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|Title= The Galactic Rumble
|Title= The Galactic Rumble
|image= [[Image:ms-19690406.jpg|250px|border]]
|image= [[Image:ms-19690406.jpg|280px|border]]
|Start= April 6, 1969
|Start= April 6, 1969
|End= September 7, 1969
|End= September 7, 1969
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'''"The Galactic Rumble"''' is the 106th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].  
'''"The Galactic Rumble"''' is the 106th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].  
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Fred Fredericks]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Fred Fredericks]].
This story exist in three variations. Fredericks drew the strips with three rows in landscape format which scaled down to fit half a newspaper page. By cutting the top row, the strip fills a third of a newspaper page. By rearranging the panels to portrait format, the strip fit a tabloid page.


== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
At Xanadu a tri-dem of Rodon the High Marshal of the Central Galaxy; telling Mandrake that Alpha and Beta heads two rival gangs. Each numbering a million or more. They terrorize whole planets, sell protection, promote vice, smuggle, rob, kill. Recently they divded the gallaxy peacefully, but because of the "stupid wager" they became furious at each other and started a space war. Mandrake and Lothar joined Rodon on his giantic flagship to help finding the space criminals.
At Xanadu a tri-dem of Rodon the High Marshal of the Central Galaxy; telling Mandrake that Alpha and Beta heads two rival gangs. Each numbering a million or more. They terrorize whole planets, sell protection, promote vice, smuggle, rob, kill. Recently they divded the gallaxy peacefully, but because of the "stupid wager" they became furious at each other and started a space war. Mandrake and Lothar joined Rodon on his giantic flagship to help finding the space criminals.


===Appearances===
=== Appearances ===
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'''Recurring characters'''
'''Recurring characters'''
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==Behind the scenes==
== Behind the scenes ==
*The story title is from the strip of April 6, 1969 (Beginning: The Galactic Rumble).
*The story title is from the strip of April 6, 1969 (Beginning: The Galactic Rumble).


==Related stories==
== Related stories ==
===Follows===
=== Follows ===
[[The All or Nothing Hunt]]
[[The All or Nothing Hunt]]
== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Mandrake160rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandrake320rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Gibiglobo05.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Ilvascellomandrake-02-171.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Mundodeav-02-116.jpg|[[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal
Mandrake-el-mago-dolmen-02.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain
</gallery>


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
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=== [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
=== [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"La pista especial", [[Pocket de Ases 38|''Pocket de Ases'' #38]] (1984)
*"La pista especial", [[Pocket de Ases 38|''Pocket de Ases'' #38]] (1984)
*"Reyerta en el espacio", [[ Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1968–1972 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2019)


=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
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*"Ganster Savaşı", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 9 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #9]]
*"Ganster Savaşı", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 9 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #9]]
*"Ganster Savaşı", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 46 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #46]]
*"Ganster Savaşı", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 46 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #46]]
=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
*"The Galactic Rumble", ''[[Mandrake the Magician - The Sundays Volume 1: The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar]]'' (2018)


=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===

Latest revision as of 17:57, 18 February 2025

The Galactic Rumble
Start date: April 6, 1969
End date: September 7, 1969
# of strips: 23 (23 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Fred Fredericks
Preceded by: "The All or Nothing Hunt"
Followed by: "The Invaders"

"The Galactic Rumble" is the 106th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

This story exist in three variations. Fredericks drew the strips with three rows in landscape format which scaled down to fit half a newspaper page. By cutting the top row, the strip fills a third of a newspaper page. By rearranging the panels to portrait format, the strip fit a tabloid page.

Plot Summary

At Xanadu a tri-dem of Rodon the High Marshal of the Central Galaxy; telling Mandrake that Alpha and Beta heads two rival gangs. Each numbering a million or more. They terrorize whole planets, sell protection, promote vice, smuggle, rob, kill. Recently they divded the gallaxy peacefully, but because of the "stupid wager" they became furious at each other and started a space war. Mandrake and Lothar joined Rodon on his giantic flagship to help finding the space criminals.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Philon, of I.G. (Inter Galactic Security).
  • Alpha
  • Beta
  • A "Space Thing", a enormous meat eater living in space.

Locations


Behind the scenes

  • The story title is from the strip of April 6, 1969 (Beginning: The Galactic Rumble).

Follows

The All or Nothing Hunt

Signifiant covers

  • Brazil
    Brazil
  • Brazil
    Brazil
  • Brazil
    Brazil
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Portugal
    Portugal
  • Spain
    Spain

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

Brazil

France

Italy

Portugal

Spain

Sweden

Turkey

United Kingdom

Yugoslavia

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