The Solar Wind

The Solar Wind
Start date:	April 26th, 1970
End date:	August 23rd, 1970
# of strips:	18 (18 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The 3D Monster"
Followed by:	"The Mystery"

"The Solar Wind" is the 109th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Magnon calling and visit Mandrake as a tri-dem projection. Some non human ambassadors from an other galaxy had a accident with their solar sailing ship in Earth sector, could Mandrake recieve them, giving them room to work and relax?

Zed, the ambassador from Zak, told a strange story about his home planet. In ancient time, a million years ago, the flesh people became over populated. They polluted the air, land and water. Most of the people died from plague and the rest of them in a terrible war. Only machines were left and they rebuild the world. After thousands of years the machines created living metal.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• Karma
• Hojo
• Magnon

One-time characters

• Zed, of the planet Zak
• Chootzy, a space ship from Zak

Locations

• New York City
  • Xanadu

Behind the scenes

• At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Solar Wind", which is lifted from the plot.
• Karma is born in 1950.
• New layout for the Sunday pages from June 7th 1970.

Signifiant covers

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  Brazil

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "Velero Spacial", Super Sandokan #12 (1983)

Brazil

• "O Veleiro do Espaço", Mandrake #175 (1971)

Italy

• "Zed, del planeta Zak", Mandrake #190 and #191 (1970)

Portugal

• "Um Caso Difícil", Condor #40 (1973) note: missing the first strip of the story.

Spain

• "El viento solar", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1968–1972 (Dolmen Editorial) (2019)

Turkey

• "Uzay Yelkenlisi", Mandrake #122 & #123 & #124 (1976)
• "Uzay Yelkenlisi", Mandrake Albüm #41 & #42
• "Uzay Yelkenlisi", Mandrake Süper Albüm #26
• "Uzay Yelkenlisi", Mandrake Süper Albüm #15

Yugoslavia

• "Živi metal", Super EKS Almanah #50 (1984)