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250 - Mandrake and gang play spoilsport on what could be a feminist's dream island!!

April 21, 2013, 4:00 pm
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This is my first post in my second year of substituting for Balaji in this blog. In the mega blog related to the Flame Pearls, we had posted this strip collected from various sources. Here I have the full strip in color (well except one).




Download the RS version here

Download the MF version here
















My trusted Win 7 computer crashed and I had to buy a Win 8 computer. I have spent the last two days getting most of my programs re-installed. I have yet  to get back my settings for programs.

So please let me know if you encounter any issues.

Enjoy,

Venkit

On a statistical note, this is actually the 250th post in this blog. Don't know what happened with the numbering. So I have corrected the numbering starting from this post.
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251 - S150 Mandrake and The Cloud Men (02-27-83_to_09-04-83)

April 27, 2013, 4:30 pm
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Lee Falk seems to have a great fascination for the clouds. I just posted a classic one called Cloud City not so long ago.

For the IJC lovers this was published as Vol 22 No 02 in 1985 as Mandrake and the Visitors from the Sky.











Not sure if this was posted in any other blog. If it has been, then I crave forgiveness. The strips are courtesy Magnus Magnusson. So enjoy and offer thanks to him.

Download RS version here

Download MF version here

Enjoy,

Venkitachalam Subramanian
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252 - D160_TheThieves_(01-20-75_to_08-16-75)

May 4, 2013, 8:00 pm
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I am posting here a daily strip that has never been presented before completely in English. I had earlier presented D158 & 159 in this blog, which was printed as one story by Indrajal Comics in 1976 as No 253 (The Nightmares). Indrajal Comics subsequently printed D161 & D164 in 1977 before coming around to this story.








But they did not print the full story. The first part of the story is very important, as it casts some doubt on the subsequent revelation of the person behind the robot in Inter-Intel. Part of this story came as No.286 (The Magic Mantle)  in Indrajal Comics in 1977.

Now to the pertinent scenes.Here is the 9th panel in the story:









What we see here is Mandrake and the robot speaking with one another and Mandrake even lighting a cigar for the Chief!

Now take a look at the very next panel in the story:









Here we see Hojo, Narda and Karma under the watchful eyes of the thieves. Take a look at Hojo's hands. They are tied behind his back!

A very interesting story indeed! This story was sent to me by my Australian friend Donald Ladhams. The whole story was taken from microfilm of one of Australia's leading newspapers. They were sent to me as small PDFs and JPGs of the full sheet containing various comic strips. So I increased the size to 250% and then snipped the Mandrake strip using SnipIt. I saved the strip as JPG and then did minimal edits. I have not done extensive edits. So you will be still seeing some dark lines and black spots. Another familiar Mandrake fan Paulo Marques, helped me with editing and was also instrumental in getting one missing strip.

Enjoy the story.

Download MF version here

Download RS version here

Venkitachalam






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253 - S151_TheEvilStar_(09-11-83_to_01-29-84)

May 12, 2013, 12:00 pm
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An incomplete version of this story is available on the Net. But now the story is complete.











The color strips are of course courtesy Magnus Magnusson, one of the greatest collectors of Mandrake strips. I was able to replace the non-English strips albeit B&W.

Download RS strip from here.

Download MF strip from here.

Enjoy,

Venkit
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#254 - D161_Super Shark_(08-18-75_to_11-15-75)

May 18, 2013, 1:00 pm
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This is yet another daily strip that has never been presented before completely in English. For Indrajal Comics fans This was printed as No 274 in 1977 as "The Haunted Beach", with a few edits.

 







This was also sent to me by my Australian friend Donald Ladhams. Another familiar Mandrake fan Paulo Marques, helped me with editing and was also instrumental in getting some missing strips. I just increased the size of the individual files. We have not done extensive edits. So you will be still seeing some dark lines and black spots. 

Download RS version from here

Download MF version from here


Enjoy the story,

Venkit


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#255 - Mandrake Sunday strips - S122 & S123

June 1, 2013, 12:30 pm
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These are two short Mandrake stories sometimes treated as one story. Since I follow the numbering system followed by Deepwoods.org and Lothar, I am posting these as  separate stories. For Indrajal Comics fans, S122 and S123 were combined as one story - IJC_236-1975_Mandrake_TheToweringColossus.










Download RS version of S122_Fun With Mandrake_(08-12-73 to 10-21-73).cbr here.

Download MF version of S122_Fun With Mandrake_(08-12-73 to 10-21-73).cbr here.











Download RS version of S123_TheBankRobbery_(10-28-1973_to_02-03-1974).cbr here.

Download MF version of S123_TheBankRobbery_(10-28-1973_to_02-03-1974).cbr here.

The color strips are courtesy Magnus Magnusson. So all thanks are owed to him.

Not sure if these strips were posted earlier in any blog. If they were, I crave forgiveness.

Enjoy,

Venkit
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#256 - D162_TheFrameUp_(11-17-75_to_02-14-76

June 8, 2013, 4:00 pm
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This is yet another daily strip that, that I hope, has never been presented before completely in English. For Indrajal Comics fans This was printed as No 290 in 1977 as "The Trickster", with quite a few edits. 








This was again sent to me by my Australian friend Donald Ladhams, with another familiar Mandrake fan Paulo Marques, helping me with extracting and editing of the strips. I just increased the size of the individual files. We have not done extensive edits. So you will be still seeing some dark lines and black spots. 

Download RS version from here

Download MF version from here


Enjoy the story,

Venkit
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#257 - S158_TheYoungPrince_(04-03-88_to_06-12-88)

June 15, 2013, 6:00 pm
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There have been some stories of Mandrake that appeared as a series. One of the first and long series was the Flame Pearl Series, which ran from 04-21-1940 thru 04-12-1942, nearly for two years. With help of some friends, the whole series was presented in this blog a while ago.

A shorter series ran from 04-11-1948 thru 11-04-1948. There were just 3 stories and it was the City Of Jewels.

Another series which captured the imagination later down the years and was similar to "The Flame Pearls" in that the adventures all happen during the course of journey on a ship, was "The Kraken".

The following were the stories in this series :

S156_TheKraken_(11-23-1986_to_07-12-1987)
S157_TheFloatingIsland_(07-19-87_to_03-27-88)
S158_TheYoungPrince_(04-03-88_to_06-12-88)
S159_TabooIsle_(06-19-88_to_11-06-88)
S160_SingingRocks_(11-13-88_to_04-02-89)
S161_TheSportOfMagicians_(04-09-89_to_08-27-89)
S162_TheDolphins_(09-03-89_to_01-14-90)
S163_IsleDesFleursEtMorte_(01-21-90_to_06-24-90)
S164_DangersInTheJungle_(07-01-90_to_12-16-90)

 I have been able to get all strips for all these stories except the last 2 strips in S157. If any reader has these strips, please send them across to me. The first story is available in many forms on the Net. I do not have the second story complete as I mentioned earlier. So hear is the third story.












Download RS version here

Download MF version here

For IJC lovers, this story was the first part of the first story in "The Dreaded Island" (IJC Vol 26 No 21) published in  1989.

Enjoy,
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258 - D163_TheEvilTwin_(02-16-76_to_06-19-76)

June 22, 2013, 4:00 pm
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This is yet another Mandrake newspaper strip sent to me by my Australian friend Donald Ladhams, with another familiar Mandrake fan Paulo Marques, helping me with extracting and editing of the strips. There were a few missing strips and Paulo was able to get those.  I just increased the size of the individual files. We have not done extensive edits. So you will be still seeing some dark lines and black spots. 

There is a Tempo Books version of this story available on the Net and it was posted by Balaji, owner of this blog, quite a while ago.









You will notice that this is one of the very few story telling sessions in Xanadu, where Narda does not wear a bikini. To make up for that, Jill wears one.
For IJC lovers, this story came as 294 - The Satan's Man in 1978

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All gratitude to be expressed to Don and Paulo.

Enjoy,

Venkit
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#259 - S157_The Floating Island_(07-19-87_to_03-27-88)

June 29, 2013, 6:00 pm
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I am presenting here the second part of the Kraken series called "The Floating Island". Not sure if it should have been split into 2 stories. For IJC lovers, this was published in 2 parts Vol 25 Nos 44 & 45 in 1988.














The colored strips are all courtesy Magnus Magnusson.The B/W strips were got by me from various sources, as evidenced by their different shapes and resolutions.

Download RS version here:

Download MF version here:

Enjoy,

Venkitachalam
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#260 - S159_TabooIsle_(06-19-88_to_11-06-88)

July 12, 2013, 9:00 pm
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#261 - S177_TheCloud_(11-29-98_to_04-11-99)

July 21, 2013, 12:00 pm
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Magnus Magnusson, is a name not unfamiliar to Mandrake comic strip fans all over the world. Most of the color Sunday strips available with most of us were procured by this one man. I had the privilege of becoming one of his e-mail friends when I started sharing English versions of the Swedish strips that he had shared with all of us freely.

This was one of the strips Magnus had been looking for and so I dedicate this strip to one of the greatest fans and collectors of Mandrake strips on this earth - the one and only Magnus Magnusson!!











BTW, this was one of the 4 daily strips that were edited and published as Sunday strips during the 1997-99 time-frame. So I thought it would be interesting to post the first strip of the corresponding daily strip here.








For IJC lovers this came out as V22 N41 TheStrangeCloudShip.

Download RS version here

Download MF version here

Thank you Magnus, for all the wonderful strips that you have shared with us all these years. This is but a small token of my gratitude for all that.

Enjoy,

Venkitachalam
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#262 - D164_Narda And The Sheik_(06-21-76_to_09-18-76)

July 27, 2013, 3:00 pm
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Here is yet another Mandrake newspaper strip handled by the Dynamic Duo - sent to me by my Australian friend Donald Ladhams, with Paulo Marques, helping me with extracting from the PDF files and editing of the strips. There were a few missing strips and Paulo was able to get those.  I just increased the size of the individual files. We have not done extensive cleaning. So you will be still seeing some dark lines and black spots. 








For IJC lovers, this came out as #281 The Sea of Horrors.

Download RS version here:

Download MF version here:

Balaji had posted a Tempo Books version of this story in this blog quite a while back. You can download that version over here and here.

Enjoy the story and post your thanks to Don& Paulo.

Venkit
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#263 - S160_Singing Rocks_(11-13-88_to_04-02-89)

August 3, 2013, 3:00 pm
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I had planned to post the Kraken series in chronological order, but took a detour to post S177, in response to a request by Magnus.

Here I am  with the next instalment of the Kraken series, which also happened to be the last installment of the series published by Indrajal Comics. This was published as Vol 26 No 36 in 1989 as The Mystery Of The Singing Rocks. Only two more Mandrake stories appeared till the whole venture wound up and they were reprints of Daily strips 201 & 202.











Download RS Link here

Download MF link here

Enjoy,

Venkitachalam

P.S. There are just 22 more stories and we will have all Mandrake Sunday strips online between this blog and Lothar's blog. I have been able to get 21 of them complete in B/W from various sources. S007 is the one strip that I have kept to the last, as I am looking for better versions of certain panels. Maybe a knight in shining armor will give us a full color version in English?
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#264 - S007 Full color version from a Knight in Shining armor & some disheartening news

August 10, 2013, 3:00 pm
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In my last post I had expressed the hope that a Knight in shining armor, would come forth with a full color version of the S007 (The Treasure Hunt) strip. And sure enough, a full color version has been provided to us by none other than Magnus Magnusson. How does one thank a person who has been so selflessly sharing whatever Mandrake strips he has been able to get from various sources. There are obviously no words that can express the gratitude.

Thank you, Magnus, once again.





















Download RS version here

Download MF version here


I would also like to bring to all of you the address of  a publishing house in Norway, which has been publishing 3 full color Sunday stories in a single book, since 2005. The cost comes to about USD 60.00 per book.
Thule Forlag AS
PO Box 4006
N-2306 HAMAR
Norway


Now to the disheartening news:
It is now official. The other day King Features came out with the news that Fred Fredericks has officially retired at the end of July and they would be resorting to regular reprints of strips starting from September 2nd, 2013, much like Flash Gordon. There have been a lot of comments in Daily Ink after that notification calling upon King Features to create a new team and continue the Mandrake strip. Hopefully the "powers that be" in KFS will listen and create a new team that can come out with good stories and art. Thanks to Fredericks for having imparted joy to a lot of people even after the demise of Lee Falk.


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#265 - S161_TheSportOfMagicians_(04-09-89_to_08-27-89)

August 17, 2013, 6:00 pm
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Here is a Sunday strip, part of the Kraken series that was never published in IJC. Nothing great about it as a story. A rehash of a few of Lee Falk's earlier stories. The only change is that the protagonists are on a voyage and on land in between voyages.











Download MF version here

Download RS version here

Enjoy,

Venkit
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#266 - S162_TheDolphins_(09-03-89_to_01-14-90)

August 23, 2013, 3:00 am
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Pop culture in America (probably the world around) has, in the name of liberalism, often been in the forefront of shining light on controversial subjects, to a great extent. One such topic is environment awareness, which started off as a movement to educate people about the effects of man's action on the environment. It has now deteriorated into eco-terrorism and a whole new false religion called "Climate Change".











We see in this story, Lee Falk having some dolphins lecture Mandrake and friends on the ill-effects of oil spillage into the oceans, just 6 months after one of the biggest environmental disasters in history - The Exxon Valdez incident of March 24, 1989.

This story has a special place in my heart. It was the sharing of the Italian language version of this story, that helped me become friends with one of the greatest (but very silent) fans of Mandrake comics - Paulo Marques - who shared a very rare Sunday strip (The Pacifica) and a whole lot of Mandrake daily strips including the two Mandrake Wedding stories, without much ado.

Download RS version here

Download MF version here

Enjoy,

Venkitachalam
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#267 - S164_DangersInTheJungle_(07-01-90_to_12-16-90)

September 1, 2013, 3:00 pm
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Well, all adventures have to come to an end and this was the last story in the Kraken series. As the name suggests, this story takes place in the jungle and that too in the locality of Lothar's former tribe.











The color strips are courtesy, Magnus Magnusson, one of the greatest Mandrake fans ever. All I did was complete the story in English, replacing the Swedish strips.

Download RS version here

Download MF version here

Enjoy and shower your thanks on Magnus. 
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#268 - S156_TheKraken_(11-23-1986_to_07-12-1987)

September 6, 2013, 8:00 pm
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Well this was the first episode in the Kraken series. There are many  mixed versions available  in the Net of this story, but here I am posting the complete story with all panels in Black and White. This story was reprinted in IJC as the first story in V25N14 & V25N15 in 1988 called "The Undersea Killer Monster".

Usually, I put the first panel as the tease picture, but this time I am deviating and the reason is quite obvious.











What could be more wonderful than seeing Narda reclining in all her splendor!

Download RS Version here

Download MF Version here

I also had a full color "complete" version of this. But when I compared that with the above version, I did see that the panels were not complete. I am putting out the above panel in the color version for your enjoyment. Hee, hee. Now you get to see Narda in color, in the same pose!














Of course it goes without saying that a major part of the color strips in this collection came from Magnus Magnusson.

Download Color Strip here:

Enjoy,

Venkit
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#269 - S028_TheSantaClausPirate_(09-03-1944_to_12-03-1944)

September 14, 2013, 6:00 pm
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While at work with the next story in the Kraken series, I received this story from the one and only Magnus Magnusson. This is a story, which is already available with a lot of us, albeit Black and White. Who can pass up a color version of a Mandrake story?




















Download RS version here:

Download MF version here:

Magnus had scanned this and I just cropped off the unnecessary portions and sharpened the dialogues. So enjoy the story and offer your thanks to Magnus Magnusson.

Please visit Lothar's blog to download the B/W version.

Enjoy,

Venkit

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