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|Title= Shirlana
|Title= Shirlana
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|image= [[Image:md-1959-10-12.png|400 px]]
|Start= October 12, 1959
|Start= October 12, 1959
|End= December 26, 1959
|End= December 26, 1959
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|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Spaceman Mystery]]"
|Preceded= "[[The Spaceman Mystery]]"
|Followed= "[[Secret of Sargasso]]"
|Followed= "[[Secret of the Sargasso]]"
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'''"Shirlana"''' is the 104th Mandrake [[daily story]].  
'''"Shirlana"''' is the 104th Mandrake [[daily story]].  
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== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
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The red haired Lady Shirlana lives in a shining marble manson on the Riviera. She is one of the richest and prettiest, and certainly the most spoiled, heiress in the world.  Now she has a problem. Unless she marry this year, her fathers fortune goes to the society for a new alphabeth. And Shirlana would only receive a modest income.
 
But how can she find a man good enough for her? She ordered her lawyer to search the world to find her a suitable man.


===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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'''Recurring characters'''
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Sir Harry]], owner of an yacht and old friend of Mandrake.


'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
 
*Lady Shirlana
*Jack, Shirlana's lawyer.
*Myron Byron, a movie star.
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'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
*The Riviera
'''Vehicles'''
*S.S. [[Argos]] <small>''Note: Named in the following story''</small>
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==Mandrake gestures hypnotically==
*Hypnosis; create illusions at the ambassador's charity ball.
*Hypnosis; makes Lady Shirlana think she is a cat.
*Hypnosis; Mandrake's fist seems to be gigantic.


==Related stories==
==Behind the scenes==
===Follows===
*The title for this story is taken from the strip of October 20, 1959 (Next Week: "Shirlana" -).
*Looking at the strip of October the 10th 1959 the third panel have a picture of a Nobel prize-winning writer -remarkable alike Lee Falk!


===Referenced in===
<gallery>
Image:md-1959-10-20-p4.jpg|''Lee Falk ?''
</gallery>


== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Young-11.jpg|[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia
Mandrake046rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mmm-205.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
Il Vascello-02-56.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Ilvascellomandrake-02-067.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Nga Mandrake-02.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain
</gallery>


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:
This story has been published in the following publications:
=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
*''no title'', [[Mandrake the Magician 11 (Young's Merchandising)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #11]] (1962 <small>(?)</small>)
=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*"Herencia condicinada", [[Mandrake el mago 13 (Edmal)|''Mandrake el Mago'' #13]] (1960)
*"Herencia condicinada", [[Impacto 94|''Impacto'' #94]] (1968)


=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"Lady Shirlana Procura Marido", [[Mandrake 46 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #46]] (1960)
*"Procura-se Um Marido", [[Mandrake 301 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #301]] (1981)
*"Procura-se Um Marido", [[Mandrake Coleção 30|''Mandrake Coleção'' #30]] &ndash; [[Mandrake Coleção 31|#31]] (1992)
*"Procura-se Um Marido", [[Mandrake Coleção 30|''Mandrake Coleção'' #30]] &ndash; [[Mandrake Coleção 31|#31]] (1992)
=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Les caprices de l'héritière", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 204|''Mandrake'' #204]] & [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 205|''Mandrake'' #205]] (1969)
*"Les caprices de l'héritière", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 3|''Spécial Mandrake'' #3]] (1974)
*"no title given, [[Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 3 - 1957 à 1961|''Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 3 - 1957 à 1961'']]  (2012)
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"I capricci della ereditiera", [[Il Vascello 56 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #56]] (1961)
*"I capricci della ereditiera", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 21|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #21]] (1962)
*"I capricci della ereditiera", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 67|''Mandrake'' #67]] and [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 68| #68]] (1968)
*"I capricci dell’ereditiera", [[New Comics Now 70|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #70]] (1982)
=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"Shirlana", [[Mandrake the Magician 220 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #220'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 221 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #221'']] (1959)
=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"Lady Shirlana", [[Novelas Gráficas presenta en su serie Amarilla 2|''Serie Amarilla'' #2]] (1959)
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Shirlana", [[Serie-pressen 19/1972|''Serie-pressen'' #19]] (1972)
=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
*"Mandrake meets Shirlana", [[Mandrake the Magician 14 (Miller)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #14]] (1961)
=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png]] [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia ===
*"Размажена насљедница" (romanized as "Razmažena nasljednica", [[Politikin Zabavnik 1079|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #1079]] (1972)


[[Category:Daily stories|Shirlana]]
[[Category:Daily stories|Shirlana]]

Latest revision as of 09:26, 10 March 2024

Shirlana
Md-1959-10-12.png
Start date: October 12, 1959
End date: December 26, 1959
# of strips: 66 (11 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: "The Spaceman Mystery"
Followed by: "Secret of the Sargasso"

"Shirlana" is the 104th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

The red haired Lady Shirlana lives in a shining marble manson on the Riviera. She is one of the richest and prettiest, and certainly the most spoiled, heiress in the world. Now she has a problem. Unless she marry this year, her fathers fortune goes to the society for a new alphabeth. And Shirlana would only receive a modest income.

But how can she find a man good enough for her? She ordered her lawyer to search the world to find her a suitable man.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Lady Shirlana
  • Jack, Shirlana's lawyer.
  • Myron Byron, a movie star.

Locations

  • The Riviera

Vehicles

  • S.S. Argos Note: Named in the following story


Mandrake gestures hypnotically

  • Hypnosis; create illusions at the ambassador's charity ball.
  • Hypnosis; makes Lady Shirlana think she is a cat.
  • Hypnosis; Mandrake's fist seems to be gigantic.

Behind the scenes

  • The title for this story is taken from the strip of October 20, 1959 (Next Week: "Shirlana" -).
  • Looking at the strip of October the 10th 1959 the third panel have a picture of a Nobel prize-winning writer -remarkable alike Lee Falk!

  • Lee Falk ?

Signifiant covers

  • Mini australia.gif Australia

  • Mini brazil.gif Brazil

  • Mini france.gif France

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini spain.gif Spain

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Mini australia.gif Australia

Mini argentina.gif Argentina

Mini brazil.gif Brazil

Mini france.gif France

Mini italy.gif Italy

Mini nz.png New Zealand

Mini spainunderfranco.gif Mini spain.gif Spain

Mini sweden.gif Sweden

Mini uk.gif United Kingdom

Mini kingdomyugoslavia.png Mini yugoslavia.png Yugoslavia

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