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== Plot Summary == | == 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". | 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". While doing a fascinating report on the 800 years old gang she found clues of the acient gang closer to our time. Then the league of 8 strike.... | ||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
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*[[Lothar]] | *[[Lothar]] | ||
*[[Narda]] | *[[Narda]] | ||
*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]] | |||
'''One-time characters''' | '''One-time characters''' | ||
*Antone, Ambassador. | *Antone, Ambassador. | ||
*[[Andros]], president. <small>mention only</small> | *[[Andros]], president. <small>mention only</small> | ||
*Dr. Ludd, professor in history and Narda's supervisor. | |||
*Miss Percy, a librarian. | |||
*Dan Goon, ganglord and local chief of the league of 8. | |||
*Bello, gang member. | |||
*Adams, a police woman. | |||
*Q, a quizzer of 8. | |||
*X, a executioner of 8. | |||
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;"> | </div><div style="float:right; width:50%;"> | ||
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*New York | *New York | ||
*[[Xanadu]] | *[[Xanadu]] | ||
*Bartlett street, where Narda lives. | |||
'''Organizations''' | '''Organizations''' | ||
*[[Octon]] | *[[Octon]] | ||
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*The title for this story is taken from the strip of September, 4 (Next Week: Sign of 8) | *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. | *This story have a long intro about Mandrake's new home, [[Xanadu]], spanning the first 20 strips. | ||
*Narda lives in Bartlett street. | |||
== Reprints == | == Reprints == |
Revision as of 09:08, 13 April 2013
The Sign of 8 | |
Start date: | August 16th, 1965 |
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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". While doing a fascinating report on the 800 years old gang she found clues of the acient gang closer to our time. Then the league of 8 strike....
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Antone, Ambassador.
- Andros, president. mention only
- Dr. Ludd, professor in history and Narda's supervisor.
- Miss Percy, a librarian.
- Dan Goon, ganglord and local chief of the league of 8.
- Bello, gang member.
- Adams, a police woman.
- Q, a quizzer of 8.
- X, a executioner of 8.
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.
- Narda lives in Bartlett street.
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)