The Sign of 8
| The Sign of 8 | |
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| Start date: | August 16th, 1965 |
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| End date: | February 5th, 1966 |
| # of strips: | 150 (25 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Fred Fredericks |
| Preceded by: | "The Odd Fellow" |
| Followed by: | "The Witches" |
"The Sign of 8" is the 129th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.
Plot Summary
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Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Antone, Ambassador.
- Andros, president. mention only
Behind the scenes
- The title for this story is taken from the strip of September, 4 (Next Week: Sign of 8)
- This story have a long intro about Mandrake's new home, Xanadu, spanning the first 20 strips.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "O Signo do Oito", Mandrake #114 (1966)
- "Xanadu", Mandrake Especial (1974)
- "O Signo do 8", As Grandes Aventuras do Mandrake #3 (1986)
- "A Origem de Xanadu", Mandrake Especial #22 (1988)
India
- "The Treacherous Gang" Indrajal Comics #77 (1969)
- "The Claws of Treachery", Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 39 (1985)
- "The Dangerous Gang" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #4 (1992)
- "The Dangerous Gang" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #51 (1997)
Italy
- "La lega dell’otto", "Allarme squadra volante" & "La lega dell’otto", Mandrake (1972)
- "La lega dell'Otto", Mandrake - New Comics Now #380 (1997)
- "Xanadù", Mandrake (I classici del Fumetto) (1999) - (intro part only)
Norway
- "Den hemmelige ligaen", Fantomet #25 & Fantomet #26 (1985)
- "Den hemmelige ligaen", Mandrake Spesial (1997)
Portugal
- "A misteriosa "Liga 8"", Mundo de Aventuras #1189 (1972)
Spain
- "Xandu", Héroes Modernos #23 (1966)
Turkey
- "Dehşet Çetesi", Mandrake #96 #97 #98 #99 #100 (1976)
- "Dehşet Çetesi", Mandrake Albüm #32 #33
- "Dehşet Çetesi", Mandrake Albüm #162 #163
- "Dehşet Çetesi", Mandrake #31 #32 #33
- "Dehşet Çetesi", Mandrake Süper Albüm #9
- "Dehşet Çetesi", Mandrake Süper Albüm #46 #47
Yugoslavia
- "Liga 8", Stripoteka #368/369 (1976)
- "У знаку Осмице"/"U znaku Osmice", Politikin Zabavnik #1341 (1977)
- "U znaku Osmice", Super EKS Almanah #27 (1982)
- "U znaku Osmice", Mandrak magazin #11 (1990)