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A quiet evening Mandrake and Narda talking about the possibility of life on other planets, then suddenly a broadcast: ''Planet Earth - We are visitors -- from deep space -- do not be alarmed -- We intend to land -- We are friendly''. | |||
But when the radar systems and telescopes tried to locate the spaceship, they found nothing... Then Mandrake got a cinder in his eye. | |||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
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'''Locations''' | '''Locations''' | ||
*New York | |||
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Revision as of 10:00, 10 December 2013
| The First Visitors | |
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| Start date: | October 15, 1962 |
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| End date: | November 24, 1962 |
| # of strips: | 36 (6 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "The Gamblers" |
| Followed by: | "The Aftermath" |
"The First Visitors" is the 118th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
A quiet evening Mandrake and Narda talking about the possibility of life on other planets, then suddenly a broadcast: Planet Earth - We are visitors -- from deep space -- do not be alarmed -- We intend to land -- We are friendly.
But when the radar systems and telescopes tried to locate the spaceship, they found nothing... Then Mandrake got a cinder in his eye.
Appearances
Locations
- New York
Behind the scenes
- The title for the story taken from the strip of October 13, 1962 (Next Week: "The First Visitors").
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "Os Primeiros Visitantes do Espaço", Mandrake Coleção #36 (1992)
France
- "Les explorateurs du néant", Mandrake #64 (1965)
Italy
- "Gli esploratori del nulla", Mandrake #35 (1963)
- "Gli esploratori del nulla", Mandrake - New Comics Now #164 (1986)
Spain
- "La nave misteriosa", Coleccion Héroes Modernos #44c (1964)
- "La nave misteriosa", Coleccion Héroes Modernos Album de Rip Kirby (1964)
- "La nave misteriosa", Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos #9C (1970)
- "Los Primeros Visitantes", Mandrake #27 (1998)
Turkey
- "Uzaydan gelenler", Mandrake #186 #187 (1978)
United Kingdom
- "Mandrake the Magician in.... Visitors from Space", Mandrake the Magician #24 (1963)