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|Title= The Mysterious Prince | |Title= The Mysterious Prince | ||
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|Start= July 2nd, 1945 | |Start= July 2nd, 1945 | ||
|End= October 13th, 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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== 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_brazil.gif]] Brazil === | === [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil === | ||
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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]] ( | **"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 === | ||
Latest revision as of 16:25, 22 October 2024
| The Mysterious Prince | |
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| Start date: | July 2nd, 1945 |
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| 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!
- XII
Signifiant covers
Argentina
Argentina
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Finland
Italy
Italy
Italy
New Zealand
Portugal
Spain
Spain
Spain
USA
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "El principe misterioso", Album Pif-Paf #18 (1954)
Australia
- "The Mysterious Prince", Mandrake Annual (1952)
Brazil
- "O Príncipe Zombaga", Mandrake, o Mágico #17 (1972)
- "O Estranho Príncipe", Mandrake #247 (1976)
Finland
- "Intian Prinssi", Kippari Kalle #1 (1955)
France
- "Le monstre du marais",Spécial Mandrake #51 (1967)
West Germany
- "Der Prinz aus Indien", Phantom-Heft #1 (1954)
Italy
- "Il principe misterioso", L'Avventura (1946-1947)
- "Il mostro della palude", Super Albo 16 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada) (1962)
- "Il mostro della palude", Special Mandrake #179 (1966)
- "Il principe misterioso", Mandrake - New Comics Now #214 (1988)
- "Il principe misterioso", Mandrake 30 (Comic Art) (1994)
New Zealand
- "The Mysterious Prince", Mandrake the Magician #2 and Mandrake the Magician #3 (1949/1950)
Portugal
- "O Misterioso Principe", Mandrake #10 (197?)
Spain
- "El príncipe misteroso", Merlin el Mago Moderno #43,
- "La trampa", Merlin el Mago Moderno #44 and
- "Camino de muerte", Merlin el Mago Moderno #45 (1947)
Sweden
- "Den mystiske prins Zombaga", Tarzan # 22/1954.
- "Den mystiske prins Zombaga", Stjärnmagasinet # 22/1955 - # 26/1955.
- "Den mystiske prinsen", Mandrake #1 (1962)
United Kingdom
- "The Mysterious Prince", Mandrake the Magician #3
USA
- "The Mysterious Prince", The Classic Mandrake Series / Episode: "The Mysterious Prince" (Pacific Comics Club) (20??)