Invasion of the Babu
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Invasion of the Babu | |
Start date: | February 18th, 1968 |
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End date: | July 21st, 1968 |
# of strips: | 23 (23 weeks) |
Writer: | Lee Falk |
Artist: | Fred Fredericks |
Preceded by: | "The Game of Chance" |
Followed by: | "Second Chance" |
"Invasion of the Babu" is the 103rd Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.
Plot Summary
Invaders has come to the Central Galaxy, alian manlike beings - the Baboos. Magnon's fleet drive of the invaders, but the dreaded Baboos remain on the fringes, making lightning raids. Suddenly they manage to kidnapp Princess Nardraka from the heart of the great empire and decided to hide beneath the wather on planet Earth. Their terms; 1 000 of Magnon's planets with their people - the Baboos was hungry...
Appearances
Behind the scenes
- At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "Invasion of the Babu", which is lifted from the plot.
Signifiant covers
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "??", Fantasía Suplemento #137 (1970 ?)
Brazil
- "O Rapto de Nardraka", Mandrake #154 (1969)
France
- "L'invasion des Babous", Mandrake #307 & Mandrake #308 (1971)
Italy
- "L'invasione dei Babú", Mandrake #115 and #116 (1969)
- "L'invasione dei Babu", Tavole domenicali 1965–1969 (2022)
Portugal
- "O Rapto da Princesa", Selecções #119 (1971)
Spain
- "La invasión de los Baboos", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1965–1968 (Dolmen Editorial) (2018)
Sweden
- "Varning för Babonerna", Blixt Gordon #6/1969
Turkey
- "Şantaj", Mandrake #81 & #82 & #83 (1976)
- "Şantaj", Mandrake Albüm #27 & #28
- "Şantaj", Mandrake #27 & #28
- "Şantaj", Mandrake Albüm #115 & #116
- "Şantaj", Mandrake Süper Albüm #8
- "Şantaj", Mandrake Süper Albüm #44 & #45
- "Şantaj", Mandrake Süper Albüm #24 & #25
United Kingdom
- "Invasion of the Babu", Mandrake the Magician - The Sundays Volume 1: The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar (2018)
Yugoslavia
- "Otmica kumčeta", Super EKS Almanah #41 (1983)
- "Otmica kumčeta", Mandrakov magazin #19 (1990)