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|Title= The Thief
|image= [[Image:md-1960-06-13.png|400 px]]
|Start= June 13, 1960
|End= September 3, 1960
|Strips= 72 (12 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[Spooks]]"
|Followed= "[[The Ambassador]]"
|}}
'''"The Thief"''' is the 107th Mandrake [[daily story]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].
 
== Plot Summary ==
One night Narda and Mandrake talking abouth whatt life will be like thousand of years frome Theatre now. Later, as Narda sleeps, a strange man materializes in her bedroom. Dressed in strange clothes, talked strange, ate and drank, before he took Narda's diamonds and faded away. Next time he appeared he took Narda with him.
 
Together with a time warden from 50 000 a.d. Mandrake went into the past, looking for Narda at the "Globe Theatre" in year 1601.
 
It turns out that the thief was an actor who had stolen a time-travel belt. So he could travel back in time to act in the first performance of Hamlet. With Shakespeare himself in the role as King Claudius and the time-traveler as Hamlet.
 
===Appearances===
<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Lothar]], one picture in last strip only.
 
'''One-time characters'''
*The Thief, a timetraveller from 50 000 years in the future.
*The Time Warden, from 50 000 years in the future.
*Sir Walter, London year 1601.
*Shakespeare, London in 1601.
 
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
'''Locations'''
*New York
*Narda's apartment in NY
*London, in year 1601.
*Globe Theatre, London in year 1601.
</div><br clear="all">
 
==Behind the scenes==
*The title for this story is taken from the strip of June 13, 1960 (Beginning: The Thief) and June 11, 1960 (Next Week: "The Thief").
**Note: At the [http://www.deepwoods.org deepwoods.org] index the title for this story is '''"The Thief (The Time Traveller)"'''.
*In the strip of August 4 a 1601 character asking: ''Think thou the Spaniards will construct another armada?'' The armada was destroyed in 1588, and it is not very likely that 13 years later there would be a danger of another.
**In the same strip Sir Walter Raleigh put down his cloak for Queen Elizabeth calling her: "''(your)'' Highness", instead of the more correct "Your Majesty".
***Even if Queen Elizabeth looking like a young girl of 25 she was 68 years old in 1601.
 
== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:
 
=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
*''"no title"'', [[Mandrake the Magician 40 (Page Publications)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #40]] (196?)
 
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"O Homem do Futuro", [[Mandrake 53 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #53]] (1961)
*"O Homem do Futuro", [[Mandrake Especial 12|''Mandrake Especial'' #12]]  (1988)
 
=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Varas", [[Mustanaamio 12/1980|''Mustanaamio'' #12]] (1980)
*"Varas", [[Sarjakirja 1/1989|''Sarjakirja'' #1/1989]] (1989)
 
=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le voyage dans le passé", [[Les héros du mystère 4|''Les héros du mystère'' #4]]  (1967)
*"Le voyage dans le passé", [[Les héros du mystère - Album 2|''Les héros du mystère Album'' #2]] (1967)
*"Voyage dans le passé", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 196|''Mandrake'' #196]] & [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 197|''Mandrake'' #197]] (1969)
*"Le voleur", [[Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 3 - 1957 à 1961|''Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 3 - 1957 à 1961'']]  (2012)
 
=== [[Image:mini_greece.png]] Greece ===
*"Επιδρoμη απ' μελλoν", [[ΒΕΛΟΣ 70|''ΒΕΛΟΣ'' #70]] (1969)
 
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Viaggio nel passato", [[Il Vascello 61 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #61]] (1961)
*"Viaggio nel passato", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 23 – Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #23]] (1962)
*"Viaggio nel passato", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 80|''Mandrake'' #80]] and [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 81| #81]] (1968)
*"Viaggio nel passato", [[New Comics Now 79|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #79]] (1983)
 
=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Tyven", [[Fantomet 14/1983|''Fantomet'' #14]] (1983)
*"Tyven", [[Serie-pocket 151 (Norway)|''Serie-pocket'' #151]] (1989)
 
=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El ladron del tiempo", [[Novelas Gráficas presenta en su serie Amarilla 42|''Serie Amarilla'' #42]] (1959)
*"El Ladrón del Tiempo", [[Mandrake 16 (Euroclub Magerit)|''Mandrake'' #16]] (1997)
 
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Tjuven", [[Fantomen 4/1980|''Fantomen'' #4]] (1980)
 
=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
*"Mandrake and Narda meet...the time travellers", [[Mandrake the Magician 15 (Miller)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #15]] (1960)
 
=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"The Thief", [[The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Thief" (Pacific Comics Club)|''The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)''/ Episode: "The Thief" (Pacific Comics Club)'']] (2020)
 
=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
*"Susret sa nevidljivim čovekom", [[Gigant 47|''Gigant'' #47]] (198?)
 
[[Category:Daily stories|Thief, The]]

Latest revision as of 10:07, 5 May 2023

The Thief
Md-1960-06-13.png
Start date: June 13, 1960
End date: September 3, 1960
# of strips: 72 (12 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: "Spooks"
Followed by: "The Ambassador"

"The Thief" is the 107th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

One night Narda and Mandrake talking abouth whatt life will be like thousand of years frome Theatre now. Later, as Narda sleeps, a strange man materializes in her bedroom. Dressed in strange clothes, talked strange, ate and drank, before he took Narda's diamonds and faded away. Next time he appeared he took Narda with him.

Together with a time warden from 50 000 a.d. Mandrake went into the past, looking for Narda at the "Globe Theatre" in year 1601.

It turns out that the thief was an actor who had stolen a time-travel belt. So he could travel back in time to act in the first performance of Hamlet. With Shakespeare himself in the role as King Claudius and the time-traveler as Hamlet.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • The Thief, a timetraveller from 50 000 years in the future.
  • The Time Warden, from 50 000 years in the future.
  • Sir Walter, London year 1601.
  • Shakespeare, London in 1601.

Locations

  • New York
  • Narda's apartment in NY
  • London, in year 1601.
  • Globe Theatre, London in year 1601.


Behind the scenes

  • The title for this story is taken from the strip of June 13, 1960 (Beginning: The Thief) and June 11, 1960 (Next Week: "The Thief").
    • Note: At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Thief (The Time Traveller)".
  • In the strip of August 4 a 1601 character asking: Think thou the Spaniards will construct another armada? The armada was destroyed in 1588, and it is not very likely that 13 years later there would be a danger of another.
    • In the same strip Sir Walter Raleigh put down his cloak for Queen Elizabeth calling her: "(your) Highness", instead of the more correct "Your Majesty".
      • Even if Queen Elizabeth looking like a young girl of 25 she was 68 years old in 1601.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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Mini brazil.gif Brazil

Mini finland.gif Finland

Mini france.gif France

Mini greece.png Greece

Mini italy.gif Italy

Mini norway.gif Norway

Mini spainunderfranco.gif Mini spain.gif Spain

Mini sweden.gif Sweden

Mini uk.gif United Kingdom

Mini usa.gif USA

Mini yugoslavia.png Yugoslavia

  • "Susret sa nevidljivim čovekom", Gigant #47 (198?)
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