The Witch of Kaloon
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| The Witch of Kaloon | |
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| Start date: | April 12th, 1943 |
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| End date: | October 23rd, 1943 |
| # of strips: | 168 (28 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "Baron Kord" |
| Followed by: | "The Earthshaker" |
"The Witch of Kaloon" is the 29th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis. This story exists in two variants, one made to span four newspaper columns, the other to span five. The five-column variant is cropped in the lower part.
Plot Summary
Rasco goes to town to see if he can find a girl who can become his bride. Then he go to the beach and sees Narda and Trina.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- The Witch of Kaloon
- Trina
- Rasco, servant for the Witch of Kaloon the last thirteen years
- Franc, The Witch of Kaloon's servant
- Glinco, The Witch of Kaloon's servant
- Axel, The Witch of Kaloon's servant
- Sweetie, a vulture
- The innkeeper, in the town
- A grocer, in town
- Tim,
Locations
- An island
- A small town
- Kaloon, an old place in the hill's
Behind the scenes
- The title for the story is taken from the strip of April 10 and 12, 1943 (Beginning: The Witch of Kaloon & Beginning: The Witch of Kaloon).
Note
This story exists in two different variants, the original and one in cropped height.
original
cropped
Signifiant covers
Australia
Australia
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
USA
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- "The Witch of Kaloon" Mandrake the Magician #4 and #5 (1990)
Brazil
- "A Bruxa de Kaloon", Mandrake, o Mágico #13 (1971)
France
- "La sorcière de Kaloon",Mandrake #287 , Mandrake #288 & "Les deux visages du mystère" Mandrake #289 , Mandrake #290(1970)
Italy
- "La strega di Kaloon" & "I due volti del mistero" Super Albo - Mandrake #44 & #46 (1963)
- "La stregata di Kaloon" & "I due volti del mistero", Mandrake #165 & #166 (1970)
- "La strega di Kaloon", Mandrake - New Comics Now #182 (1986)
- "La strega di Kaloon", Mandrake 23 (Comic Art) (1993)
- "La strega di Kaloon", Club dei Trenta #47 (200?)
Spain
- "La isla de los hombres desaparecidos", Los Clásicos Americanos de El Boletín - Mandrake #15 (1992)
USA
- "The Witch of Kaloon", The Official Mandrake Limited #1 (1989)
- "The Witch of Kaloon", Comics Revue #181 – #186 (2000)
- "The Witch of Kaloon", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Witch of Kaloon Part I" (Pacific Comics Club) and The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Witch of Kaloon Part II" (Pacific Comics Club) (2019)