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|Title= Mandrake in Cockaigne
|Title= Mandrake in Cockaigne
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|Start= May 15th, 1939
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'''"Mandrake in Cockaigne"''' is the 18th Mandrake [[daily story]].  
'''"Mandrake in Cockaigne"''' is the 18th Mandrake [[daily story]].  
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].
This story exists in two variants, one made to span six newspaper columns, the other to span five.  


== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
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Many years ago, in far-off Cockaigne, the good Queen Isabel died. Mourning by her nation and her husbond, King Karl, and leaving two children, the infant Narda and young Prince Segrid. A few years passed, in his loneliness, King Karl fell in love with a beatiful commoner. He married her, at the price of his throne. He was the last King of Cockaigne, now under parlamentary rule.
 
Now Prince Segrid has forced Princess Narda to engagement to the rich and powerful Avery, Duke of Hectares. In return the Duke has agreed to help Segrid to regain the throne, but Narda disappears the night before the wedding.
 
Mandrake and Lothar enter S.S. Tyronus and later a plane and finaly reach Cockaigne. Avery manage to find Narda and throw Mandrake into his prison. With some help from Segrid, Mandrake escaped and disguised as the best man Mandrake manage to swipe Narda at the altar.
 
At the airport Mandrake and Narda plan to be married on the plain. But in the air Segrid reached Narda by radio, ex-King Karl had a severe relapse and was very ill and Narda had to return.


===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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*[[Lothar]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Segrid]]
*[[Segrid]], brother of Narda.
*[[King Karl]]
*[[Avery, Duke of Hectares]].
 


'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
*[[Duke of Hectares]]
*Karl, Ex King of Cockaigne and father of Narda and Segrid.
*[[Oliver]]
*Oliver, one of the agents of Avery.
*[[Mr. Strudel]]
*S.S. Tyronus, ship New York - Europe.
*[[Count Brumph]]
*Miss Bonn, Narda's assumen name when she worked as a sales girl at Notion Counter.
*Mr. Strudel, the proprietor at the Crown Department Store in Cockaigne.
*Count Brumph, best man of Avery.


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'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
 
*New York
*Cockaigne
**Hotel Royal, in Cockaigne.
**Notions Counter, at the Crown Department Store.
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==Related stories==
==Behind the scenes==
===Follows===
*The title for the story is taken from the plot.
 
===Referenced in===


== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Super-comics-series-30.jpg|[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia
O globo juvenil-357.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
O globo juvenil-381.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandrake067rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandrake01saber.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandrake237rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandrakecolecao10.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Super Albo 096.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Collana Mandrake csitw-22.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Collana Mandrake csitw-23.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Ncn-mandrake-148.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Comart15.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Mandrake FP 070.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
Mandrake FP 071.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
Mandrake esteve 11.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain
Mika Mis 348.jpg|[[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia
Mika Mis 384.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_australia.gif]] Australia ===
*"Mandrake Defeats the Duke", [[The Supercomic Series 30|''The Supercomic Series'' #30]] (1950)


=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"O Casamento de Narda", [[Mandrake 67 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #67]] (1962)
*"O Casamento de Narda!", [[Mandrake, o Mágico 1|''Mandrake, o Mágico'' #1]] (1970)
*"O Casamento de Narda", [[Mandrake 237 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #237]] (1975)
*"O Casamento de Narda", [[Mandrake Coleção 10|''Mandrake Coleção'' #10]]  (1990)
*"O Casamento de Narda", [[Mandrake Coleção 10|''Mandrake Coleção'' #10]]  (1990)
=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le mariage retardé", [[Aventures et Mystère 94 (Sage 1947-1949) |''Aventures et Mystère'' #94]] (1949)
*"Mariage à suprise", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 12|''Spécial Mandrake'' #12]] (1964)
*"Mariage à surprise", [[Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 5 (Soleil)]] (1994)
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Matrimonio a Cockaigne", [[Super Albo 96 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''Super Albo - Mandrake'' #96]] (1964)
*"Matrimonio a Cockaigne" & "La sposa rapita", [[Mandrake 22 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #22]] and [[Mandrake 23 (Comics Stars in the World)| #23]] (Comics Stars in the World 1978)
*"Matrimonio a Cockaigne", [[New Comics Now 148|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #148]] (1985)
*"Matrimonio a Cockaigne", [[Mandrake 15 (Comic Art)]] (1992)
*"Matrimonio a Cockaigne", [[Mandrake il mago (Mondadori Comics) Volume 2|''Mandrake il mago Volume 2'']] (2015)
=== [[Image:mini_french_polynesia.png|border]] French Polynesia===
*"Matrimonio a Cockaigne" & "La sposa rapita", [[Mandrake 22 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #22]] and [[Mandrake 23 (Comics Stars in the World)| #23]] (Comics Stars in the World 1978) <small>note: Italian text.</small>
=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"Mandrake in Cockaigne", [[Mandrake the Magician 70 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #70'']], [[Mandrake the Magician 71 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #71'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 72 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #72'']] (1954)
=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"Matrimonio en Cockaigne", [[Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado 36 - Mandrake 11|''Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado'' #36- ''Mandrake'' #11]] (1986 ?)
=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"''no title"'', [[Mandrake 3 (Hürriyet Hediyesi)|''Mandrake'' #3]] (2017)


=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"no title", [[The Official Mandrake Annual|''The Official Mandrake Annual'' #1]] (1989)
*"no title", [[The Official Mandrake Annual|''The Official Mandrake Annual'' #1]] (1989)
*"Cockaigne", [[Comics Revue 421-422|''Comics Revue'' #421-422]] (2021)
=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia ===
*''[[Jutarnji list]]'' October 26, 1939 &ndash; March 4, 1940
*[[Mika Miš 348|''Mika Miš'' #348]] &ndash; [[Mika Miš 396|#396]] (1939-40)


[[Category:Daily stories|Mandrake in Cockaigne]]
[[Category:Daily stories|Mandrake in Cockaigne]]

Latest revision as of 13:04, 24 October 2024

Mandrake in Cockaigne
Md-1939-05-15.png
Start date: May 15th, 1939
End date: September 2nd, 1939
# of strips: 96 (16 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: "The Deep South"
Followed by: "Mandrake in North Africa"

"Mandrake in Cockaigne" is the 18th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis. This story exists in two variants, one made to span six newspaper columns, the other to span five.

Plot Summary

Many years ago, in far-off Cockaigne, the good Queen Isabel died. Mourning by her nation and her husbond, King Karl, and leaving two children, the infant Narda and young Prince Segrid. A few years passed, in his loneliness, King Karl fell in love with a beatiful commoner. He married her, at the price of his throne. He was the last King of Cockaigne, now under parlamentary rule.

Now Prince Segrid has forced Princess Narda to engagement to the rich and powerful Avery, Duke of Hectares. In return the Duke has agreed to help Segrid to regain the throne, but Narda disappears the night before the wedding.

Mandrake and Lothar enter S.S. Tyronus and later a plane and finaly reach Cockaigne. Avery manage to find Narda and throw Mandrake into his prison. With some help from Segrid, Mandrake escaped and disguised as the best man Mandrake manage to swipe Narda at the altar.

At the airport Mandrake and Narda plan to be married on the plain. But in the air Segrid reached Narda by radio, ex-King Karl had a severe relapse and was very ill and Narda had to return.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Karl, Ex King of Cockaigne and father of Narda and Segrid.
  • Oliver, one of the agents of Avery.
  • S.S. Tyronus, ship New York - Europe.
  • Miss Bonn, Narda's assumen name when she worked as a sales girl at Notion Counter.
  • Mr. Strudel, the proprietor at the Crown Department Store in Cockaigne.
  • Count Brumph, best man of Avery.

Locations

  • New York
  • Cockaigne
    • Hotel Royal, in Cockaigne.
    • Notions Counter, at the Crown Department Store.


Behind the scenes

  • The title for the story is taken from the plot.

Signifiant covers

  • Mini australia.gif Australia

  • Mini brazil.gif Brazil

  • Mini brazil.gif Brazil

  • Mini brazil.gif Brazil

  • Mini brazil.gif Brazil

  • Mini brazil.gif Brazil

  • Mini brazil.gif Brazil

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini nz.png New Zealand

  • Mini nz.png New Zealand

  • Mini spain.gif Spain

  • Mini yugoslavia.png Yugoslavia

  • Mini yugoslavia.png Yugoslavia

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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Mini brazil.gif Brazil

Mini france.gif France

Mini italy.gif Italy

Mini french polynesia.png French Polynesia

  • "Matrimonio a Cockaigne" & "La sposa rapita", Mandrake #22 and #23 (Comics Stars in the World 1978) note: Italian text.

Mini nz.png New Zealand

Mini spainunderfranco.gif Mini spain.gif Spain

Mini turkey.gif Turkey

Mini usa.gif USA

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