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{{Newspaperbox 
|Title= The Frightful School Day
|image= [[Image:md-1984-05-14.jpg|400 px]]
|Start= May 14, 1984
|End= August 18, 1984
|Strips= 84 (14 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Fred Fredericks]]
|Preceded= "[[The Cloud (Daily story 1984)|The Cloud]]"
|Followed= "[[Behind Death's Door]]"
|}}
'''"The Frightful School Day"''' is the 186th Mandrake [[daily story]]. 
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Fred Fredericks]].

== Plot Summary ==
Mandrake and Lothar has a performance at a school in one of the worst areas of the city.

===Appearances===
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'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]

'''One-time characters'''
*Bugs, little brother of Basher.
*Basher, a gang leader.
*Mr Powell, principal of the school.
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'''Locations'''
*The worst street in town
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==Behind the scenes==
===Title===
*The story title is lifted from the plot.

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

=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia===
*"Mighty Magic", [[Mandrake the Magician 2 (Adventure Book)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #2]] (1987)

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"Um Dia Barra Pesada", [[Mandrake Extra 2|''Mandrake Extra'' #2]] (1987)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Hurja koulupäivä", [[Mustanaamio 2/1990|''Mustanaamio'' #2]] (1990)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*"The Scheming Sharks", [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 7|''Indrajal Comics'' Vol. 23 No. 7]] (1986)
*"The Worst Street in Town" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 5|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #5]] (1992)
*"The Worst Street in Town" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 52|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #52]] (1997)
*"Mandrake and the Worst Street in Town" [[Comic World 20|''Comic World'' #20]] (1999)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"I teppisti" and "Gatti ed elefanti", [[New Comics Now 171|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #171]] (1986)

=== [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"La Calle del Delito", [[Mandrake 39 (Euroclub Magerit)|''Mandrake'' #39]] (1998)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Skrämmande skoldag", [[Fantomen 17/1989|''Fantomen'' #17]] (1989)

=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
*"Pravi svedoci", [[Super EKS Almanah 82|''Super EKS Almanah'' #82]] (1987)

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