The Trade Commission
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The Trade Commission | |
(original art) | |
Start date: | September 16th, 1962 |
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End date: | March 10th, 1963 |
# of strips: | 26 (26 weeks) |
Writer: | Lee Falk |
Artist: | Phil Davis |
Preceded by: | "Task Test" |
Followed by: | "The Ghost Lover" |
"The Trade Commission" is the 91st Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
A few years ago "operation way-out", a communications project for outer space, sent out a satellite. When the satellite is captured by some strange aliens the signals suddenly stops.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Col Carlson, chief of "operation way-out".
- Mac, an astronaut.
- Jim, a farmer.
- Captain Jim, owner of a boat.
- The President of the United States.
- Ugo, a alian on a trade mission hoping to sell suchi crystals.
- Tubo, a alian on a trade mission hoping to sell suchi crystals.
Locations
- US
- Washington
- The White House
- Washington
- Deep space
- The Blue Planet
Vehicles
- Mercury twelve, a space capsule orbiting Earth.
Behind the scenes
- The story title is taken from the strip of September 23, 1962 (Beginning: The Trade Commission). A similar title is at the end of the strip of September 9th, 1962 (Next Week: Trade Commission).
- Note: At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Trade Commission (The Blue Planet)".
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "A Estranha Aventura", Mandrake #82 (1963)
- "A Estranha Aventura", Mandrake #218 (1974)
Finland
- "Avaruuden kauppamiehet", Taika-Jim #2 (1971)
- "Suurlähettiläät", Mustanaamio #22 (2001)
France
- "La planète Azur", Spécial Mandrake #85 (1970)
Italy
- "Il pianeta azzurro", Super Albo - Mandrake #52 (1963)
- "Il pianeta azzurro", Mandrake - New Comics Now #334 and #364 (1994-1995)
Norway
- "Ambassadørene", Fantomet #22 (2001)
Portugal
- "A Grande Ameaça!", Selecções #35 (1964)
Spain
- "Delegación comercia", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1962-1965 (Dolmen Editorial) (2021)
Sweden
- "Ambassadörerna", Fantomen #22 (2001)
Turkey
- "Değişen Uzaylılar", Mandrake #195 & #196 & #197 (1978)
- "Değişen Uzaylılar", Mandrake Albüm #63 & #64 (1978)
- "Değişen Uzaylılar", Mandrake Albüm #175 & #176