The UFO
The UFO | |
Start date: | May 30, 1966 |
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End date: | September 17, 1966 |
# of strips: | 96 (16 weeks) |
Writer: | Lee Falk |
Artist: | Fred Fredericks |
Preceded by: | "The Witches" |
Followed by: | "The Trail of 8" |
"The UFO" is the 131st Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.
Plot Summary
Is there a link between numerous reports of flying saucers and several unsolved major crimes ? A case for Mandrake...
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Mr. Skinner, a miner who saw the UFO.
- Pete, a pilot who saw the UFO.
- Maggie, secretary at Inter-Intel.
- Mac, works at Inter-Intel.
- Stewe, an alian bank robber.
- Jack, test pilot of the SPSP.
- Dot, wife of Jack.
Locations
- New York
- Xanadu
- Pottsville.
- Rushmore.
Organizations
vehicles
- SPSP, a self-propelled space plane. Looking like a UFO.
Behind the scenes
- The title for this story is taken from the strip of May 30, 1966 (Beginning: The UFO)
- Xanadu is a hour away (by car) from Inter-Intel.
- At Xanadu there is a bomb shelter.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "O Disco Voador", Mandrake #124 (1967) ??
- "O Disco Voador", Mandrake Especial #6 (1987)
Denmark
- "UFO", Fantomet #254 (1985)
Finland
- "Ufo!", Mustanaamio #20 (1982)
France
- "La soucoupe volante", Le Journal de Mickey #1514 to #1526 (1981)
- "La soucoupe volante", Mandrake (Les récits du Journal de Mickey) Volume 3 (2015)
India
- "The Flying Saucers" Indrajal Comics #155 (1972)
- "The Weird Bank Robberies", Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 37 (1985)
- "The Robbers from Mars" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #3 (1991)
- "The Robbers from Mars" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #50 (1997)
- "The Robbers from Mars" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #86 (2000)
Italy
- "I dische volanti", I Giganti #10 (1967)
- "I dische volanti", Mandrake - New Comics Now #380 (1997)
Norway
- "UFO", Fantomet #9 (1986)
Portugal
- "O Segredo do Disco Voador", Selecções #84 (1968)
- "O Segredo do Disco Voador", Mundo de Aventuras Album Especial #3 (19??)
Spain
- "Inter-Intel", Héroes Modernos #41 (1967)
- "El Platillo Volante", Mandrake #49 (2002)
Sweden
- "Ufo!", Fantomen #11 (1982)
Turkey
- "Uçandaire Harekâtı", Mandrake #42 & #43 & #44 & #45 (1975)
- "Uçandaire Harekâtı", Mandrake Albüm #14 & #15
- "Uçandaire Harekâtı", Mandrake Albüm #87
- "Uçandaire Harekâtı", Mandrake Albüm #223 & #224
- "Uçandaire Harekâtı", Mandrake #59 & #60 & #61
- "Uçandaire Harekâtı", Mandrake Süper Albüm #18
- "Uçandaire Harekâtı", Mandrake Süper Albüm #62
United Kingdom
- "The UFO", Mandrake the Magician #5
Yugoslavia
- "Leteći pljačkaši", Super EKS Almanah #32 (1982)