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|Title= The Mysterious Prince
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|Start= July 2nd, 1945
|Start= July 2nd, 1945
|End= October 13th, 1945
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'''"The Mysterious Prince"''' is the 36th Mandrake [[daily story]].  
'''"The Mysterious Prince"''' is the 36th Mandrake [[daily 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]].
This story exists in two variants, one made to span four newspaper columns, the other to span five. The five-column variant is cropped in the lower part.  


== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
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Mandrake and Narda visiting the wealthy Mrs. Van Stoff. Then she receives a strange guest, the mysterious Prince Zombaga.


===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'''
 
*Mrs Van Stoff,
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*Billings, Mrs Van Stoff's butler.
*Prince Zombaga, a robot radio-controlled by Steigler..
*Count Steigler, Prince Zombaga's ''ambassador''.
*Caesar, Steigler's servant.
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'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
*New York (?)
**A jewelry store on Main Street.
*The Van Stoff's estate.
*An old mill.
*Steigler's sumptuous crystal apartment.


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==Related stories==
==Behind the scenes==
===Follows===
*The title for the story taken from the strip of June 30 and July 2, 1945 (Next Week = The Mysterious Prince & Beginning: The Mysterious Prince).
 
*Strangly Steigler's hide-out "The old mill" and the "sumptuous crystal apartment" is the same hide-out ! ?
===Referenced in===
*In an attempt to charm Narda Prince Zombaga reading a poem from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubaiyat_of_Omar_Khayyam Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam]:
**XII
***''A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,''
***''A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread--and Thou''
***''Beside me singing in the Wilderness--''
***''Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow! ''
**Prince Zombaga:
***Ah, Love,
***A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread and Thou
***and this were Paradise enow!


== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Album Pif-Paf-18.jpg|[[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina
Super-Album-Historieta-Mand.jpg|[[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina
Gibi1056..jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Gibi1070.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandrake247rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Kippari kalle 1955-01.jpg|[[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland
Super Albo 016.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Special Mandrake-FS 179.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Comart30.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Mandrake FP 003.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
Mandrake he 02-10.jpg|[[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal
LGA Merlin el Mago Moderno-43.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain
LGA Merlin el Mago Moderno-44.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain
LGA Merlin el Mago Moderno-45.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain
Mandrake formatic-01.jpg[[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden
Pcc-tcms-d036.jpg|[[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA
</gallery>


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:
This story has been published in the following publications:
=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*"El principe misterioso", [[Album Pif-Paf 18|''Album Pif-Paf'' #18]] (1954)


=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
*"The Mysterious Prince", [[Mandrake Annual 1952|''Mandrake Annual'']] (1952)
*"The Mysterious Prince", [[Mandrake Annual 1952|''Mandrake Annual'']] (1952)
=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*"El principe misterioso", [[Album Pif-Paf 18|''Album Pif-Paf'' #18]] (1954)


=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
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=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Il principe misterioso", [[L'Avventura|''L'Avventura'']] (1946-1947)
*"Il principe misterioso", [[L'Avventura|''L'Avventura'']] (1946-1947)
*"Il mostro della palude", [[Super Albo 16 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)]] (1962)
*"Il mostro della palude", [[Special Mandrake 179 (Fratelli Spada)|''Special Mandrake'' #179]] (1966)
*"Il principe misterioso", [[New Comics Now 214|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #214]] (1988)
*"Il principe misterioso", [[New Comics Now 214|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #214]] (1988)
*"Il principe misterioso", [[Mandrake 30 (Comic Art)]] (1994)
*"Il principe misterioso", [[Mandrake 30 (Comic Art)]] (1994)
=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"The Mysterious Prince", [[Mandrake the Magician 2 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #2'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 3 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #3'']] (1949/1950)


=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
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*"El príncipe misteroso", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 43|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #43]],  
*"El príncipe misteroso", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 43|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #43]],  
**"La trampa", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 44|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #44]] and
**"La trampa", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 44|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #44]] and
**"Camino de muerte", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 45|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #45]] (194?)
**"Camino de muerte", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 45|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #45]] (1947)


=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
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*"Den mystiske prins Zombaga", [[Stjärnmagasinet |''Stjärnmagasinet'']] # 22/1955 - # 26/1955.  
*"Den mystiske prins Zombaga", [[Stjärnmagasinet |''Stjärnmagasinet'']] # 22/1955 - # 26/1955.  
*"Den mystiske prinsen", [[Mandrake 1/1962 (Formatic Press)|''Mandrake'' #1]] (1962)
*"Den mystiske prinsen", [[Mandrake 1/1962 (Formatic Press)|''Mandrake'' #1]] (1962)
=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
*"The Mysterious Prince", [[Mandrake the Magician 3 (U.K. Comic Fandom Publishing)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #3]]
=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"The Mysterious Prince", [[The Classic Mandrake Series / Episode: "The Mysterious Prince" (Pacific Comics Club)|''The Classic Mandrake Series / Episode: "The Mysterious Prince" (Pacific Comics Club)'' ]] (20??)


[[Category:Daily stories|Mysterious Prince, The]]
[[Category:Daily stories|Mysterious Prince, The]]

Latest revision as of 16:25, 22 October 2024

The Mysterious Prince
Md-1945-07-02.png
Start date: July 2nd, 1945
End date: October 13th, 1945
# of strips: 90 (15 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: "The Old Ones"
Followed by: "The Sleeping Beauty"

"The Mysterious Prince" is the 36th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis. This story exists in two variants, one made to span four newspaper columns, the other to span five. The five-column variant is cropped in the lower part.

Plot Summary

Mandrake and Narda visiting the wealthy Mrs. Van Stoff. Then she receives a strange guest, the mysterious Prince Zombaga.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Mrs Van Stoff,
  • Billings, Mrs Van Stoff's butler.
  • Prince Zombaga, a robot radio-controlled by Steigler..
  • Count Steigler, Prince Zombaga's ambassador.
  • Caesar, Steigler's servant.

Locations

  • New York (?)
    • A jewelry store on Main Street.
  • The Van Stoff's estate.
  • An old mill.
  • Steigler's sumptuous crystal apartment.


Behind the scenes

  • The title for the story taken from the strip of June 30 and July 2, 1945 (Next Week = The Mysterious Prince & Beginning: The Mysterious Prince).
  • Strangly Steigler's hide-out "The old mill" and the "sumptuous crystal apartment" is the same hide-out ! ?
  • In an attempt to charm Narda Prince Zombaga reading a poem from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:
    • XII
      • A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,
      • A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread--and Thou
      • Beside me singing in the Wilderness--
      • Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!
    • Prince Zombaga:
      • Ah, Love,
      • A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread and Thou
      • and this were Paradise enow!

Signifiant covers

  • Mini argentina.gif Argentina

  • Mini argentina.gif Argentina

  • Mini brazil.gif Brazil

  • Mini brazil.gif Brazil

  • Mini brazil.gif Brazil

  • Mini finland.gif Finland

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini nz.png New Zealand

  • Mini portugal.gif Portugal

  • Mini spain.gif Spain

  • Mini spain.gif Spain

  • Mini spain.gif Spain

  • Mini usa.gif USA

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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Mini australia.gif Australia

Mini brazil.gif Brazil

Mini finland.gif Finland

Mini france.gif France

Mini germany.gif West Germany

Mini italy.gif Italy

Mini nz.png New Zealand

Mini portugal.gif Portugal

Mini spainunderfranco.gif Mini spain.gif Spain

Mini sweden.gif Sweden

Mini uk.gif United Kingdom

Mini usa.gif USA

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