The Solar Wind

The Solar Wind

Start date:	April 26th, 1970
End date:	August 23rd, 1970
# of strips:	18 (18 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The 3D Monster"
Followed by:	"The Mystery"

"The Solar Wind" is the 109th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

This story exist in three variations. Fredericks drew the strips with three rows in landscape format which scaled down to fit half a newspaper page. By cutting the top row, the strip fills a third of a newspaper page. By rearranging the panels to portrait format, the strip fit a tabloid page.

New layout from June 7th 1970.

Plot Summary

Magnon calling and visit Mandrake as a tri-dem projection. Some non human ambassadors from an other galaxy had a accident with their solar sailing ship in Earth sector, could Mandrake recieve them, giving them room to work and relax?

Zed, the ambassador from Zak, told a strange story about his home planet. In ancient time, a million years ago, the flesh people became over populated. They polluted the air, land and water. Most of the people died from plague and the rest of them in a terrible war. Only machines were left and they rebuild the world. After thousands of years the machines created living metal.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Zed, of the planet Zak
Chootzy, a space ship from Zak

Locations

New York City
- Xanadu

Behind the scenes

At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Solar Wind", which is lifted from the plot.
Karma is born in 1950.

Signifiant covers

Brazil

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

"Velero Spacial", Super Sandokan #12 (1983)

Brazil

"O Veleiro do Espaço", Mandrake #175 (1971)

India

"விருந்துக்கு வந்த விசித்திரன்!!" Lion Library #1 (2024)

Italy

"Zed, del planeta Zak", Mandrake #190 and #191 (1970)

Portugal

"Um Caso Difícil", Condor #40 (1973) note: missing the first strip of the story.