Mandrake in Love

Mandrake in Love
Start date:	September 12th, 1938
End date:	December 3rd, 1938
# of strips:	72 (12 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Blozz the Champion"
Followed by:	"Visitors from Space"

"Mandrake in Love" is the 15th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis. This story exists in two variants, one made to span four newspaper columns, the other to span five.

Plot Summary

Segrid has emptied the family vaults and gone to Teiba. He piled up heavy gambling debts, and also lost Narda's diamond necklace. Narda asks Mandrake to help her get back the necklace.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Princess Narda
• Prince Segrid
• Avery, Duke of Hectares - Narda's fiancé.

One-time characters

• General Manuel, ruler of Teiba.
• Lola, General Manuel's girlfriend

Locations

• New York
• West Indies
  • Teiba, a Caribbean seaport
    • Devil's Maw, a whirepool
    • Teiba Castle, home of General Manuel

Behind the scenes

Title

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of September 10, 1938 (Starting Next Week = Mandrake in Love)

Signifiant covers

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Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "O Colar de Narda", Mandrake, o Mágico #2 (1970)
• "A Garganta do Diabo", Mandrake #246 (1976)

Canada

• "Mandrake the Magician and Princess Narda", Classic Adventure Strips #11 (1987)

Denmark

• "Et spil om død og diamanter", Seriebiblioteket #1 (1976)

France

• "La princesse Narda", Aventures et Mystère #12 (1947)
• "La gorge du diable",Spécial Mandrake #63 (1968)
• "Le gouffre du diable", Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 5 (Soleil) (1994)

French Polynesia

• "Il castello di Teiba", Mandrake #25 (Comics Stars in the World 1978) note: Italian text.

Italy

• "Il gozzo del diavolo", L'Avventuroso #329 - #339 (1941)
• "Il gozzo del diavolo", Collana Albi grandi avventure - Mandrake #13 (1941)
• "Il vortice del diavolo" & "La dama di ferro" & "La collane della principessa", Mistero #35 & #36 & #37 (1947)
• "Il vortice del diavolo" & "La dama di ferro" & "La collane della principessa", Albi Economici Nerbini #4 & #5 & #6 (1949)
• "Il gozzo del diavolo", Super Albo #90 (1964)
• "Il castello di Teiba", Mandrake #25 (Comics Stars in the World 1978)
• "Il castello di Teiba", Mandrake - New Comics Now #147 (1985)
• "Il castello di Teiba", Magic Moments - Mandrake - New Comics Now #265 (1991)
• "Il castello di Teiba", Mandrake 13 (Comic Art) (1992)
• "Il castello di Teiba", Mandrake il mago Volume 2 (2015)

New Zealand

• "Mandrake in Love", Mandrake the Magician #66 and Mandrake the Magician #67 (1954)

Spain

• "El castillo de Teiba", Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado #34 - Mandrake #10 (1988)

Norway

• "no title", Seriebiblioteket #1 (1976)

Sweden

• "no title", Seriebiblioteket #1 (1976)

Turkey

• no title, 1001 Roman #111 - 132 (1941-1942)
• "Ölüm Şatosu", Red Kit #12 - #17 and Red Kit Albüm #3 - #4 (1965)
• "Ölüm Şatosu", Güneş #5 and #6 (1968)
• "Ölüm Şatosu", Güneş Albüm #2 (1968)

USA

• "In Teiba Castle", Feature Book #23 (1946)
• "Mandrake in Love", The Official Mandrake the Magician #4 – The Official Mandrake the Magician #5 (1988)
• "In Teiba Castle", Feature Book #23 (1993, reprint)
• "Teiba Castle", Comics Revue #409-410 (2020)
• "Mandrake in Love", Volume Three: the complete newspaper dailies 1938-1939 (2025)

Yugoslavia

• "Mandrakeova ljubav", Jutarnji list November 5, 1938 – January 22, 1939 (in the first half of the first strip edited together with "Blozz the Champion")