Narda

Princess Narda
First appearance:	"The Hawk"
Created by:	Lee Falk and Phil Davis

Narda is a character from the Mandrake the Magician comic strip that first appeared in "The Hawk".

Fictional Character Biography

Narda is of royal blood; she is Princess of the European nation Cockaigne (today ruled by her brother Segrid). She made her first appearance in the second Mandrake story. Although she and Mandrake were infatuated with one another from first sight, they didn't marry until 1997, when it was an extravagant triple wedding ceremony—at Mandrake's home of Xanadu, Narda's home country Cockaigne and Mandrake's father Theron's "College of Magic" in the Himalayas.

Family

Narda are the daughter of King Karl and Queen Isabel of Cockaigne. Queen Isabel died when the children was small and her father remarried Elsa, a girl from the people. When Karl died a few years later Narda's older brother Segrid became the king of Cockaigne.

Narda have an aunt living in US, Janet who are her mother's sister.

Natalie the duchess of Kort are Narda's cousin. Natalia became married with King Ferrand of Ferna, and she have one step son, Prince Randolph.

Notable appearances

Narda has appeared in a majority of the stories featuring Mandrake after his first appeared. Some of the stories where Narda has featured most prominently are:

Title	Writer	Artist	Comments
"Mandrake in Love"	Falk	Davis	Narda break her engagement with Avery the Duke of Hectares.
"Mandrake in Cockaigne"	Falk	Davis
"HRH Cuddles"	Falk	Davis	Narda had renounced her succession to the throne.
"The Prince Who Never Smiled"	Falk	Davis	Natalie the Duchess of Kort
"The Clay Camel (plus Women's Lib!)"	Falk	Fredericks
"Mandrake's Wedding at Cockaigne"	Falk	Fredericks	Narda's father was Darius 14

Behind the scenes

• Lee Falk told he was writing copy for a St. Louis advertising agency, and came across one from the National Association of Retail Druggists (acronym: NARD), and simply added an 'a' to the end which made the name Narda.
• Strangely the letters in Mandrake contain an anagram of Narda.