Universal Love

Universal Love
Start date:	May 29, 1955
End date:	August 7, 1955
# of strips:	11 (11 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Isle of the Giant"
Followed by:	"Magnetic Island"

"Universal Love" is the 66th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

At the yacht our friends are looking at the stars when a huge, burning object flies out of the sky and explodes on a desert island. They go ashore to investigate and find a meteorite of solid metal. During the night the meteorite split in half and our friends see an incredible creature.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda

One-time characters

• Sord-folks, creatures from outer space
• The captain on Ocean Wind

Locations

• A desert island
• A planet with two moons, revolving about a green star (mentionde only)

Vehicles

• S.S. Ocean Wind, Sir Harry's yacht.

Behind the scenes

• At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "Universal Love", which is lifted from the plot.

Signifiant covers

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Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Finland

• "Universaalista rakkautta", Mustanaamio #1 (1997)

France

• "Les trois îles mystérieuses/Le papillon venu d'ailleurs", Mandrake #10 (1963)
• "Le papillon venu d'ailleurs", Le Journal de Mickey #988-#991 (1971)

India

• "Universal Love", The Phantom #1 Book 1 (2000)

Italy

• "Le 3 isole misteriose", Il Vascello #38 (1960)
• "Le tre isole misteriose (Sposi spaziali)", I Classici dell'Avventura #11 (1962)
• "Le 3 isole misteriose", Mandrake #126 (1969)
• "Sposi spaziali", Mandrake - New Comics Now #258 (1989)

Norway

• "Universell kjærlighet", Fantomet #1 (1997)

Spain

• "Amor Universal", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1953–1956 (Dolmen Editorial) (2020)
• "no title", Héroes del Cómic 16 (2021)

Sweden

• "Universell kärlek", Fantomen #1 (1997)

Turkey

• "Garip Yolculuk", #91 (1976)
• "Garip Yolculuk", Mandrake Albüm #31

USA

• "Universal Love", Mandrake the Ultimate #1 (1989)