Prose Stories
Adapted prose stories, illustrated
With original art
Prose stories adapted from daily and Sunday strips illustrated by using some edited pictures from the strips.
With new art
Prose story adapted from a Sunday strip with new illustrations.
| Title | Italian series |
|---|---|
| "Land of the Fakirs" | Gli eroi dell' impossibile |
Prose stories
llustrated short stories
In 1941 Taystee Bread, the sponsor of the Mandrake the Magician Radio Show, released six "Mandrake Adventure" leaflets and a colored cover. The collected leaflets formed a story on the meeting of Mandrake and Lothar.
| Title | Writer/Artist |
|---|---|
| "Mandrake and the Jungle Giants" | ? |
Early 1970's Fratelli Spada made 12 illustrated prose stories for their Mandrake - Il Vascello series.
| Title | Writer |
|---|---|
| "Una lezione meritata" | ? |
| "Trappola per una ladra" | ? |
| "Un atto di solidariete" | ? |
| "Rapina al parco" | ? |
| "I dirottatori" | ? |
| "La forza della persuasione" | ? |
| "Quattro chiacchiere per il thé" | ? |
| "Il prepotente" | ? |
| "Morte nel sotterraneo" | ? |
| "La mano del diovolo" | ? |
| "Il miraggio del cercatore" | ? |
| "Rapina in 'la' maggiore" | ? |
- Three of these Fratelli Spada prose stories were also retaken in a French booklet entitled "La force de la persuasion".
Adapted novels
In the years 1972-1975 "Avon Publications" in the U.S. published 15 novels based on Lee Falk's Phantom stories; "The Ghost Who Walks", "The Mysterious Ambassador", "Killer's Town", "The Vampires and the Witch", "The Curse of the Two-Headed Bull" by Lee Falk, "The Slave Market of Mucar", "The Scorpia Menace" by Basil Copper, "The Veiled Lady", "The Golden Circle", "The Mystery of the Sea Horse", "The Hydra Monster", "The Goggle-Eyed Pirates", "The Swamp Rats" by Frank S. Shawn (pen name of Ron Goulart), "The Island of Dogs" by Warren Shanahan and "The Assassins" by Carson Bingham.
Avon also launched a six-book series of adult-oriented Flash Gordon novels in 1973: "The Lion Men of Mongo", "The Plague of Sound", "The Space Circus", "The Time Trap of Ming XIII", "The Witch Queen of Mongo" and "The War of the Cybernauts". Although the books were credited to Alex Raymond, they were all written by Ron Goulart and Bruce Cassidy.
It is believed that Avon at this time also worked on a similar series with Mandrake, but none was published. One script was translated and published in Spain and Portugal.
| Title US | Spain | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Chamber into the X Dimension | "Mandrake - La dimension X" | "Mandrake - Dimensão X" |
Novel
In 1979 there was made a 100 minutes Mandrake movie by Universal TV. A novel was released based on the movie.
| Title | Writer |
|---|---|
| "Mandrake the Magician" | Howard Ashman |
| Team Ups, Mandrake outside the comic strips, Varia | |
|---|---|
| Team Ups |
Defenders of the Earth • Kings Watch • King: Mandrake the Magician • Kings Quest |
| Adaptations |
1939 Movie Serial • 1940 Radio Show • 1954 TV Pilot • 1967 Killing vs Mandrake • 1979 TV Movie • Unproduced and Unfinished Films • Musical: Mandrake the Magician and the Enchantress • Prose Stories • Defenders of the Earth • Comics on TV • Pop Art |
| Memorabilia | |
| Other |
Easter Eggs and Cameos • Fanzines and Fan Magazines • Reference Books |