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

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.

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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

#261 - S177_TheCloud_(11-29-98_to_04-11-99)

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.

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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

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

I had earlier posted S157 & S158. I am posting here the next one in the list. For IJC fans, S158 & S159 came as part of the first stories in IJC  V26N21 & V26N22.

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Enjoy,

Venkit

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

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.

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Enjoy,

Venkitachalam

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

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

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

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.

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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,

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

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

#255 - Mandrake Sunday strips - S122 & S123

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