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|Title= The Spaceship to Venus
|Title= The Spaceship to Venus
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|Start= May 27, 1951
|Start= May 27, 1951
|End= October 28, 1951
|End= October 28, 1951
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== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
Mandrake, Narda and Lothar are on vacation in a deserted countryside when they finds a strange metal object. When Mandrake and Lothar examines the inside the strange object shoots up into the air, and into a huge space ship and next to a zoo at the planet Venus. At Earth the police thinks Narda, when she told that Mandrake and Lothar have been kidnapped by an alian space ship, invents a crazy alibi on record for murder. Soon she is on trail in connection with the disapperance of Mandrake and Lothar. The jury decided that she was guilty with the murder of Mandrake and Lothar and the judge sentence her to death. Can Mandrake save her, a hundred millions miles from Earth ?


===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Mandrake]]
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'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
*
*An astronomer
 
*A farmer
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*A policeman
*A psychiatrist
*A lawyer
*[[Venusians]], looking like plant men
*A judge
</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
 
*US
**An observatory
**A prison hospital
*Venus, the planet
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==Related stories==
==Behind the scenes==
===Follows===
*At the [http://www.deepwoods.org deepwoods.org] index the title for this story is '''"The Spaceship to Venus"''', which is lifted from the plot.


===Referenced in===
== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Novo-Gibi-1791.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandrake120rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Ilvascello mandrake-005.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Ilvascello-04-91.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Ncn-mandrake-170.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Mandrake FP 054.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
Mandrake FP 055.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
</gallery>


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
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=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*"??", [[Mandrake el mago 67 (Impacto)|''Mandrake el Mago'' #67]] (1965)
*"??", [[Mandrake el mago 67 (Impacto)|''Mandrake el Mago'' #67]] (1965)
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"''no title''", [[Novo Gibi 1791|''Novo Gibi'' #1791]] (1952)
*"Aventura em Venus", [[Mandrake 120 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #120]] (1966)


=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
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=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Aventure sur la planète Vénus", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 6|''Mandrake'' #6]] (1962)
*"Aventure sur la planète Vénus", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 6|''Mandrake'' #6]] (1962)
*"Les Vénusiens", [[Le Journal de Mickey|''Le Journal de Mickey'' #954-#959]] (1970)
*"Aventure sur la planète Vénus", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 446|''Mandrake'' #446]] (1979)
*"Aventure sur la planète Vénus", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 446|''Mandrake'' #446]] (1979)
*"(no title)", [[Mandrake le Magicien (Collection BD V.F) 5|''Mandrake le Magicien'' #5]] (1984)
*"''no title''", [[BD V.F. - Mandrake le Magicien 5|''Mandrake le Magicien'' #5]] (1984)


=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Avventura sul pianeta Venere", [[Albo Azzuroro 1|''Albo Azzuroro'' #1]] (1952)
*"Avventura sul pianeta Venere", [[Albo Azzurro 1|''Albo Azzurro'' #1]] (1952)
*"Avventura sul pianeta Venere", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 45 – Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #45]] (1963)
*"Avventura sul pianeta Venere", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 5|''Mandrake'' #5]] (1962)
*"Avventura sul pianeta Venere", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 45|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #45]] (1963)
*"Avventura sul pianeta Venere", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 22|''Mandrake'' #22]] (1967)
*"Avventura sul pianeta Venere", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 91|''Mandrake'' #91]] (1979)
*"Avventura sul pianeta Venere", [[New Comics Now 170|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #170]] (1986)
*"Avventura sul pianeta Venere", [[New Comics Now 170|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #170]] (1986)
*"Avventura sul pianeta Venere", [[Mandrake Speciale (Comic Art) 4|''Mandrake'' #4]] (1994)
*"Avventura sul pianeta Venere", [[Mandrake Speciale (Comic Art) 4|''Mandrake'' #4]] (1994)
=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"The Spaceship to Venus", [[Mandrake the Magician 54 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #54'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 55 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #55'']] (1953)
=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Romskipet", [[Fantomet 19/1997|''Fantomet'' #19]] (1997)
=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"Os Homens Plantas", [[Selecções BD 8|''Selecções BD'' #8]] & [[Selecções BD 9|''Selecções BD'' #9]] (1999)
=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"Astronave a Venus", [[ Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1949–1953 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2019)
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Rymdskeppet", [[Fantomen 19/1997|''Fantomen'' #19]] (1997)


=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===

Latest revision as of 19:39, 19 December 2022

The Spaceship to Venus
Start date: May 27, 1951
End date: October 28, 1951
# of strips: 23 (23 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: "Mystery of the Vanishing Homes"
Followed by: "The Caribbean Mystery"

"The Spaceship to Venus" is the 50th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mandrake, Narda and Lothar are on vacation in a deserted countryside when they finds a strange metal object. When Mandrake and Lothar examines the inside the strange object shoots up into the air, and into a huge space ship and next to a zoo at the planet Venus. At Earth the police thinks Narda, when she told that Mandrake and Lothar have been kidnapped by an alian space ship, invents a crazy alibi on record for murder. Soon she is on trail in connection with the disapperance of Mandrake and Lothar. The jury decided that she was guilty with the murder of Mandrake and Lothar and the judge sentence her to death. Can Mandrake save her, a hundred millions miles from Earth ?

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • An astronomer
  • A farmer
  • A policeman
  • A psychiatrist
  • A lawyer
  • Venusians, looking like plant men
  • A judge

Locations

  • US
    • An observatory
    • A prison hospital
  • Venus, the planet


Behind the scenes

  • At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Spaceship to Venus", which is lifted from the plot.

Signifiant covers

  • Brazil
    Brazil
  • Brazil
    Brazil
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Italy
    Italy
  • New Zealand
    New Zealand
  • New Zealand
    New Zealand

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

Brazil

Finland

France

Italy

New Zealand

Norway

Portugal

Spain

Sweden

USA

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