Magnon

Magnon
First appearance:	"The Miss Galaxy Beauty Contest"
Created by:	Lee Falk and Phil Davis

Magnon is a character from the Mandrake the Magician comic strip that first appeared in "The Miss Galaxy Beauty Contest".

Fictional Character Biography

Emperor Magnon is Mandrake's most powerful friend. He is the ruler of a million oxygen-breathing planets with creatures like on Earth. In the federation there are also about three billions non-oxygen breathing planets. He has his home at the planet Magna.

Family

Magnon and his wife Carola have a daughter, Nardraka, who is named after Mandrake and Narda and is their godchild.

Magnon's cousin, General Boron, led a revolt and attempted to overthrow Magnon. But his ambition to take over the imperial throne failed. Also General Cozzono, Magnon's older half-brother attempted to overthrow Magnon but failed.

Notable appearances

Year	Daily/Sunday	Title	Comments
1956	Sunday	"The Miss Galaxy Beauty Contest"
1958	Sunday	"The Birthday Party"	Gift to Narda: A three dimentional photo of Nardraka, changing as the baby changes. Gift to Mandrake: A galactic watch operated by mind waves, think of any planet and it will show the correct time.
1960	Sunday	"The Water Pirates"
1963	Sunday	"The Ghost Lover"
1964	Sunday	"The Castaway"
1968	Sunday	"Invasion of the Babu"
1969	Sunday	"The Galactic Rumble"
1970	Sunday	"The Solar Wind"
1971	Sunday	"The Space Pack"
1974	Sunday	"Galaxy War"	Magnon is 150 years old
1973	Daily	"The Ratmen of Rodencia"
1978	Sunday	"Narq's Conquest"
1980	Sunday	"The Rat Men"
1983	Sunday	"Evil Star"
1984	Sunday	"The Central Galaxy"	General Boron, cousin of Magnon
1994	Sunday	"The Galactic Birthday Adventure"	General Cozzono, Magnon's older half brother.
1996	Sunday	"The Swarm"
1996	Sunday	"Dr. Holton's Reputation"
2001	Daily	"Countdown to Oblivion"