The Garden of Wuzzu

The Garden of Wuzzu
Start date:	January 30th, 1944
End date:	May 21st, 1944
# of strips:	17 (17 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Gloria Golden"
Followed by:	"The Circus Adventure"

"The Garden of Wuzzu" is the 26th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

In a fertile vally of a strange country Mandrake and Lothar reached a village. Soon they discover that the village is terrorized by Wuzzu, the wizard. If they did not obey him, he stole their souls and planted it in his garden.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar

One-time characters

• Wuzzu, the wizard.
• Jorga, a man in the village.
• Bella, Jorga's daughter.
• Angry scarlet hounds.

Locations

• A strange country.
  • A fertile vally

Behind the scenes

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of January 23 and 30 (Beginning Next Week "The Garden of Wuzzu" / Beginning - The Garden of Wuzzu !).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "no title", Novo Gibi #1807 (1952)
• "O Jardim de Wuzzu", Mandrake #48 (1961)
• "O Jardim de Wuzzu", Almanaque do O Globo Juvenil 1946 (1945)
• "O Jardim de Wuzu", Mandrake #226 (1974)

France

• "Le sinistre jardin de Wouzou", Mandrake #25 (1963)
• "Le sinistre jardin de Wouzou", Mandrake #315 (1971)

Italy

• "Il sinistro giardino di Wuzzu", Mandrake #34 (1963)
• "Il sinistro giardino di Wuzzu", I Classici dell'Avventura #71 (1964)
• "Il sinistro giardino di Wuzzu", Mandrake - New Comics Now #42 (1981)

USA

• King Comics (1945)
• "The Garden of Wuzzu", The Official Mandrake Sundays #1 (1989)

Yugoslavia

• "Vizuov vrt", Biblioteka Nostalgija #13 (1991)

Spain

• "El jardin de Uzú", Merlin el Mago Moderno #14 (194?)