The Space Thing
| The Space Thing | |
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| Start date: | June 4, 1961 |
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| End date: | September 24, 1961 |
| # of strips: | 17 (17 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "The Summit Conference" |
| Followed by: | "The Diversion" |
"The Space Thing" is the 87th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- An astronomer, on Earth.
Locations
- New York
- Magna
- Crispus Tau, a star 12 light years from Earth.
Objects
- A galactic watch operated by mind waves, think of any planet and it will show the correct time. If Mandrake press the alarm, a signal reaches Magnon.
- The Galactic Medal of Honor.
Behind the scenes
- The story title is taken from the strip of June 4, 1961 (Beginning: "The Space Thing").
- The strip of August 8 is the first strip with the new Sunday strip layout, which made it possible to print Mandrake Sunday strips also as a third page.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "Devorador de estrellas", Anuario de Mandrake el mago (Impacto) (1967)
Brazil
- "A Célula do Espaço", Almanaque do Mandrake (1963)
Finland
- "Parasiitti", Mustanaamio #17 (2001)
France
- "Menace cosmique", Les héros du mystère #2 (1967)
- "Menace cosmique", Les héros du mystère Album #1 (1967)
- "Menace cosmique", Mandrake #410 (1973)
Italy
- "Minaccia cosmica", Mandrake #4 (1962)
- "Minaccia cosmica", I Classici dell'Avventura #45 (1963)
- "Minaccia cosmica", Mandrake #56 (1973)
- "Minaccia cosmica", Mandrake - New Comics Now #333 (1994)
Norway
- "Parasitten", Fantomet #17 (2001)
Sweden
- "Parasiten", Fantomen #17 (2001)
Turkey
- "Kaybolan Yildiz", Mandrake #163 & #164 & #165 (1977)
- "Kaybolan Yildiz", Mandrake Albüm #54 (1977) note: first part missing
United Kingdom
- "The Thing in Space", Mandrake the Magician #23 (1963)