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The Blue Thing

Start date:	May 21st, 1972
End date:	September 3rd, 1972
# of strips:	16 (16 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Emile, Emir of Emmo"
Followed by:	"The Basilisk"

"The Blue Thing" is the 117th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Suddenly a mysterious blue thing appear, pulling animals and people right into it, like a super vacuum cleaner. First a horse, next a girl, a cop, a drunk and finally Mandrake and Lothar. On the other side of the blue magnetic whirepool they find them selves in another dimension. Where the strange alian universe is populated with crystalline creatures.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Storm King, a racehorse
Star King, King of the crystal creatures.
Hex, 6 sided crystal creatures.
Quad, 4 sided crystal creatures.
Tri, 3 sided crystal creatures.

Locations

New York City
- Xanadu
A parallel universe

Behind the scenes

The title for the story is taken from the strip of May 21, 1972 (Beginning: "The Blue Thing").

Signifiant covers

Angola
Brazil
India

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Angola

"A tromba azul", Globo de Aventuras #5 (1976)

Argentina

"El Mundo de los Hombres de Cristal", Sandokan #22 (1983)

Brazil

"Os Seres de Vidro", Mandrake #200 (1973)

India

"The Crystal Creatures" Indrajal Comics #207 (1974)

Italy

"L'universo di cristallo", I Quaderni del Fumetto #7 (1974)

Turkey

"Mavi Girdap", Mandrake #135 & #136 (1977)
"Mavi Girdap", Mandrake Albüm #45 & #46
"Mavi Girdap", Mandrake Albüm #137
"Mavi Girdap", Mandrake Süper Albüm #70

Yugoslavia

"Kristalni ljudi", Super EKS Almanah #53 (1984)

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 == Plot Summary ==
-{{stub}}
+Suddenly a mysterious blue thing appear, pulling animals and people right into it, like a super vacuum cleaner. First a horse, next a girl, a cop, a drunk and finally Mandrake and Lothar. On the other side of the blue magnetic whirepool they find them selves in another dimension. Where the strange alian universe is populated with crystalline creatures.
 ===Appearances===
-<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
+<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
 '''Recurring characters'''
 *[[Mandrake]]
 *[[Narda]]
 *[[Lothar]]
+*[[Karma]]
+*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]]
 '''One-time characters'''
+*Storm King, a racehorse
+*Star King, King of the crystal creatures.
+*Hex, 6 sided crystal creatures.
+*Quad, 4 sided crystal creatures.
+*Tri, 3 sided crystal creatures.
-</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
+</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
 '''Locations'''
+*New York City
+**[[Xanadu]]
+*A parallel universe
 </div><br clear="all">
-==Related stories==
+=== Behind the scenes===
-===Follows===
+*The title for the story is taken from the strip of May 21, 1972 (Beginning: "The Blue Thing").
-===Referenced in===
+== Signifiant covers ==
+<gallery>
+Globo de aventuras 5.jpg|[[Image:mini_angola.gif]] Angola
+Mandrake200rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Indrajal207.jpg|[[Image:mini_india.gif]] India
+</gallery>
 == Reprints ==
 This story has been published in the following publications:
+=== [[Image:mini_angola.gif]] Angola ===
+*"A tromba azul", [[Globo de Aventuras 5|''Globo de Aventuras'' #5]] (1976)
+=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
+*"El Mundo de los Hombres de Cristal", [[Sandokan 22|''Sandokan'' #22]] (1983)
+=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
+*"Os Seres de Vidro", [[Mandrake 200 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #200]] (1973)
+=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
+*"The Crystal Creatures" [[Indrajal Comics 207|''Indrajal Comics'' #207]] (1974)
+=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
+*"L'universo di cristallo", [[I Quaderni del Fumetto 7|''I Quaderni del Fumetto'' #7]] (1974)
+=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
+*"Mavi Girdap", [[Mandrake 135 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #135]] & [[Mandrake 136 (Tay)| #136]] (1977)
+*"Mavi Girdap", [[Mandrake Albüm 45 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #45]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 46 (Tay)| #46]]
+*"Mavi Girdap", [[Mandrake Albüm 137 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #137]]
+*"Mavi Girdap", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 70 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #70]]
+=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
+*"Kristalni ljudi", [[Super EKS Almanah 53|''Super EKS Almanah'' #53]] (1984)
 [[Category:Sunday stories|Blue Thing, The]]