The Royal Suitor
| The Royal Suitor | |
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| Start date: | February 8, 1954 |
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| End date: | May 29, 1954 |
| # of strips: | 96 (16 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "The Haunted Slope" |
| Followed by: | "The Deep Sea Mystery" |
"The Royal Suitor" is the 76th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
Penniless in the small poor kingdom Bartavia sits King Bartun, the playboy king, thinking about how he can acquire some cash. Then he remembers Princess Narda, from the tiny neighboring kingdom of Cockaigne. If he could marry her, his money problems would be over..
Appearances
Locations
- New York
- Bartavia, the neighboring to Cockaigne.
Behind the scenes
- The title for the story is taken from the strip of February 8, 1954 (Beginning: The Royal Suitor).
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "O Rapto de Narda", Mandrake #11 (1954)
- "Bartun", Mandrake #282 (1979)
- "O Sequestro de Narda", Mandrake Coleção #12 (1990)
Denmark
- "Den indbildske konge", Fantomet #134 (1980)
Finland
- "Mandrake ja Taskuvarkaitten Kuningas", Sarjakuvalehti #3 (1961)
- "Koppava kuningas", Mustanaamio #18 (1979)
- "Koppava kuningas", Sarjakirja #120 (1987)
France
- "Sa majesté s'amuse", Mandrake #12 (1963)
- "Le roi s'amuse", Spécial Mandrake #78 & " Les ennuis de Bartum", Spécial Mandrake #79 (1970)
- "Le roi s'amuse", Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 6 (Soleil) (1994)
- "Le prétendant royal", Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 2 - 1953 à 1957 (2012)
Italy
- "Lo stravagante principe Bartun", Celebri eroi dell'avventura #22 (1956)
- "Il re si diverte", Il Vascello #7 (1959)
- "Il re si diverte", I Classici dell'Avventura #1 (1962)
- "Il re si diverte", Super Albo - Mandrake #108 (1964)
- "Il re si diverte", Mandrake - New Comics Now #306 (1993)
Norway
- "Den innbilske kongen", Fantomet #12 (1981)
- "Den innbilske kongen", Serie-pocket #127 (1987)
Portugal
- "O Rei de Bartávia", Colecção Grilo #1 - #64(1957)
Spain
- "El Rey Se Divierte", Mandrake #24 (1997)
Sweden
- "Den inbilske kungen", Fantomen #4 (1979)
United Kingdom
- "The Playboy King", Mandrake the Magician #12 (1961)