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|Title= Narda and the Cats
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|Start= March 8th, 1971
|Start= March 8th, 1971
|End= May 29th, 1971
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|Artist= [[Fred Fredericks]]
|Artist= [[Fred Fredericks]]
|Preceded= "[[The Clay Camel (plus Women's Lib!)]]"
|Preceded= "[[The Clay Camel (plus Women's Lib!)]]"
|Followed= "[[The Wonder that Amazed the World]]"
|Followed= "[[Kolosso]]"
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== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
Mandrake have two dogs, while Narda have a cat. Mandrake finding cats mysterious, like they have a secret, almost alien.
One night Narda dreaming about cats. Suddenly she woke up and see "Nefertiti", her cat, jumping out of the window. She follows the cat ending up in a dark cellar. Into a strange place. In the realms of the cats there was a statue of a cat good and cats having a banquet.
Using something similar like telepathy "Xox-202 N" (real name of Nefertiti) told Narda the secret of ffleena.
They came from an other world that no longer exists. Their star system had two planets. At "Caneen" lived the vicious race called dogs while on "Fflen" the ffleena's. Both ffleena and caneena was aristocrats and have robot slaves who served them their every needs. For thousands of years the two planets fought endless wars, and their robots did the fighting. In time, the robots developed mighty explosives that blew the two planets apart. Some of the ffleena managed to escape and ended up at the planet earth.
But on earth there was wild dogs that chased the ffleena and destroyed their robots. The ffleena soon found a replacement for their robots, a cave man.
Then Mandrake found Narda faitend in the cellar. Was it all a dream ?


===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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'''Recurring characters'''
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Karma]], on Jed's boat only.
*[[Jed]], on his boat only.


'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
*Nefertiti, Nardas angora cat.
*Xox-202 N, Nefertiti's real name.
*Great Xox, the cat good.


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'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
*New York City
*The universe
**Fflen, a planet with a cat like race.
**Caneen, a planet with a dog like race.
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==Behind the scenes==
===Title===
*The title for the story taken from the strip of March 13, 1971 (Next Week: Narda and the Cats).
===Mandrake Lore===
*Mandrake has two dogs, a dane and a wolfhound.
*Jed has a sail boat.


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:
This story has been published in the following publications:


=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"O Reino dos Gatos", [[Mandrake 188 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #188]] (1972)
=== [[Image:mini_denmark.gif]] Denmark ===
*"Narda and the Cats", [[Mandrake (Munksgaard)|''Mandrake'']] (1972 ''note: english text'')
=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Maailman valtiaat", [[Mustanaamio 24/1985|''Mustanaamio'' #24]] (1985)
=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Les chats", [[Le Journal de Mickey|''Le Journal de Mickey'' #1705 to #1707]]  (1985)
*"Les chats", [[Donald Magazine|''Donald Magazine'' #85-10 to #85-12]]  (1985)
=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*"The Strange Banquet", [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 46|''Indrajal Comics'' Vol. 23 No. 46]] (1986)
*"Mysterious Cats" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 63|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #63]] (1998)
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"L’impero dei fellini", [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 21|''Mandrake'' #21]] and [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 22| #22]] (1971)
=== [[Image:mini_netherlands.gif]] Netherlands ===
*"Narda en de katten", [[Semic Strip Serie - Mandrake 1|''Mandrake'' #1]] (1972)
=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"O Segredo dos Gatos", [[Mundo de Aventuras 1233|''Mundo de Aventuras'' #1233]] (1973)
=== [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"Narda y las gatos", [[Supercomics Garbo 8|''Supercomics Garbo'' #8]] (1976)
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Världens herrar", [[Fantomen 11/1985|''Fantomen'' #11]] (1985)
=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Gizli Düşman", [[Mandrake 59 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #59]] & [[Mandrake 60 (Tay)| #60]] & [[Mandrake 61 (Tay)| #61]] (1975)
*"Gizli Düşman", [[Mandrake Albüm 20 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #20]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 21 (Tay)| #21]]
*"Gizli Düşman", [[Mandrake Albüm 231 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #231]]
*"Gizli Düşman", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 23 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #23]] & [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 24 (Tay)| #24]]
*"Gizli Düşman", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 7 (Tay 33 issues)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #7]]
=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia===
*"U vreme pomračenja", [[Super EKS Almanah 13|''Super EKS Almanah'' #13]] (1980)


[[Category:Daily stories|Narda and the Cats]]
[[Category:Daily stories|Narda and the Cats]]

Latest revision as of 19:23, 17 October 2023

Narda and the Cats
Md-1971-03-08.png
Start date: March 8th, 1971
End date: May 29th, 1971
# of strips: 72 (12 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Fred Fredericks
Preceded by: "The Clay Camel (plus Women's Lib!)"
Followed by: "Kolosso"


"Narda and the Cats" is the 146th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Mandrake have two dogs, while Narda have a cat. Mandrake finding cats mysterious, like they have a secret, almost alien.

One night Narda dreaming about cats. Suddenly she woke up and see "Nefertiti", her cat, jumping out of the window. She follows the cat ending up in a dark cellar. Into a strange place. In the realms of the cats there was a statue of a cat good and cats having a banquet.

Using something similar like telepathy "Xox-202 N" (real name of Nefertiti) told Narda the secret of ffleena.

They came from an other world that no longer exists. Their star system had two planets. At "Caneen" lived the vicious race called dogs while on "Fflen" the ffleena's. Both ffleena and caneena was aristocrats and have robot slaves who served them their every needs. For thousands of years the two planets fought endless wars, and their robots did the fighting. In time, the robots developed mighty explosives that blew the two planets apart. Some of the ffleena managed to escape and ended up at the planet earth.

But on earth there was wild dogs that chased the ffleena and destroyed their robots. The ffleena soon found a replacement for their robots, a cave man.

Then Mandrake found Narda faitend in the cellar. Was it all a dream ?

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Nefertiti, Nardas angora cat.
  • Xox-202 N, Nefertiti's real name.
  • Great Xox, the cat good.

Locations

  • New York City
  • The universe
    • Fflen, a planet with a cat like race.
    • Caneen, a planet with a dog like race.


Behind the scenes

Title

  • The title for the story taken from the strip of March 13, 1971 (Next Week: Narda and the Cats).

Mandrake Lore

  • Mandrake has two dogs, a dane and a wolfhound.
  • Jed has a sail boat.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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  • "Narda and the Cats", Mandrake (1972 note: english text)

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Mini france.gif France

Mini india.gif India

Mini italy.gif Italy

Mini netherlands.gif Netherlands

Mini portugal.gif Portugal

Mini spain.gif Spain

Mini sweden.gif Sweden

Mini turkey.gif Turkey

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