>Note: At the [http://www.deepwoods.org deepwoods.org] index the title for this story is '''"The Trade Commission (The Blue Planet)"'''. | |||
== Reprints == | == Reprints == | ||
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*"Değişen Uzaylılar", [[Mandrake Albüm 175 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #175]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 176 (Tay)| #176]] | *"Değişen Uzaylılar", [[Mandrake Albüm 175 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #175]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 176 (Tay)| #176]] | ||
[[Category:Sunday stories|Trade Commission | [[Category:Sunday stories|Trade Commission, The]] | ||
Revision as of 12:33, 9 May 2015
| The Trade Commission | |
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| Start date: | September 16th, 1962 |
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| End date: | March 10th, 1963 |
| # of strips: | 26 (26 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "Task Test" |
| Followed by: | "The Ghost Lover" |
"The Trade Commission" is the 91st Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
A few years ago "operation way-out", a communications project for outer space, sent out a satellite. When the satellite is captured by some strange aliens the signals suddenly stops.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Col Carlson, chief of "operation way-out".
- Mac, an astronaut.
- Jim, a farmer.
- Captain Jim, owner of a boat.
- The President of the United States.
- Ugo, a alian on a trade mission hoping to sell suchi crystals.
- Tubo, a alian on a trade mission hoping to sell suchi crystals.
Locations
- US
- Washington
- The White House
- Washington
- Deep space
- The Blue Planet
Vehicles
- Mercury twelve, a space capsule orbiting Earth.
Behind the scenes
- The story title is taken from the strip of September 23, 1962 (Beginning: The Trade Commission). A similat title are at the end of the strip of September 9th, 1962 (Next Week: Trade Commission).
Note: At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Trade Commission (The Blue Planet)".
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "A Estranha Aventura", Mandrake #82 (1963)
- "A Estranha Aventura", Mandrake #218 (1974)
Finland
- "Avaruuden kauppamiehet", Taika-Jim #2 (1971)
- "Suurlähettiläät", Mustanaamio #22 (2001)
France
- "La planète Azur", Spécial Mandrake #85 (1970)
Italy
- "Il pianeta azzurro", Super Albo - Mandrake #52 (1963)
- "Il pianeta azzurro", Mandrake - New Comics Now #334 and #364 (1994-1995)
Norway
- "Ambassadørene", Fantomet #22 (2001)
Portugal
- "A Grande Ameaça!", Selecções #35 (1964)
Sweden
- "Ambassadörerna", Fantomen #22 (2001)
Turkey
- "Değişen Uzaylılar", Mandrake #195 & #196 & #197 (1978)
- "Değişen Uzaylılar", Mandrake Albüm #63 & #64 (1978)
- "Değişen Uzaylılar", Mandrake Albüm #175 & #176