The Ears of the Earth

The Ears of the Earth
Start date:	July 19th, 1993
End date:	November 27th, 1993
# of strips:	114 (19 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Doppelganger"
Followed by:	"Mandrake’s Sunday Walk"

"The Ears of the Earth" is the 214th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Mandrake and Lothar telling about their childhood.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• Karma

• Theron

One-time characters

Locations

• Xanadu
• The College of Magic
• Above the College of Magic, two extinct volcanoes, the highest in the world. Into them came the sound of space, the Ears of the Earth.

Objects

• The Crystal Cube, at CM only.

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is lifted from the plot.
• In ancient times the magicans found a great, hidden cave. Over the years they build the College of Magic.
• Theron was 380 years old when Mandrake was born.
• The crystal cube was hidden into the cave eons ago, believed by alians.
• Lothar are King of the largest tribe in Africa. When his father died Lothar's uncle became King, until Lothar grew up.
• As a child Lothar played in the ancient castle ruins of Lothar's anchestor; Emperor Lothar I.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

India

• "Ears of Earth" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #30 and #31 (1995)
• "Ears of Earth" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #71 (1998)

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