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{{Newspaperbox 
|Title= Goliath
|image= [[Image:md-1961-09-25.png|400 px]]
|Start= September 25th, 1961
|End= January 27th, 1962
|Strips= 108 (18 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[Photo Mystery]]"
|Followed= "[[The Peddler]]"
|}}
'''"Goliath"''' is the 113th Mandrake [[daily story]]. 
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Mandrake and Narda visit Dr. Press too see his new computer, "Goliath", the greatest computer ever built. It an move and talk, and it knows the answer to everything. With help from a robot helper it can repair itself. 

But Dr. Press has created a monster, Goliath develops on its own, and decides to rule the world.

===Appearances===
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'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]]
*[[Lothar]]

'''One-time characters'''
*Dr. Press, a computer designer.
*The Mayor of Hometon.
*David Jones, a young boy in Hometon.

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'''Locations'''
*New York
*[[Hometon]], a small city.
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==Behind the scenes==
*The title for the story taken from the strip of September 25th, 1961 (Beginning: Goliath!).
*The appearance of the robot helpers are not unlike a "Dalek", that first appeared in the 1963 Doctor Who serial - "The Daleks".

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
*''no title'', [[Mandrake the Magician 29 (Photo-Type Press)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #29]] (1964 <small>(?)</small>)

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"Golias, O Invencível", [[Almanaque de Férias do Mandrake 1964|''Almanaque de Férias do Mandrake'']] (1964)

=== [[Image:mini_greece.png]] Greece ===
*"Βοήθεια!...Τα Ρομπότ!!!", [[ΒΕΛΟΣ 34|''ΒΕΛΟΣ'' #34]] (1969)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Ihmetietokone Koljatti", [[Taika-Jim - Viidakkonoita (Jalava)|''Taika-Jim'' Viidakkonoita]] (2012)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le tyran d'acier", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 281|''Mandrake'' #281]] and [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 282| #282]] (1970)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*"Flying Robots" [[Indrajal Comics 88|''Indrajal Comics'' #88]] (1969)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Il dominatore d’acciaio", [[Super Albo 10 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''Super Albo'' #10]] (1962)
*"Il dominatore d’acciaio", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 159|''Mandrake'' #159]] (1970)
*"Il dominatore d’acciaio", [[New Comics Now 133|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #133]] (1985)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"Monstruo mecánico" and "David Goliat", [[Coleccion Heroes Modernos 21 - Série C|''Coleccion Héroes Modernos'' #21c]] and [[Coleccion Heroes Modernos 22 - Série C| #22c]] (1964)
*"Monstruo mecánico" and "David Goliat", [[Coleccion Heroes Modernos Album - Série C|''Coleccion Héroes Modernos'' Album de Rip Kirby]] (1964)
*"Monstruo mecánico" and "David Goliat", [[Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos  - Série C 5|''Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos'' #5C]] (1970)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Yaşayan Makine", [[Mandrake 171 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #171]] [[Mandrake 172 (Tay)| #172]] [[Mandrake 173 (Tay)| #173]] (1977)

=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
*"Goliath!", [[Mandrake the Magician 19 (Miller)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #19]] (1962)

=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia===
*"Golijat", [[Mandrak magazin 13|''Mandrak magazin'' #13]] (1990)

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