The Frightful School Day

The Frightful School Day
Italian text
Start date:	May 14, 1984
End date:	August 18, 1984
# of strips:	84 (14 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Cloud"
Followed by:	"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

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar

One-time characters

• Bugs, little brother of Basher.
• Basher, a gang leader.
• Mr Powell, principal of the school.

Locations

• The worst street in town

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is lifted from the plot.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Mighty Magic", Mandrake the Magician #2 (1987)

Brazil

• "Um Dia Barra Pesada", Mandrake Extra #2 (1987)

Finland

• "Hurja koulupäivä", Mustanaamio #2 (1990)

India

• "The Scheming Sharks", Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 7 (1986)
• "The Worst Street in Town" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #5 (1992)
• "The Worst Street in Town" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #52 (1997)
• '"no title"' Comic World #20 (1999)

Italy

• "I teppisti" and "Gatti ed elefanti", Mandrake - New Comics Now #171 (1986)

Spain

• "La Calle del Delito", Mandrake #39 (1998)

Sweden

• "Skrämmande skoldag", Fantomen #17 (1989)

Yugoslavia

• "Pravi svedoci", Super EKS Almanah #82 (1987)