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==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
*The title for the story is taken from the strip of February 8, 1954 (Beginning: The Royal Suitor). | *The title for the story is taken from the strip of February 8, 1954 (Beginning: The Royal Suitor). | ||
== Signifiant covers == | |||
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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 | |||
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== Reprints == | == Reprints == | ||
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*"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|''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 | *"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) | *"Il re si diverte", [[New Comics Now 306|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #306]] (1993) | ||
Latest revision as of 09:51, 13 March 2023
| The Royal Suitor | |
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| Start date: | February 8, 1954 |
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| 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
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
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Finland
France
France
Italy
Italy
New Zealand
New Zealand
Norway
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)
United Kingdom / English
Yugoslavia
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "?", Libro de Oro - Mandrake el Mago #17 (1965)
Brazil
- "O Rapto de Narda", Mandrake #11 (1954)
- "Bartun", Mandrake #282 (1979)
- "O Sequestro de Narda", Mandrake Coleção #12 (1990)
Denmark
- "Den indbildske konge", Fantomet #134 (1980)
Finland
- "Mandrake ja Taskuvarkaitten Kuningas", Sarjakuvalehti #3 (1961)
- "Koppava kuningas", Mustanaamio #18 (1979)
- "Koppava kuningas", Sarjakirja #120 (1987)
France
- "Sa majesté s'amuse", Mandrake #12 (1963)
- "Le roi s'amuse", Spécial Mandrake #78 & " Les ennuis de Bartum", Spécial Mandrake #79 (1970)
- "Le roi s'amuse", Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 6 (Soleil) (1994)
- "Le prétendant royal", Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 2 - 1953 à 1957 (2012)
Italy
- "Lo stravagante principe Bartun", Celebri eroi dell'avventura #22 (1956)
- "Il re si diverte", Il Vascello #7 (1959)
- "Il re si diverte", I Classici dell'Avventura #1 (1962)
- "Il re si diverte", Super Albo #108 (1964)
- "Il re si diverte", Mandrake - New Comics Now #306 (1993)
New Zealand
- "The Royal Suitor", Mandrake the Magician #105, Mandrake the Magician #106 and Mandrake the Magician #107 (1956)
Norway
- "Den innbilske kongen", Fantomet #12 (1981)
- "Den innbilske kongen", Serie-pocket #127 (1987)
Portugal
- "O Rei de Bartávia", Colecção Grilo #1 - #64(1957)
Spain
- "El Rey Se Divierte", Mandrake #24 (1997)
Sweden
- "Den inbilske kungen", Fantomen #4 (1979)
United Kingdom
- "The Playboy King", Mandrake the Magician #12 (1961)
Yugoslavia
- "Отмица принцезе Нарде" ("romanized as "Otmica princeze Narde"), Politikin Zabavnik #962 (1970)