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The Astro Pirates

Start date:	August 14th, 1966
End date:	December 25th, 1966
# of strips:	20 (20 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Underworld vs. Inter-Intel"
Followed by:	"The Blackout Caper"

"The Astro Pirates" is the 99th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Narda is going home for a visit, but the departure date is Friday the 13th, a black cat walking under a ladder and she spilled salt. And onboard PO 112, astro-pirates land atop the ocean-spanning plane 35 000 feet above the sea.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Ned, man aboard a cruise ship.
Mr. Marks, head of a company that insures most big jewel shipments.
Axel, private secretary of Mr. Marks.
Max, an Astro Pirate.

Locations

New York City
- Xanadu

Organizations

Inter-Intel

Behind the scenes

The story title is from the strip of August 14th, 1966 (Beginning: The Astro-Pirates!).

Signifiant covers

Argentina
Brazil
Italy
Portugal

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

"Los astropiratas", Impacto #85 (1967)
"??", Fantasía Suplemento #114 (1969)

Brazil

"Os Piratas do Ar", Almanaque do Mandrake (1968)

Finland

"Ilmarosvot pitävät jalokivistä", Taika-Jim #5 (1971)

France

"Les pirates de l'espace", Mandrake #414 (1974)
"Les astropirates", Le Journal de Mickey #1164 to #1173

Italy

"Gli astropirati", I Giganti #14 (1967)
"Gli astropirati", Mandrake #60 (1973)
"Gli astro-pirati", Tavole domenicali 1965–1969 (2022)

Portugal

"Os Astro-Piratas", Mundo de Aventuras #1168 (1972)

Sweden

"Stratosfärpirater", Blixt Gordon #1/1969

Spain

"Los astropiratas", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1965–1968 (Dolmen Editorial) (2018)

Turkey

"Hava Korsanları", Mandrake #47 & #48 & #49 (1975)
"Hava Korsanları", Mandrake Albüm #16 & #17
"Hava Korsanları", Mandrake Albüm #86
"Hava Korsanları", Mandrake #16 & #17
"Hava Korsanları", Mandrake Süper Albüm #4 & #5
"Hava Korsanları", Mandrake Süper Albüm #39 & #40
"Hava Korsanları", Mandrake Süper Albüm #24

United Kingdom

"The Astro Pirates", Mandrake the Magician - The Sundays Volume 1: The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar (2018)

Yugoslavia

"Astro-pirati", Plavi Vjesnik #682 to Plavi Vjesnik #701 (1967-1968)
"Astro-pirati", Super EKS Almanah #40 (1983)
"Astro-pirati", Mandrakov magazin #21 (1990)

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 |Start= August 14th, 1966
 |End= December 25th, 1966
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 == Plot Summary ==
+Narda is going home for a visit, but the departure date is Friday the 13th, a black cat walking under a ladder and she spilled salt. And onboard PO 112, astro-pirates land atop the ocean-spanning plane 35 000 feet above the sea.
 ===Appearances===
-<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
+<div style="float:left; width:30%;">
 '''Recurring characters'''
 *[[Mandrake]]
 *[[Lothar]]
 *[[Narda]]
+*[[Jed]]
 '''One-time characters'''
+*Ned, man aboard a cruise ship.
+*Mr. Marks, head of a company that insures most big jewel shipments.
+*Axel, private secretary of Mr. Marks.
+*Max, an Astro Pirate.
-</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
+</div><div style="float:right; width:30%;">
 '''Locations'''
+*New York City
+**[[Xanadu]]
+'''Organizations'''
+*[[Inter-Intel]]
 </div><br clear="all">
-==Related stories==
+==Behind the scenes==
-===Follows===
+*The story title is from the strip of August 14th, 1966 (Beginning: The Astro-Pirates!).
-===Referenced in===
+== Signifiant covers ==
+<gallery>
+Fantasia-suplemento-114.jpg|[[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina
+Almanaquemandrake1968.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Igig14.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Mundodeav-01-1168.jpg|[[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal
+</gallery>
 == Reprints ==
 This story has been published in the following publications:
+=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
+*"Los astropiratas", [[Impacto 85|''Impacto'' #85]] (1967)
+*"??", [[Fantasía Suplemento 114|''Fantasía Suplemento'' #114]] (1969)
+=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
+*"Os Piratas do Ar", [[Almanaque do Mandrake 1968|''Almanaque do Mandrake'']] (1968)
+=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
+*"Ilmarosvot pitävät jalokivistä", [[Taika-Jim 5|''Taika-Jim'' #5]] (1971)
+=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
+*"Les pirates de l'espace", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 414|''Mandrake'' #414]] (1974)
+*"Les astropirates", [[Le Journal de Mickey|''Le Journal de Mickey'' #1164 to #1173]]
+=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
+*"Gli astropirati", [[I Giganti 14|''I Giganti'' #14]] (1967)
+*"Gli astropirati", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 60|''Mandrake'' #60]] (1973)
+*"Gli astro-pirati", [[Quando Mandrake conobbe Lothar: Tavole domenicali 1965–1969|Tavole domenicali  1965–1969]] (2022)
+=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
+*"Os Astro-Piratas", [[Mundo de Aventuras 1168|''Mundo de Aventuras'' #1168]] (1972)
+=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
+*"Stratosfärpirater", [[Blixt Gordon 1/1969|''Blixt Gordon'' #1/1969]]
+=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
+*"Los astropiratas", [[Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1965–1968 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2018)
 === [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
-*"Hava Korsanları", [[Mandrake 47 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #47]] [[Mandrake 48 (Tay)| #48]] [[Mandrake 49 (Tay)| #49]] (1975)
+*"Hava Korsanları", [[Mandrake 47 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #47]] & [[Mandrake 48 (Tay)| #48]] & [[Mandrake 49 (Tay)| #49]] (1975)
-*"Hava Korsanları", [[Mandrake Albüm 16 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #16]]  [[Mandrake Albüm 17 (Tay)| #17]]
+*"Hava Korsanları", [[Mandrake Albüm 16 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #16]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 17 (Tay)| #17]]
-*"Hava Korsanları", [[Mandrake 16 (Tay second series)|''Mandrake'' #16]] [[Mandrake 17 (Tay second series)| #17]]
+*"Hava Korsanları", [[Mandrake Albüm 86 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #86]]
-*"Hava Korsanları", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 4 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #4]][[Mandrake Süper Albüm 5 (Tay)| #5]]
+*"Hava Korsanları", [[Mandrake 16 (Tay second series)|''Mandrake'' #16]] & [[Mandrake 17 (Tay second series)| #17]]
-*"Hava Korsanları", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 39 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #39]]  [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 40 (Tay)| #40]]
+*"Hava Korsanları", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 4 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #4]] & [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 5 (Tay)| #5]]
+*"Hava Korsanları", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 39 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #39]] & [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 40 (Tay)| #40]]
 *"Hava Korsanları", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 24 (Tay 33 issues)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #24]]
-[[Category:Sunday stories|Astro Pirates, The]]
+=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
+*"The Astro Pirates", ''[[Mandrake the Magician - The Sundays Volume 1: The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar]]'' (2018)
+=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
+*"Astro-pirati", [[Plavi Vjesnik 682|''Plavi Vjesnik'' #682]] to [[Plavi Vjesnik 701|''Plavi Vjesnik'' #701]] (1967-1968)
+*"Astro-pirati", [[Super EKS Almanah 40|''Super EKS Almanah'' #40]] (1983)
+*"Astro-pirati", [[Mandrakov magazin 21|''Mandrakov magazin'' #21]] (1990)
+[[Category:Sunday stories|Astro-Pirates, The]]