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|Title= The Royal Suitor
|Title= The Royal Suitor
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|image= [[Image:md-1954-02-08.png|400 px]]
|Start= February 8, 1954
|Start= February 8, 1954
|End= May 29, 1954
|End= May 29, 1954
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== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
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Penniless in the small poor kingdom Bartavia sits King Bartun, the playboy king, thinking about how he can acquire some cash. Then he remembers Princess Narda, from the tiny neighboring kingdom of Cockaigne. If he could marry her, his money problems would be over..


===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
 
*King Bartun, ''the Playboy King''
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'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
 
*New York
*Bartavia, the neighboring to Cockaigne.
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==Related stories==
==Behind the scenes==
===Follows===
*The title for the story is taken from the strip of February 8, 1954 (Beginning: The Royal Suitor).
 
===Referenced in===


== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Mandrake011rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandrake282rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandrakecolecao12.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Sarjakuvalehti 1961-03.jpg|[[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland
Mmm-012.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
Mandrake-soleil-06.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
Il Vascello-02-07.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Super Albo 108.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Mandrake FP 106.jpg|[ Mandrake FP 104.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
Mandrake FP 107.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
Seriepocket no-127.jpg|[[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway
Coleccao grilo 01.jpg|[[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal (at least 16 covers in [[Colecção Grilo]] series:#1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57 and 61)
Miller-mtm-12.jpg|[[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom / English
PZ 962.jpg|[[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia
</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 ===
*"?", [[Libro de Oro - Mandrake el Mago 17|''Libro de Oro - Mandrake el Mago '' #17]] (1965)


=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
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=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Mandrake ja Taskuvarkaitten Kuningas", [[Sarjakuvalehti 3/1961|''Sarjakuvalehti'' #3]] (1961)
*"Mandrake ja Taskuvarkaitten Kuningas", [[Sarjakuvalehti 3/1961|''Sarjakuvalehti'' #3]] (1961)
*"Koppava kuningas", [[Mustanaamio 18/1979|''Mustanaamio'' #18]] (1979)
*"Koppava kuningas", [[Sarjakirja 120|''Sarjakirja'' #120]] (1987)
*"Koppava kuningas", [[Sarjakirja 120|''Sarjakirja'' #120]] (1987)


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=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Lo stravagante principe Bartun", [[Celebri eroi dell'avventure 22|''Celebri eroi dell'avventure'' #22]] (1956)
*"Lo stravagante principe Bartun", [[Celebri eroi dell'avventura 22|''Celebri eroi dell'avventura'' #22]] (1956)
*"Il re si diverte", [[Il Vascello 7 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #7]] (1959)
*"Il re si diverte", [[Il Vascello 7 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #7]] (1959)
*"Il re si diverte", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 1 – Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #1]] (1962)
*"Il re si diverte", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 1|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #1]] (1962)
*"Il re si diverte", [[Super Albo 108 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''Super Albo'' #108]] (1964)
*"Il re si diverte", [[New Comics Now 306|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #306]] (1993)
 
=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"The Royal Suitor", [[Mandrake the Magician 105 (Feature Productions)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #105]], [[Mandrake the Magician 106 (Feature Productions)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #106]] and [[Mandrake the Magician 107 (Feature Productions)| ''Mandrake the Magician'' #107]] (1956)


=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Den innbilske kongen", [[Fantomet 12/1981|''Fantomet'' #12]] (1981)
*"Den innbilske kongen", [[Serie-pocket 127 (Norway)|''Serie-pocket'' #127]] (1987)
*"Den innbilske kongen", [[Serie-pocket 127 (Norway)|''Serie-pocket'' #127]] (1987)


=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] Spain ===
=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"O Rei de Bartávia", [[Colecção Grilo]] [[Colecção Grilo 1|#1]] - [[Colecção Grilo 64|#64]](1957)
 
=== [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El Rey Se Divierte", [[Mandrake 24 (Euroclub Magerit)|''Mandrake'' #24]] (1997)
*"El Rey Se Divierte", [[Mandrake 24 (Euroclub Magerit)|''Mandrake'' #24]] (1997)
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Den inbilske kungen", [[Fantomen 4/1979|''Fantomen'' #4]] (1979)
=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
*"The Playboy King", [[Mandrake the Magician 12 (Miller)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #12]] (1961)
=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia===
*"Отмица принцезе Нарде" ("romanized as "Otmica princeze Narde"), [[Politikin Zabavnik 962|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #962]] (1970)




[[Category:Daily stories|Royal Suitor, The]]
[[Category:Daily stories|Royal Suitor, The]]

Latest revision as of 09:51, 13 March 2023

The Royal Suitor
Md-1954-02-08.png
Start date: February 8, 1954
End date: May 29, 1954
# of strips: 96 (16 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: "The Haunted Slope"
Followed by: "The Deep Sea Mystery"

"The Royal Suitor" is the 76th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Penniless in the small poor kingdom Bartavia sits King Bartun, the playboy king, thinking about how he can acquire some cash. Then he remembers Princess Narda, from the tiny neighboring kingdom of Cockaigne. If he could marry her, his money problems would be over..

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • King Bartun, the Playboy King

Locations

  • New York
  • Bartavia, the neighboring to Cockaigne.


Behind the scenes

  • The title for the story is taken from the strip of February 8, 1954 (Beginning: The Royal Suitor).

Signifiant covers

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Mini argentina.gif Argentina

Mini brazil.gif Brazil

Mini denmark.gif Denmark

Mini finland.gif Finland

Mini france.gif France

Mini italy.gif Italy

Mini nz.png New Zealand

Mini norway.gif Norway

Mini portugal.gif Portugal

Mini spain.gif Spain

Mini sweden.gif Sweden

Mini uk.gif United Kingdom

Mini yugoslavia.png Yugoslavia