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Galaxy War

Start date:	July 7th, 1974
End date:	June 1st, 1975
# of strips:	48 (48 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Return to X"
Followed by:	"The Roadhouse"

"Galaxy War" is the 125th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Magnon, the Emperior of the central galaxy, invites our friends to celebrate the tenth anniversary of his and Carola's wedding.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Space Marshal Rodon.
Maxo, aboard the Emperor's flagship
The Ratmen
Star-Eaters, creatures as small planets
Space-Stars, the spawn of star-eaters
A polar cat, big as a three-story house
The swarm, a bee alike alian life form

Locations

New York City
- Xanadu
Magna

Behind the scenes

At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "Galaxy War", which is lifted from the plot.
Magnon is 150 years old.

Signifiant covers

India
Italy
Italy
Portugal

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

"El Accidentado Viaje a Magna" and "Las Abejas Atacan", Sandokan #26 and Super Sandokan #13 (1983)

France

"Attaque dans la galaxie" & "Princesse contre reine", Mandrake #434 and #435 (1977)

India

"The Bandits of Magna", Indrajal Comics #257 (1976)

Italy

"Atacco nella galassia" & "Alla corte dell'imperatore", Mandrake #79 & #80 (1977)
"L’anniversario delle nozze di Magnon e Carola", Mandrake - New Comics Now #375 (1997)

Portugal

"A 30000 Anos Luz ma Galáxia Central", Jornal do Cuto #117 (1975) (strips from July 7, 1974 to January 5, 1975)

Turkey

"Yıldönümü", Mandrake #146, #147, #148, #149 and #150 (1977)
"Yıldönümü", Mandrake Albüm #49 and #50 (1977)
"Yıldönümü", Mandrake Süper Albüm #28 and #29

Yugoslavia

"Svemirski gusari", Super EKS Almanah #55 (1984)

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 == Plot Summary ==
-{{stub}}
+Magnon, the Emperior of the central galaxy, invites our friends to celebrate the tenth anniversary of his and Carola's wedding.
-===Appearances===
+=== Appearances ===
 <div style="float:left; width:30%;">
 '''Recurring characters'''
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 '''One-time characters'''
 *Space Marshal [[Rodon]].
+*Maxo, aboard the Emperor's flagship
 *[[The Ratmen]]
+*Star-Eaters, creatures as small planets
+*Space-Stars, the spawn of star-eaters
+*A polar cat, big as a three-story house
+*The swarm, a bee alike alian life form
 </div><div style="float:right; width:30%;">
 '''Locations'''
-*[[Xanadu]]
+*New York City
+**[[Xanadu]]
 *[[Magna]]
 </div><br clear="all">
-==Behind the scenes==
+== Behind the scenes ==
-*The story title is lifted from the plot.
+*At the [http://www.deepwoods.org deepwoods.org] index the title for this story is '''"Galaxy War"''', which is lifted from the plot.
+*Magnon is 150 years old.
+== Signifiant covers ==
+<gallery>
+Indrajal257.jpg|[[Image:mini_india.gif]] India
+Ilvascello-04-79.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Ilvascello-04-80.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Jornal do Cuto-117.jpg|[[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal
+</gallery>
 == Reprints ==
 This story has been published in the following publications:
 === [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
-*"El accidentado viaje a Magna" and "Las abejas atacan", [[Sandokan 26|''Sandokan'' #26]] and [[Super Sandokan 13|''Super Sandokan'' #13]] (1983)
+*"El Accidentado Viaje a Magna" and "Las Abejas Atacan", [[Sandokan 26|''Sandokan'' #26]] and [[Super Sandokan 13|''Super Sandokan'' #13]] (1983)
 === [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
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 === [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
+*"Atacco nella galassia" & "Alla corte dell'imperatore", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 79|''Mandrake'' #79]] & [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 80| #80]] (1977)
 *"L’anniversario delle nozze di Magnon e Carola", [[New Comics Now 375|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #375]] (1997)
+=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
+*"A 30000 Anos Luz ma Galáxia Central", [[Jornal do Cuto 117|''Jornal do Cuto'' #117]] (1975) <small>(strips from July 7, 1974 to January 5, 1975)</small>
 === [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===