The Summit Conference

The Summit Conference
Start date:	February 12, 1961
End date:	May 28, 1961
# of strips:	16 (16 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Sky Raid"
Followed by:	"The Space Thing"

"The Summit Conference" is the 86th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

For centuries four planets, eight light-years away from Earth, have battled each other. Now a truce is called between the four planets, and they agree to meet at the third planet of the star called Sol. Then four space ships from alian planets arrive on the neutral planet Earth for a conference to settle their interplanetary wars.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda

One-time characters

• Ambassador Glurg, of the Water planet.
• Ambassador Torn, of the Red planet.
• Ambassador Tun, of the Great planet.
• Ambassador Kola, of the Green planet.

Locations

• New York City
• Great planet
• Red planet
• Green planet
• Water planet

Behind the scenes

• The story title is taken from the strip of February 5, 1961 (Next Week: The Summit Conference).

Signifiant covers

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  Portugal

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "Conferencia de Paz", Libro de Oro - Mandrake el Mago #5 (1963)

Brazil

• "A Conferência de Cúpula", Almanaque do Mandrake (1963)

Finland

• "Huippukokous", Mustanaamio #14 (1985)
• "Huippukokous", Mustanaamio #14 (2001)

France

• "Le juge des planètes", Les héros du mystère #11 (1968)
• "Le juge des planètes", Les héros du mystère Album #4 (1968)

Greece

• "?", ΦΑΝΤΟΜ #9 (1977)

Italy

• "Il giudice dei pianeti", Mandrake #14 (1962)
• "Il giudice dei pianeti", I Classici dell'Avventura #51 (1963)
• "Il giudice dei pianeti", Mandrake - New Comics Now #333 (1994)

Norway

• "Toppmøtet", Fantomet #14 (1988)
• "Toppmøtet", Fantomet #14 (2001)

Portugal

• "A Conferência Magna", Condor Popular Vol. 37 N.° 10 (1962)

Spain

• "La conderencia en la cumbre", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1959-1962 (Dolmen Editorial) (2021)

Sweden

• "Toppmötet", Fantomen #26 (1984)
• "Toppmötet", Fantomen #14 (2001)

Turkey

• "Barış Toplantısı", Mandrake #161 #162 (1977)

United Kingdom

• "Mandrake the Magician in.... The Summit Conference", Mandrake the Magician #22 (1960)

Yugoslavia

• "Састанак на врху" (romanized as "Sastanak na vrhu"), Politikin Zabavnik #997 (1971)