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|Writer= [[Jeff Parker]]
|Writer= [[Roger Langridge]]
|Artist= [[Marc Laming]]
|Artist= [[Jeremy Treece]] (Part 1 & 2)<br>[[Felipe Gunha]] (Part 3 & 4)<br>[[Ivan Rodriguez]] (part 3)
|Producer=[[Dynamite Entertainment]]
|Producer=[[Dynamite Entertainment]]
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Follows the [[Kings Watch (Dynamite)|Kings Watch]] story: A merciless conquerer attacked Earth, knocking our technology back one hundred years! But Earth's defenders rebelled and prevailed! Yet while unconquered, Earth feels the aftershocks of war's terrible toll.
==Plot summary==
After Mandrake and Narda married, it began to bother Narda that her husband aged at a different rate then herself. She started looking for magical means to make herself young again. In her desperation she performed a rituals that summons the demon Acheron. After a long and hard battle Mandrake managed to contain Acheron, but he paid the price and Narda left Mandrake to join forces with The Cobra.


==Plot summary==
Now five years later, and after the the gruesome attack from Mongo, Mandrake decides that it is time to put on a show at Xanadu. While performing with Karma The Cobra ''(Narda)'' managed to obtain Acheron's urn and thus became the most powerful woman in the world. She made magical contact with the leaders of the world and required immediate and unconditional surrender. In the Royal Palace of Cockaigne Narda's magical collection feeing the demond and Acheron broke out and possessed Narda.  
A merciless conquerer attacked Earth, knocking our technology back one hundred years! But Earth's defenders rebelled and prevailed!
 
Yet while unconquered, Earth feels the aftershocks of war's terrible toll..
In the fight against the demon Acheron Narda dies.
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=== Character appearances ===
=== Character appearances ===
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'''Recurring characters'''
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Mandrake]]
 
*[[Karma]], a fellow magician
*[[Narda]], [[The Cobra]]
*[[Segrid]],
'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
*
*Acheron, a demon
*Lee, a photographer
*Phil, a reporter
*Fred, a reporter
*Cleopatra,
*Caspian,
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'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
*US
*US
 
**New York
***[[Xanadu]], with stairs looking a bit like designed by M. C. Escher
*Europe
**[[Cockaigne]]
***The Royal Palace
*New Zwaland
*Tapei
*Dubrovnik
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==Behind the scenes==
*The names [[Lee Falk|Lee]], [[Phil Davis|Phil]] and [[Fred Fredericks|Fred]] a tribute to the creators of Mandrake.


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==

Latest revision as of 12:21, 28 December 2015

King:
Mandrake the Magician
File:King-mtm-fp-01.jpg
1st publication: Mandrake the Magician #1
# of pages:
Writer: Roger Langridge
Artist: Jeremy Treece (Part 1 & 2)
Felipe Gunha (Part 3 & 4)
Ivan Rodriguez (part 3)
Producer: Dynamite Entertainment

Follows the Kings Watch story: A merciless conquerer attacked Earth, knocking our technology back one hundred years! But Earth's defenders rebelled and prevailed! Yet while unconquered, Earth feels the aftershocks of war's terrible toll.

Plot summary

After Mandrake and Narda married, it began to bother Narda that her husband aged at a different rate then herself. She started looking for magical means to make herself young again. In her desperation she performed a rituals that summons the demon Acheron. After a long and hard battle Mandrake managed to contain Acheron, but he paid the price and Narda left Mandrake to join forces with The Cobra.

Now five years later, and after the the gruesome attack from Mongo, Mandrake decides that it is time to put on a show at Xanadu. While performing with Karma The Cobra (Narda) managed to obtain Acheron's urn and thus became the most powerful woman in the world. She made magical contact with the leaders of the world and required immediate and unconditional surrender. In the Royal Palace of Cockaigne Narda's magical collection feeing the demond and Acheron broke out and possessed Narda.

In the fight against the demon Acheron Narda dies.

Character appearances

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Acheron, a demon
  • Lee, a photographer
  • Phil, a reporter
  • Fred, a reporter
  • Cleopatra,
  • Caspian,

Locations

  • US
    • New York
      • Xanadu, with stairs looking a bit like designed by M. C. Escher
  • Europe
  • New Zwaland
  • Tapei
  • Dubrovnik


Behind the scenes

  • The names Lee, Phil and Fred a tribute to the creators of Mandrake.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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