Visitors from Space

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Visitors from Space
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Start date: December 5th, 1938
End date: February 4th, 1939
# of strips: 54 (9 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: "Mandrake in Love"
Followed by: "The Deep South"

"Visitors from Space" is the 16th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis. This story exists in two variants, one made to span six newspaper columns, the other to span five.

Plot Summary

Visiting Mr. Rocks a huge metal globe was found on a hill of the palatial estate. From the globe comes a tall man in an unfamiliar barbaric dress followed by a beautiful woman with long, flowing, golden hair, wearing a glittering costume. And the mysterious couple say they come from Mars...

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Mr. Rocks, a billionaire.
  • Janice Rocks, daughter of Mr. Rocks.
  • Prof. Hubert, of the local college.
  • M 601, a man from Mars.
  • F 390, a woman from Mars.
  • Betsy, a horse.
  • Kid Glove Kid, a master mind of crime (aka M 601).
  • Doris, Kid Glove Kid's girlfriend (aka F 390).
  • Steve Wilson, editor of Evening Gazette (?)
  • Jones, alias of Kid Glove Kid.
  • Joe, a journalist.
  • Duke, a journalist.

Locations

  • New York
  • Pine Forks
    • The big swamp


Behind the scenes

Title

  • The title for this story is taken from the strip of December 3, 1938 (Starting Next Week = Visitors from Space)

Signifiant covers

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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  • "La sfera marziana", Mandrake #28 (Comics Stars in the World 1977 or 1978) note: Italian text.

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  • "Ljudi s Marsa", Jutarnji list May 17, 1939 – July 18, 1939
  • "Мандрак и људи са Марса", (romanized as "Mandrak i ljudi sa Marsa"), Mika Miš #288#305 (1939)