The Mirror People

The Mirror People
Start date:	October 9th, 1944
End date:	December 16th, 1944
# of strips:	60 (10 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Doctor Congo"
Followed by:	"The Ice Lady"

"The Mirror People" is the 33rd Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

One night Narda wakes up and has a look at her mirror, she finds that her mirror image is behaving strangely. Suddenly her mirror image, Adran, comes through the mirror and kidnaps her to a strange mirror world.

Trying to rescue her Mandrake and Lothar find their own mirror images very much alive, evil and powerful.

At the end our friends manage to defeat Ekardnam and Rahtol. But Ekardnam wipes away Mandrake and Lothar's memory about their travel in the strange world. While Narda is left alone, wondering if their adventure was just a dream.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• Ekardnam, in the Mirror World an evil opposites of Mandrake.
• Rahtol, in the Mirror World an evil opposites of Lothar.
• Adran, in the Mirror World an evil opposites of Narda.

One-time characters

Locations

• New York
• The Mirror World

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is taken from the strip of October 7, 1944 (Beginning Next Week = The Mirror People!).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The Amazing Case of the Mirror World", Mandrake The Magician (1947)

Brazil

• "O Mundo dos Espelhos", Mandrake, o Mágico #18 (1972)

Denmark

• "??", Fantomhefte #9 (1953)

Finland

• "Maaron ja Peilikansa", Kippari Kalle #6 (1953)

France

• "Le peuple des miroirs", Mandrake #241 and #242 (1969)

Italy

• "Il popolo degli specchi", L'Avventura (1946)
• "Mandrake contro Ekardnam" & "Mandrake nel mondo degli specchi", Mandrake #13 and #14 (1947)
• "Il popolo degli specchi", Il Vascello #59 (1961)
• "Il popolo degli specchi", I Classici dell'Avventura #35 (1963)
• "Il popolo degli specchi", Mandrake #121 (1969)
• "Il popolo degli specchi", Mandrake #15 (Comics Stars in the World 1976)
• "Il popolo degli specchi", Mandrake - New Comics Now #213 (1988)
• "Il popolo degli specchi", Mandrake 27 (Comic Art) (1993)
• "Il Popolo degli Specchi", Mandrake (I classici del Fumetto) (1999)

New Zealand

• "The Mirror People", Mandrake the Magician #97 and Mandrake the Magician #98 (1955)

Norway

• "Speilfolket", Fantom-hefte #9
• "Speilfolket", Fantom-hefte #1953

French Polynesia

• "Il popolo degli specchi", Mandrake #15 (Comics Stars in the World 1976) note: Italian text.

Portugal

• "No Mundo do Espelho", Mandrake No Mundo do Espelho (197?)

Spain

• "El espejo roto" & "El mundo de los espejos", Merlin el Mago Moderno #30 and #31 (194?)

Sweden

• "Spegelvärlden", Stjärnbragder #4 (1953)
• "I spegelvärlden", Mandrake #1 (1962)

Turkey

• "Aynanın Oyunu", 1001 Özel #100 (1954) Note: starts with the strip of November 1, 1944. A new ending is made from the strip of November 23, 1944.

USA

• "The Mystic Mirror of Evil" & "Mirror Menace" & "Perilous Pursuit!", Magic Comics #120 & #121 & #122 (1949)
• "The Mirror People", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Mirror People" (Pacific Comics Club) (2019)