The Radio Telescope

Radio Telescope
Start date:	July 31st, 1960
End date:	August 7th, 1960
# of strips:	2 (2 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Demon Photographer"
Followed by:	"The Water Pirates"

"Radio Telescope" is the 83rd Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mandrake and Narda visiting an observatory to have a look at the great radio-telescope. While talking with the director a coded signal coming in from Siridanis.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda

One-time characters

• An astronomer.

Locations

• New York City
• Siridanis, a star about eight light years away.

Behind the scenes

• The story title is taken from the strip of July 24, 1960 (Next Week: Radio Telescope). A better title would be The Message from Outer Space, the intro in the strip of July 31, 1960.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "no title", Mandrake #57 (1961)

France

• "Le message des étoiles", Mandrake #2 (1962)
• "Les voleurs d’eau", Les héros du mystère - Extra issue Christmas 1967 (1967)

Italy

• "Il messaggero delle stelle", Il Vascello #65 (1961)
• "Il messaggero delle stelle", Mandrake - New Comics Now #319 (1993)

Portugal

• "O cavalo ladrão", Condor Popular vol. 35 #6 (1962)

Spain

• "Piratas modernos", Serie Amarilla #42 (1959)

Turkey

• "no title", Mandrake #162 (1977)

USA

• "The Radio Telescope", The Missing Years #59 (2010)

Yugoslavia

• "Невидљиви крадљивци"/"Nevidljivi kradljivci", Politikin Zabavnik #1010 (1971)