Narda's TV Show

Narda's TV Show
Start date:	June 11, 1962
End date:	August 11, 1962
# of strips:	54 (9 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The City Jungle"
Followed by:	"The Gamblers"

"Narda's TV Show" is the 116th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

A late evening Narda watch TV. Then suddely, the TV dial stuck between stations, and a Western comming in. The TV program got alive and Narda is kidnapped into her TV set....

A dream -- or did it really happend ?

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda

One-time characters

• Flossy, a horse.
• Henry, a man wathing TV.

Locations

• New York
• Milldon
  • Seven Crest st, a hide-out.

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story taken from the strip of June 11, 1962 (Beginning: Narda's TV Show).

Signifiant covers

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  Australia
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  Brazil
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  Brazil
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  Italy
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  Italy
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  Portugal
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  Spain
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  USA

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• no title, Mandrake the Magician #26 (1962 (?))

Brazil

• "Aconteceu Na TV", Mandrake #78 (1963)
• "Aconteceu Na TV", Mandrake #149 (1976)
• "O Programa de Narda", As Grandes Aventuras do Mandrake #4 (1986)

Denmark

• "Et utroligt tv-program", Fantomet #178 (1982)

Finland

• "Uskomaton TV-ohjelma", Mustanaamio #25 (1980)
• "Uskomaton TV-ohjelma", Sarjakirja #120 (1987)

France

• "Mystère à la télé", Les héros du mystère #9 (1967)
• "Mystère à la télé", Les héros du mystère Album #3 (1967)

Italy

• "Mistero al video", Mandrake #24 (1962)
• "Mistero al video", I Classici dell'Avventura #59 (1964)
• "Mistero al video", Mandrake - New Comics Now #105 (1984)

Norway

• "Et utrolig TV-program", Fantomet #14 (1981)
• "Et utrolig tv-program", Serie-pocket #127 (1987)

Portugal

• "Chamada para o Desconhecido", Mundo de Aventuras #784 to Mundo de Aventuras #787 (1964)

Spain

• "El sueño de Narda", Coleccion Héroes Modernos #37c (1964)
• "El sueño de Narda", Coleccion Héroes Modernos Album de Rip Kirby (1964)
• "El sueño de Narda", Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos #8C (1970)

Sweden

• "Ett otroligt tv-program", Fantomen #19 (1980)
• "Den okända kanalen", Comix Pocket #3 (1989)

Turkey

• "Televizyon Oyunu", Mandrake #179 & #180 & #181 (1977)
• "Televizyon Oyunu", Mandrake Albüm #58 (1977)
• "Televizyon Oyunu", Mandrake Albüm #181 & #182

United Kingdom

• "Narda’s TV Show", Mandrake the Magician #21 (1962)

USA

• "Narda's TV Show", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "Narda's TV Show" (Pacific Comics Club) (2020)