La leyenda de Mark Mirrel

About this issue

This Spanish-language science fiction serial, issue #2 in Editorial Bruguera's "La Conquista del Espacio" (The Conquest of Space) collection (1981), presents an interplanetary espionage narrative. The story follows secret agent Mark Mirrel as Prime Minister Karl von Daubning and spymaster Pedro de Ávila brief him on a conspiracy threatening Earth and the planet Taryth. Unknown conspirators are creating artificial human duplicates of political leaders, military officers, judges, and businessmen on both worlds—perfect replacements designed to gradually alter policy without detection by the Galactic Federation Council. The conspirators plan to eventually dominate multiple planets. Mirrel, a legendary adventurer already famous for previous rescues and interventions across star systems, accepts the mission to locate and destroy the duplication facility. The narrative begins establishing his character and capabilities before transitioning to an encounter with Carolina Stauffen, an unemployed singer Mirrel assists against street attackers.