The UFO

The UFO
Start date:	May 30, 1966
End date:	September 17, 1966
# of strips:	96 (16 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Witches"
Followed by:	"The Trail of 8"

"The UFO" is the 131st Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Is there a link between numerous reports of flying saucers and several unsolved major crimes ? A case for Mandrake...

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• Jed

One-time characters

• Mr. Skinner, a miner who saw the UFO.
• Pete, a pilot who saw the UFO.
• Maggie, secretary at Inter-Intel.
• Mac, works at Inter-Intel.
• Stewe, an alian bank robber.
• Jack, test pilot of the SPSP.
• Dot, wife of Jack.

Locations

• New York City
  • Xanadu
• Pottsville.
• Rushmore.

Organizations

• 8
• Inter-Intel

vehicles

• SPSP, a self-propelled space plane. Looking like a UFO.

Behind the scenes

Title

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of May 30, 1966 (Beginning: The UFO)

Mandrake Lore

• Xanadu is a hour away (by car) from Inter-Intel.
• At Xanadu there is a bomb shelter.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "El plato volador", Album de El Tony #199 (1969)

Brazil

• "O Disco Voador", Mandrake #124 (1967) ??
• "O Disco Voador", Mandrake Especial #6 (1987)

Denmark

• "UFO", Fantomet #254 (1985)

Finland

• "Ufo!", Mustanaamio #20 (1982)

France

• "La soucoupe volante", Le Journal de Mickey #1514 to #1526 (1981)
• "La soucoupe volante", Mandrake (Les récits du Journal de Mickey) Volume 3 (2015)
• "La soucoupe volante", Mandrake, intégrale du journal Mickey (Volume 3) (2017)

Greece

• "A λησtες απο τoν αρη", ΦΑΝΤΟΜ #3 (1977)

India

• "The Flying Saucers" Indrajal Comics #155 (1972)
• "The Weird Bank Robberies", Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 37 (1985)
• "The Robbers from Mars" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #3 (1991)
• "The Robbers from Mars" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #50 (1997)
• "The Robbers from Mars" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #86 (2000)

Italy

• "I dische volanti", I Giganti #10 (1967)
• "I dische volanti", Mandrake - New Comics Now #380 (1997)

Norway

• "UFO", Fantomet #9 (1986)

Portugal

• "O Segredo do Disco Voador", Selecções #84 (1968)
• "O Segredo do Disco Voador", Mundo de Aventuras Album Especial #3 (19??)

Spain

• "Inter-Intel", Héroes Modernos #41 (1967)
• "El Platillo Volante", Mandrake #49 (2002)

Sweden

• "Ufo!", Fantomen #11 (1982)

Turkey

• "Uçandaire Harekâtı", Mandrake #42 & #43 & #44 & #45 (1975)
• "Uçandaire Harekâtı", Mandrake Albüm #14 & #15
• "Uçandaire Harekâtı", Mandrake Albüm #87
• "Uçandaire Harekâtı", Mandrake Albüm #223 & #224
• "Uçandaire Harekâtı", Mandrake #59 & #60 & #61
• "Uçandaire Harekâtı", Mandrake Süper Albüm #18
• "Uçandaire Harekâtı", Mandrake Süper Albüm #62

United Kingdom

• "The UFO", Mandrake the Magician #5
• "The UFO", Mandrake the Magician - The Dailies Volume 1: The Return of Evil - The Cobra (2017)

Yugoslavia

• "Leteći pljačkaši", Super EKS Almanah #32 (1982)