The Sign of 8

The Sign of 8
Start date:	August 16th, 1965
End date:	February 5th, 1966
# of strips:	150 (25 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Odd Fellow"
Followed by:	"The Witches"

"The Sign of 8" is the 129th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Adult education is quite the thing now and Narda is back at school. She is doing graduate work in history. By accident, in a footnote, she discovered a medieval gang of thiefs, called "The League of 8". Now she doing a fascinating report on the 800 years old gang.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda

One-time characters

• Antone, Ambassador.
• Andros, president. mention only

Locations

• New York
• Xanadu

Organizations

• Octon

Behind the scenes

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of September, 4 (Next Week: Sign of 8)
• This story have a long intro about Mandrake's new home, Xanadu, spanning the first 20 strips.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "O Signo do Oito", Mandrake #114 (1966)
• "Xanadu", Mandrake Especial (1974)
• "O Signo do 8", As Grandes Aventuras do Mandrake #3 (1986)
• "A Origem de Xanadu", Mandrake Especial #22 (1988)

India

• "The Treacherous Gang" Indrajal Comics #77 (1969)
• "The Claws of Treachery", Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 39 (1985)
• "The Dangerous Gang" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #4 (1992)
• "The Dangerous Gang" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #51 (1997)

Italy

• "La lega dell’otto", "Allarme squadra volante" & "La lega dell’otto", Mandrake (1972)
• "La lega dell'Otto", Mandrake - New Comics Now #380 (1997)
• "Xanadù", Mandrake (I classici del Fumetto) (1999) - (intro part only)

Norway

• "Den hemmelige ligaen", Fantomet #25 & Fantomet #26 (1985)
• "Den hemmelige ligaen", Mandrake Spesial (1997)

Portugal

• "A misteriosa "Liga 8"", Mundo de Aventuras #1189 (1972)

Spain

• "Xandu", Héroes Modernos #23 (1966)

Turkey

• "Dehşet Çetesi", Mandrake #96 #97 #98 #99 #100 (1976)
• "Dehşet Çetesi", Mandrake Albüm #32 #33
• "Dehşet Çetesi", Mandrake Albüm #162 #163
• "Dehşet Çetesi", Mandrake #31 #32 #33
• "Dehşet Çetesi", Mandrake Süper Albüm #9
• "Dehşet Çetesi", Mandrake Süper Albüm #46 #47

Yugoslavia

• "Liga 8", Stripoteka #368/369 (1976)
• "У знаку Осмице"/"U znaku Osmice", Politikin Zabavnik #1341 (1977)
• "U znaku Osmice", Super EKS Almanah #27 (1982)
• "U znaku Osmice", Mandrak magazin #11 (1990)