The Solar Wind
| The Solar Wind | |
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| Start date: | April 26th, 1970 |
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| End date: | August 23rd, 1970 |
| # of strips: | 18 (18 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Fred Fredericks |
| Preceded by: | "The 3D Monster" |
| Followed by: | "The Mystery" |
"The Solar Wind" is the 109th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.
Plot Summary
Magnon calling and visit Mandrake as a tri-dem projection. Some non human ambassadors from an other galaxy had a accident with their solar sailing ship in Earth sector, could Mandrake recieve them, giving them room to work and relax?
Zed, the ambassador from Zak, told a strange story about his home planet. In ancient time, a million years ago, the flesh people became over populated. They polluted the air, land and water. Most of the people died from plague and the rest of them in a terrible war. Only machines were left and they rebuild the world. After thousands of years the machines created living metal.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Zed, of the planet Zak
- Chootzy, a space ship from Zak
Locations
- New York City
Behind the scenes
- At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Solar Wind", which is lifted from the plot.
- Karma is born in 1950.
- New layout for the Sunday pages from June 7th 1970.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "Velero Spacial", Super Sandokan #12 (1983)
Brazil
- "O Veleiro do Espaço", Mandrake #175 (1971)
Italy
- "Zed, del planeta Zak", Mandrake #190 and #191 (1970)
Portugal
- "Um Caso Difícil", Condor #40 (1973) note: missing the first strip of the story.
Spain
- "El viento solar", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1968–1972 (Dolmen Editorial) (2019)
Turkey
- "Uzay Yelkenlisi", Mandrake #122 & #123 & #124 (1976)
- "Uzay Yelkenlisi", Mandrake Albüm #41 & #42
- "Uzay Yelkenlisi", Mandrake Süper Albüm #26
- "Uzay Yelkenlisi", Mandrake Süper Albüm #15
Yugoslavia
- "Živi metal", Super EKS Almanah #50 (1984)