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|Title= The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers
|Title= The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers
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|Start= February 3, 1935
|Start= February 3, 1935
|End= May 26, 1935
|End= May 26, 1935
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|Followed= "[[Land of the Fakirs]]"
|Followed= "[[Land of the Fakirs]]"
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'''"The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers"''' is the 1st Mandrake [[Sunday story]].  
'''"The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers"''' is the 1st Mandrake [[Sunday story]]. The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].


== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
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After transforming his pantheress, Rheeta, into a woman, Mandrake has agreed to aid Pierce and Duval of the international police in their search for a secret and hidden kingdom of murderers. Mandrake capture the man from the Kingdom of murderers who kill Duval, made him to a pillar of stone and command his shadow to lead our friends to the Kingdom of murderers. Finally they found the walled city, holding a million escaped criminals who plan to conquer the world.
Just as the escaped convicts prepare for the conquest of the world, the international airforce arrives. Led by Pierce who had left the kingdom invisible under the spell of Mandrake.
Rheeta and Pierce are married, with Lothar as the best man and Mandrake to give the bride away.


===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'''
*Pierce, of the International Police.
*Duval, of the International Police.
*Rheeta, a pantheress transformed into a woman and vs.
*Butch, a ghost-maker.
*Mike, a ghost-maker.
*King Bull Ganton, of the Kingdom of Murderers.


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</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
 
*Sea Cove Beach.
*Plain of Ghosts.
*Kingdom of Murderers.
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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 Hidden Kingdom of Murderers"''', which is lifted from the plot.
 
===Referenced in===


== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Gibinostalgia5.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Anni trenta-pds-01.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Club-dei-Trenta-049.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Mika Mis 22.jpg|[[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia
Mika Mis 25.jpg|[[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia
Robinzon-06.jpg|[[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia
</gallery>


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
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=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"O reino dos criminosos", [[Almanaque do Gibi 5|''Almanaque do Gibi'' #5]] (1977)
*"O Reino dos Criminosos", [[Almanaque do Gibi Nostalgia 5|''Almanaque do Gibi Nostalgia'' #5]] (1977)
*"O reino dos criminosos", [[Mandrake Coleção 9|''Mandrake Coleção'' #9]] (1990)
*"O Reino dos Criminosos", [[Mandrake Coleção 9|''Mandrake Coleção'' #9]] (1990)


=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le royaume des bandits", [[Collection Merveilleuse 3|''Collection Merveilleuse Mandrake'' #3]] (1939)
*"Le royaume des bandits", [[Mandrake roi de la magie (CELEG) 2|''Mandrake roi de la magie'' #2]] (1964)
*"Le royaume des bandits", [[Mandrake roi de la magie (CELEG) 23|''Mandrake roi de la magie'' #23]] (1967)
*"Le royaume des bandits", [[Mandrake 23|''Mandrake'' #23]] (1967)
*"Le royaume des bandits", [[Mondes Mystérieux Mandrake ??|''Mandrake'' #??]]  &ndash; [[Mondes Mystérieux Mandrake ??|''Mandrake'' #??]] (19??)
*"Le royaume des bandits", [[Comics 130 (issue 3)|''Comics 130'' #3]] (1971)
*"Le royaume des bandits", [[Comics 130 (issue 3)|''Comics 130'' #3]] (1971)
*"Le royaume des bandits", [[Lâge d'or Mandrake 1|''Lâge d'or Mandrake'' #1]] (1972)
*"Le royaume des bandits", [[L'âge d'or – Mandrake 1|''L'âge d'or Mandrake'' #1]] (1980)
*"Le royaume des bandits", [[Lâge d'or Mandrake 1|''Lâge d'or Mandrake'' #1]] (1980)


=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Il regno segreto degli assassini", [[L'Audace|''L'Audace'']] (1935)
*"Il regno segreto degli assassini", [[L'Audace|''L'Audace'']] (1935) <small>note: only the 5 last strips</small>
*"Il regno segreto degli assassini", [[Albo Club Anni Trenta|''Mandrake'']] (1970)
*"Il regno segreto degli assassini", [[Albi grandi avventure - serie Mandrake - Il regno segreto degli assassini|''Mandrake'' Il regno segreto degli assassini]] (1970)
*"Il regno degli assassini", [[Mandrake|''Mandrake'']] (1973)
*"Il regno segreto degli assassini", [[Mandrake (Garzanti)|''Mandrake (Garzanti)'']] (1972)
*"Il regno segreto degli assassini", [[L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake 1|''L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake'' #1]] (1980)
*"Il regno degli assassini", [[Club dei Trenta - Albo 49|''Club dei Trenta'' #49]] (200<small>?</small>)
*"Il regno segreto degli assassini", [[Il regno segreto degli assassini: Tavole domenicali 1935–1937|Tavole domenicali 1935–1937]] (2016)


=== [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Kingdom of Spain ===
=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*[[Aventurero 25|''Aventurero'' #25]] &ndash; [[Aventurero 30|#30]] (1935)
*''"no given title"'', [[Aventurero|''Aventurero'' #25 - #30]] (1935)
*"El Reino Secreto de los Asesinos", [[Mandrake Dominicales 1|''Mandrake Dominicales'' #1]] (198?)
*"El Reino Secreto de los Asesinos", [[Mandrake 1 - Páginas Dominicales 1935/36|''Mandrake'' #1]] (1999)


=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png|border]] Kingdom of Yugoslavia ===
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Краљ мађионичара" (romanized as "Kralj mađioničara"), [[Mika Miš 16|''Mika Miš'' #16]] &ndash; [[Mika Miš 32|#32]] (1936)
*"Mördarriket", [[Samlade Serierariteter (7)|''Samlade Serierariteter'' #7]] (1986)
*"Краљ мађионичара" (romanized as "Kralj mađioničara"), [[Zabavnik 1|''Zabavnik'' #1]] (1936)
*"Краљ мађионичара" (romanized as "Kralj mađioničara"), [[Robinzon 1|''Robinzon'' #1]] &ndash; [[Robinzon 12|''Robinzon'' #12]](1936)


=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ===
=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*[[Super EKS Almanah 1|''Super EKS Almanah'' #1]] (1980)
*"Haydutlar Kralına Karşı", [[1001 Roman - Özel Sayı 2|''1001 Roman - Özel Sayı'' #2]] (1940) <small>Note: only the last 5 pages was printed.</small>
*"Kraljevstvo zločinaca", [[Biblioteka Nostalgija 1|''Biblioteka Nostalgija'' #1]] (1981)


=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
*"Mördarriket", [[Samlade Serierariteter (7)|''Samlade Serierariteter'' #7]] (1986)
*"The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers", ''[[Mandrake the Magician - The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers: Sundays 1935–1937]]'' (2016)


=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*[[King Comics (magazine)|''King Comics'']] (1936)
*[[King Comics (magazine)|''King Comics'']] (1936)
*"The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers", [[Golden/Vintage Funnies|''Golden Funnies'' #1 - ''Vintage Funnies'' #16]] (1973)
*"The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers", [[Golden/Vintage Funnies|''Golden Funnies'' #1 - ''Vintage Funnies'' #16]] (1973)
*"The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers", [[Comics Revue 339-340|''Comics Revue'' #339-340]] &ndash; [[Comics Revue 355-356|#355-356]] (2014/2015)
==== * In Newspapers ====
*[[The Overseas Weekly]] (January 6, 1975 to April 28, 1975)
=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png|border]] [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
*"Краљ мађионичара" (romanized as "Kralj mađioničara"), [[Mika Miš|''Mika Miš'' #16 &ndash; #32]] (1936)
*"Краљ мађионичара" (romanized as "Kralj mađioničara"), [[Zabavnik 1|''Zabavnik'' #1]] (1936)
*"Краљ мађионичара" (romanized as "Kralj mađioničara"), [[Robinzon|''Robinzon'' #1 - #12]] (1936)
*(no given title), [[Super EKS Almanah 1|''Super EKS Almanah'' #1]] (1979)
*"Kraljevstvo zločinaca", [[Biblioteka Nostalgija 1|''Biblioteka Nostalgija'' #1]] (1981)


[[Category:Sunday stories|The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers]]
[[Category:Sunday stories|Hidden Kingdom of Murderers, The]]

Latest revision as of 09:10, 20 June 2024

The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers
Ms-19350526.jpg
Start date: February 3, 1935
End date: May 26, 1935
# of strips: 17 (17 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: none
Followed by: "Land of the Fakirs"

"The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers" is the 1st Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

After transforming his pantheress, Rheeta, into a woman, Mandrake has agreed to aid Pierce and Duval of the international police in their search for a secret and hidden kingdom of murderers. Mandrake capture the man from the Kingdom of murderers who kill Duval, made him to a pillar of stone and command his shadow to lead our friends to the Kingdom of murderers. Finally they found the walled city, holding a million escaped criminals who plan to conquer the world. Just as the escaped convicts prepare for the conquest of the world, the international airforce arrives. Led by Pierce who had left the kingdom invisible under the spell of Mandrake. Rheeta and Pierce are married, with Lothar as the best man and Mandrake to give the bride away.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Pierce, of the International Police.
  • Duval, of the International Police.
  • Rheeta, a pantheress transformed into a woman and vs.
  • Butch, a ghost-maker.
  • Mike, a ghost-maker.
  • King Bull Ganton, of the Kingdom of Murderers.

Locations

  • Sea Cove Beach.
  • Plain of Ghosts.
  • Kingdom of Murderers.


Behind the scenes

  • At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers", which is lifted from the plot.

Signifiant covers

  • Mini brazil.gif Brazil

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini yugoslavia.png Yugoslavia

  • Mini yugoslavia.png Yugoslavia

  • Mini yugoslavia.png Yugoslavia

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Mini brazil.gif Brazil

Mini france.gif France

Mini italy.gif Italy

Mini spainunderfranco.gif Mini spain.gif Spain

Mini sweden.gif Sweden

Mini turkey.gif Turkey

Mini uk.gif United Kingdom

Mini usa.gif USA

* In Newspapers

Mini kingdomyugoslavia.png Mini yugoslavia.png Yugoslavia

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