Narq's Conquest

Narq's Conquest

Start date:	March 12th, 1978
End date:	September 24th, 1978
# of strips:	29 (29 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Mr Ttazz"
Followed by:	"Mandrake and Ali-Petro"

"Narq's Conquest" is the 137th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Magnon have discovered a new threat to the galaxy, giantic devouring cosmic slugs, approaching Earth. He send an expert volunter, Captain Narq, with Magna's most powerful weaponds to stand by in case the Earth are attacked. But Captain Narq has a plan of his own, two become the new ruler of Earth.

Appearances

Recurring characters

Mandrake
Narda
Lothar
Hojo, at Xanadu only.
Magnon
Carola
Nardraka

One-time characters

Cosmic slugs
Captain Narq, a Magna imperial guard.
Marshal Rodon,

Locations

The Milky Way
Magna
Earth
- New York City
  - Headquarters of the United Nations.
  - Xanadu

Objects

Mandrake's galactic watch, when a signal Magnon wants to contact him.

Behind the scenes

At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "Narq's Conquest", which is lifted from the plot.
In the first four strips Captain Narq is named Captain Norq.