The Space Pack

The Space Pack
Start date:	September 5th, 1971
End date:	November 21st, 1971
# of strips:	12 (12 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The College of Magic"
Followed by:	"The Garden of the Inca"

"The Space Pack" is the 114th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

A friend of Mandrake, the astronomer Bob, observed something strange in the asteroid belt. Astriodes vanished, almost like something ate it. Mandrake calling Magnon about the mystery..

Appearances

Recurring characters

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

One-time characters

• Bob, an astronomer
• Captain Fortor, of the Galactic Intelligence Service
• Space Pack, an alien life form able to eat anything including metal and rock
• The Admiral on Magnon's flagship

Locations

• New York City
  • Xanadu
• Magna

Objects

• A galactic watch, sends a signal to Magnon.

Behind the scenes

• The story title is taken from the strip of September 5, 1971 (Beginning: The Space Pack!).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "A Ameaça", Mandrake #193 (1972)

France

• "Les mangeurs du planetes", Mandrake #396 (1973)

India

• "Mandrake the Magician and the Mountain Eaters" Indrajal Comics #179 (1973)

Italy

• "I divoratori di pianeti", Mandrake #42 (1973)

Portugal

• "Os Monstros do Espaço", Selecções #156 (1974)

Spain

• "La manada espacial", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1968–1972 (Dolmen Editorial) (2019)

Turkey

• "Uzay Fareleri", Mandrake #131 #132 (1976-1977)
• "Uzay Fareleri", Mandrake Albüm #44
• "Uzay Fareleri", Mandrake #51
• "Uzay Fareleri", Mandrake Süper Albüm #15
• "Uzay Fareleri", Mandrake Süper Albüm #72 #73

Yugoslavia

• "Svemirski monstrum", Gigant #17 (198?)