Aleena

Aleena
First appearance:	"The Enchantress"
Created by:	Lee Falk and Phil Davis

Aleena is a character from Mandrake comic strip that first appeared in "The Enchantress".

Fictional Character Biography

Aleena was a student at the "College of Magic" at the same time as Mandrake, and they became sweethearts when they were around sixteen and seventeen.

To Narda, Mandrake described her as beautiful in a wild way. He also said that she was the only girl who had ever studied at the college and that she was very talented.

Aleena came from a remote small country in southern Europe and when her parents fell ill she had to finish her studies and go home. When they parted, they made an agreement that they would meet again after thirteen years, at Bald Mountain.

After all theese years Mandrake only vaguely remembered her and had no intention of meeting her again, but Aleena had completely different plans. She envisioned them getting married, and she used her powers to trick Mandrake into coming to the Bald Mountains.

Later she became a frivolous vain woman and misused the powers she had learned, mostly to get husbonds.

Family

Aleena has been married and divorsed six times.

Behind the scenes

• Aleena, named after Lee Falk's mother or his stepsister Ailine (Aileen/Arleen).

Notable appearances

The stories where Aleena has featured are:

Year	Daily/Sunday	Title	Artist	Comments
1954	Daily	"The Enchantress"	Davis	Marries Gurn
1973	Daily	"Tale of Aleena"	Fredericks
1980	Daily	"Aleena the Enchantress"	Fredericks
1986	Daily	"Aleena and the Smugglers"	Fredericks