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*Sath, Aleena's boyfriend. | *Sath, Aleena's boyfriend. | ||
*Gurn, Aleena's first husbond. | *Gurn, Aleena's first husbond. | ||
*Kimberly, Gurn new girlfriend. | *Kimberly, a blond singer and Gurn's new girlfriend. | ||
*Pablo, bullfighter and Aleena's second husbond. | *Pablo, bullfighter and Aleena's second husbond. | ||
*Gorgeous Cyril, wrestling champion and Aleena's third husbond. | *Gorgeous Cyril, wrestling champion and Aleena's third husbond. |
Revision as of 13:13, 24 July 2024
Tale of Aleena | |
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Start date: | September 10, 1973 |
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End date: | January 19, 1974 |
# of strips: | 114 (19 weeks) |
Writer: | Lee Falk |
Artist: | Fred Fredericks |
Preceded by: | "The Incredible Thief" |
Followed by: | "Super-Elec" |
"Tale of Aleena" is the 155th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.
Plot Summary
Aleena was Mandrake's girlfriend when they were 17 years old students at the College of Magic. During the years she had been married six times. Five of her ex-husbonds and her boyfriend she had enchanted so they remain, as her willing slaves.
With a magical smoke she manage to enchant her first and only love, Mandrake. Then she ordered him to bring her the crystal cube...
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Jet, Aleena's pet panther.
- Sath, Aleena's boyfriend.
- Gurn, Aleena's first husbond.
- Kimberly, a blond singer and Gurn's new girlfriend.
- Pablo, bullfighter and Aleena's second husbond.
- Gorgeous Cyril, wrestling champion and Aleena's third husbond.
- King Rupert, Aleena's sixth husbond.
Behind the scenes
Title
- The story title is taken from the strip of September 25, 1973 (Tomorrow: "Tale of Aleena").
Mandrake Lore
- 9-3355 are the phone number to Mandrake's study.
- Theron is about 300 years old.
Real Life References
- Kimberly, named after Kimberly Farr who played Narda in the musical "Mandrake the Magician and the Enchantress"?
- The name is also used in a daily Phantom story from 1984, "The Kimberly Diamonds".
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "Mandrake Através do Tempo e do Espaço", Mandrake Especial (1974)
Finland
- "Noitanainen", Mustanaamio #11 and #12 (1987)
France
- "Le chateau des enchantements", Mandrake #436 (1977)
India
- "Spell of the Enchantress", Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 52 (1987)
Italy
- "Il castello degli incantesimi", Mandrake #81 (1977)
Portugal
- "A Feiticeira Alina", Mundo de Aventuras #99 (1975)
Spain
- "Alina", Supercomics Garbo #11 and #14 (1976)
- "Alina la Hechicera", Mandrake - Merlin el Mago #2 and #3 (1980)
Sweden
- "Trollkvinnan", Fantomen #23 (1986)
Turkey
- "Güzel Büyücü", Mandrake #49, #50, #51 and #52 (1975)
- "Güzel Büyücü", Mandrake Albüm #17 and #18
- "Güzel Büyücü", Mandrake Albüm #88 and #89
- "Güzel Büyücü", Mandrake Albüm #226 and #227
- "Güzel Büyücü", Mandrake #65 and #66
- "Güzel Büyücü", Mandrake Süper Albüm #20
- "Güzel Büyücü", Mandrake Süper Albüm #80
USA
- "Tale of Aleena", The Menomonee Falls Gazette from #93 to #111 (1973/1974)
- "Tale of Aleena", The Daily Strips Mandrake Series / Episode: "Tale of Aleena" (Pacific Comics Club) (2018)
Yugoslavia
- "Opasnost - mirisni tamjan!", Super EKS Almanah #18 (1981)
- "Opasnost - mirisni tamjan!", Mandrakov magazin #16 (1990)