The Invaders

The Invaders
Start date:	January 5, 1958
End date:	April 20, 1958
# of strips:	16 (16 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Place Called X"
Followed by:	"The Mesa"

"The Invaders" is the 74th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Two scouts from an alien invasion fleet come from a distant star to conquer the Earth.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda

One-time characters

• Brownie, a horse.

Locations

• US
• Province 7W81, third planet, Cyni 11.

Vehicles

• X6-Z4@N, an alian scout ship.

Behind the scenes

• The story title is taken from the strip of December 29, 1957 (Next Week: The Invaders).
• Narda is five feet five inches high.

Signifiant covers

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  Brazil

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  Italy

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  New Zealand

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  Spain

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "Os Invasores do Espaço", Almanaque do Mandrake (1959)

Finland

• "?", Taika-Jim ja Jäädemonit (2024)

France

• "Les conquérants de l'espace", Mandrake #1 (1962)
• "Les conquérants de l'espace", Mandrake #306 (1971)

Italy

• "Gli invasori dello spazio", Il Vascello #50 (1961)
• "Gli invasori dello spazio", I Classici dell'Avventura #21 (1962)
• "Gli invasori dello spazio", Mandrake - New Comics Now #302 (1993)

New Zealand

• "The Invaders", Mandrake the Magician #213 and Mandrake the Magician #214 (1959)

Portugal

*"no title", Ciclone #13 (1961)

Spain

• "Invasion a la tierra", Merlin el Mago Moderno #12 (1959)
• "Invasion a la tierra", Merlin el Mago Moderno - Album de Lujo #3 (1959)
• "Los Invasores", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1956–1959 (Dolmen Editorial) (2021)

Sweden

• "Hotet från rymden", Den vandrande vålnaden #6 (1996)

Turkey

• "İstilacılar", Mandrake #79 #80 (1976)
• "İstilacılar", Mandrake Albüm #27

USA

• "The Invaders", The Missing Years #48 (2005)

Yugoslavia

• "Senke strave", Super EKS Almanah #49 (1983)