The New Neighbors
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| The New Neighbors | |
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| Start date: | January 23, 1956 |
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| End date: | April 21, 1956 |
| # of strips: | 78 (13 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "Michael" |
| Followed by: | "The Decoy" |
"The New Neighbors" is the 86th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
The house next door has been vacant for two years. Then suddenly Mr. Crab found he had gotten new neighbors. But there is somthing eerie about the family.
Appearances
Recurring characters
- Mandrake
- Lothar
- Narda, the two last strips only.
- The Police Chief, one strip only.
One-time characters
- Mr. Crab, a neighbor.
- Tige, Mr. Crab's dog.
- Jax Jones, the new neighbor.
- Mrs. Jones, wife of Mr. Jones.
- Sunny Jones, son of Mr. Jones.
- Miss Jones, daughter og Mr. Jones.
- Mac, a police man at S.S. Dept.
Locations
- New York
- The planet Mars.
- Xanbzu province, sector seventeen
Behind the scenes
- The title for this story is taken from the strip of January 23, 1956 (Beginning: The New Neighbors).
Signifiant covers
Argentina
Brazil
Brazil
Italy
Italy
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "Nuevos Vecinos", Gran Bonete #21 (1956)
Brazil
- "Novos Vizinhos", Mandrake #22 (1956)
- "Estranhos Vizinhos", Mandrake #292 (1980)
Denmark
- "De nye naboer", Fantomet #130 (1980)
Finland
- "Uudet naapurit", Mustanaamio #23 (1979)
- "Uudet naapurit", Sarjakirja #1/1990 (1990)
France
- "Les hommes au sang vert", Spécial Mandrake #19 (1965)
- "Les nouveaux voisins", Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 2 - 1953 à 1957 (2012)
Greece
- "Ο Άνθρωπος Βολίς", Η Διάπλασις των Παίδων #1 – #22 (1957)
Italy
- "Gli uomini dal sangue verde", Il Vascello #16 (1959)
- "Gli uomini dal sangue verde", I Classici dell'Avventura #9 (1962)
- "Gli uomini dal sangue blu", Super Albo #118 (1965)
- "Gli uomini dal sangue verde", Mandrake - New Comics Now #332 (1994)
Jamaica
- The Daily Gleaner March 14 1956 – June 15, 1956
Norway
- Fædrelandsvennen November 20, 1956 – ?
- "De nye naboene", Fantomet 1/1984
- "De nye naboene", Serie-pocket #153 (1990)
Portugal
- "Vizinhos do Outro Mundo", Tigre #21 (1956)
Sweden
- "De nya grannarna", Fantomen 14/1978
USA
- The Blizzard January 23, 1956 – March 30, 1956 - without the last three weeks
- Bradford Era January 23, 1956 – April 21, 1956
- Reading Eagle January 23, 1956 – April 21, 1956
- The Schenectady Gazette January 23, 1956 – April 21, 1956
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch January 23, 1956 – April 21, 1956