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== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
As our friends fly over the remote and unexplored Misty Mountains. Suddenly their plane konks out and they have to make a forced landing.  At the ground, they find and old sign: "Kingdom of Marvel". In the strange land they meet a hermit, telling them that they have walked right into a civil war. Where the rival states Mechanica and Flora fighting with their machines and plants.
As our friends fly over the remote and unexplored Misty Mountains. Suddenly their plane konks out and they have to make a forced landing.  At the ground, they find and old sign: "Kingdom of Marvel". In the strange land they meet a hermit, telling them that they have walked right into a civil war. Where the rival states Mechanica and Flora fighting with their machines and plants.


===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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*The title for this story is taken from the strip of November 3, 1946 (Beginning Next Week = "Kingdom of Marvel").
*The title for this story is taken from the strip of November 3, 1946 (Beginning Next Week = "Kingdom of Marvel").
*Strangly it is said in the beginning of the story that the Kingdom of Marvel consists of two states; Flora and Mechana, with their population concentrated in two major cities. When Mandrake and friends visiting the King of Marvel they find that they are the first visitors for a thousand years to the large city inside the crystal peak. Of course this could be the capital city of the Kingdom of Marvel, but the city is invisible and thus unknown for the people in Flora and Mechana.  
*Strangly it is said in the beginning of the story that the Kingdom of Marvel consists of two states; Flora and Mechana, with their population concentrated in two major cities. When Mandrake and friends visiting the King of Marvel they find that they are the first visitors for a thousand years to the large city inside the crystal peak. Of course this could be the capital city of the Kingdom of Marvel, but the city is invisible and thus unknown for the people in Flora and Mechana.  
== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Ra-Ta-Plán-641.jpg|[[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina
Cinemisterio-227.jpg|[[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina
O globo juvenil-1565.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
O globo juvenil-1607.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandrake232rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandglénat2.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
Super Albo 054.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Ilvascello-04-68.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Boys comic paper-35.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
Boys comic paper-49.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
Mandrake FP 129.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
Mandrake FP 130.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
Antologia da BD Clássica-10.jpg|[[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal
</gallery>


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
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=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*"?", [[Ra-Ta-Plán 616|''Ra-Ta-Plán'' # 616]] to [[Ra-Ta-Plán 659|''Ra-Ta-Plán'' #659]] (1947)
*"?", [[Ra-Ta-Plán 616|''Ra-Ta-Plán'' # 616]] to [[Ra-Ta-Plán 659|''Ra-Ta-Plán'' #659]] (1947)
*"??", [[Cinemisterio 225|''Cinemisterio'' #225]] to [[Cinemisterio 228|''Cinemisterio'' #228]] and [[Cinemisterio 237|''Cinemisterio'' #237]] to [[Cinemisterio 238|''Cinemisterio'' #238]]  (1955)
*"El reino maravilloso", [[Mandrake el mago 63 (Impacto)|''Mandrake el Mago'' #63]] (1965)
*"El reino maravilloso", [[Mandrake el mago 63 (Impacto)|''Mandrake el Mago'' #63]] (1965)


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=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*[[The Boys' Paper / The Boys' Comic Paper|''The Boys' Comic Paper'']] (1948-1949)
*[[The Boys' Paper / The Boys' Comic Paper|''The Boys' Comic Paper'']] (1948-1949)
*"Kingdom of Marvel", [[Mandrake the Magician 129 (Feature Productions)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #129]], [[Mandrake the Magician 130 (Feature Productions)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #130]] and [[Mandrake the Magician 131 (Feature Productions)| ''Mandrake the Magician'' #131]] (1957)


=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===

Latest revision as of 11:33, 4 June 2024

Kingdom of Marvel
Start date: November 10th, 1946
End date: September 7th, 1947
# of strips: 44 (44 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: "Roc Island"
Followed by: "The Blue Bandit"

"Kingdom of Marvel" is the 35th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

As our friends fly over the remote and unexplored Misty Mountains. Suddenly their plane konks out and they have to make a forced landing. At the ground, they find and old sign: "Kingdom of Marvel". In the strange land they meet a hermit, telling them that they have walked right into a civil war. Where the rival states Mechanica and Flora fighting with their machines and plants.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • A hermit
  • A Florian
  • Dr. Florel, foremost scientist of Flora and ruler of the land of plant wonders
  • Tor, (the last suvivor and) ruler of Mechana the land of mechanical marvels
  • King of Marvel

Locations

  • Misty Mountains
    • Kingdom of Marvel
      • Flora, a state of mechanical wonders, with cities of strange metals. Scientists have created machines far advanced beyon the outside world.
      • Mechana, a state of plant wonders, they hate machines and have developed plants and vegitabiles in a way that would astound the outside world.
      • "Crystal Peak", a state (or city ?) of futuristic wonders.
  • New York


Behind the scenes

  • The title for this story is taken from the strip of November 3, 1946 (Beginning Next Week = "Kingdom of Marvel").
  • Strangly it is said in the beginning of the story that the Kingdom of Marvel consists of two states; Flora and Mechana, with their population concentrated in two major cities. When Mandrake and friends visiting the King of Marvel they find that they are the first visitors for a thousand years to the large city inside the crystal peak. Of course this could be the capital city of the Kingdom of Marvel, but the city is invisible and thus unknown for the people in Flora and Mechana.

Signifiant covers

  • Argentina
    Argentina
  • Argentina
    Argentina
  • Brazil
    Brazil
  • Brazil
    Brazil
  • Brazil
    Brazil
  • France
    France
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Italy
    Italy
  • New Zealand
    New Zealand
  • New Zealand
    New Zealand
  • New Zealand
    New Zealand
  • New Zealand
    New Zealand
  • Portugal
    Portugal

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

Brazil

Finland

France

Italy

The Netherlands

New Zealand

Portugal

Serbia

USA

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