Mu

Mu
Start date:	July 10th, 1978
End date:	December 16th, 1978
# of strips:	138 (23 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Cooler"
Followed by:	"The Demon Dancer"

"Mu" is the 170th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

One day as Mandrake sleeps he dreams a strange dream, a nightmare about a unknown deep-sea creature. Next day Theron made a call about a strange dream, then Jed called about an underwater deep-sea mystery. It almost seemed as if someone deep in the ocean did try to send a message to the surface. Capt. Lark and Mandrake entered a batosphere and dived into the deep to see if they could solve the mystery.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• Theron
• Jed

One-time characters

• Mr Tyrone, a mining engineer.
• Captain Lark, at a deep-sea mining ship.
• Scotty, at a deep-sea mining ship.
• The Queen of the World (The Queen of Mu).
• Toti, a royal pet seal.

Locations

• Xanadu
• At sea, thousand miles from the west coast.
• Mu, an ancient crystal city at the ocean bottom.

Objects

• The Crystal Cube

Signifiant cover

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  Portugal

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "A Rainha de Mu", Almanaque do Mandrake #4 (1980)

Finland

• "Meren uhka", Mustanaamio #8 (1988)

France

• "Mystère sous la mer", Spécial Mandrake #22 (1979)

India

• "The Hangman's Knot", Indrajal Comics #338 (1979)
• "Beneath the Sea", Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #4 (1992)
• "ஆழ் கடல் அதிசயம்", Mutu Comics #284 (1996)
• "Beneath the Sea", Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #51 (1997)

Italy

• "Mu", Mandrake Selezione #19 (1978)

Portugal

• "Mistério no Fundo do Mar", Mundo de Aventuras #331 (1980)

Spain

• "El mundo submarino", Mandrake - Merlin el Mago #15 and #16 (1981)

Sweden

• "Hotet från havet", Fantomen #23 (1987)

Turkey

• "Okyanusun Sırrı", Mandrake #239 & #240 & #241 & #242 & #243 (1979)
• "Okyanusun Sırrı", Mandrake Albüm #78 & #79 (1979)
• "Okyanusun Sırrı", Mandrake Albüm #188 & #189
• "Okyanusun Sırrı", Mandrake Süper Albüm #58 & #59

Yugoslavia

• "U kristalnom gradu", Super EKS Almanah #6 (1980)
• "U kristalnom gradu", Mandrakov magazin #17 (1990)