Narq's Conquest

Narq's Conquest
Start date:	March 12th, 1978
End date:	September 24th, 1978
# of strips:	29 (29 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Mr Ttazz"
Followed by:	"Mandrake and Ali-Petro"

"Narq's Conquest" is the 137th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Magnon have discovered a new threat to the galaxy, giantic devouring cosmic slugs, approaching Earth. He send an expert volunter, Captain Narq, with Magna's most powerful weaponds to stand by in case the Earth are attacked. But Captain Narq has a plan of his own, two become the new ruler of Earth.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda
• Lothar
• Hojo, at Xanadu only.
• Magnon
• Carola
• Nardraka

One-time characters

• Cosmic slugs
• Captain Narq, a Magna imperial guard.
• Marshal Rodon,

Locations

• The Milky Way
• Magna
• Earth
  • New York City
    • Headquarters of the United Nations.
    • Xanadu

Objects

• Mandrake's galactic watch, when a signal Magnon wants to contact him.

Behind the scenes

• At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "Narq's Conquest", which is lifted from the plot.
• In the first four strips Captain Narq is named Captain Norq.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

France

• "L'empereur de la Terre", Mandrake #445 (1979)
• "L'empereur de la terre", Le Journal de Mickey #1409-#1418 (1979)
• "L'empereur de la terre", Mandrake (Les récits du Journal de Mickey) Volume 1 (2015)

India

• "Invasion of the Earth", Indrajal Comics #334 (1979)
• "உதவிக்கு வந்த நயவஞ்சகன்", Mutu Comics #103 (1980)

Italy

• "Minaccia cosmica", Mandrake #90 (1979)
• "Le limacce casmiche", Mandrake - New Comics Now #399 (1997)

Turkey

• "Asi Kaptan", Mandrake Albüm #204
• "Asi Kaptan", Mandrake Süper Albüm #60
• "Asi Kaptan", Mandrake Süper Albüm #28