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*The title for the story is given in the strip of June 3, 1956 (Next Week: "Witchmen's Peak"). | *The title for the story is given in the strip of June 3, 1956 (Next Week: "Witchmen's Peak"). | ||
*Interesting the name Witchmen's Peak was used again in a 1971 Sunday story for [[The Phantom]] | *Interesting the name Witchmen's Peak was used again in a 1971 Sunday story for [[The Phantom]] --> [http://www.phantomwiki.org/The_Tale_of_the_Gooley-Gooley_Witch PhantomWiki: The Tale of the Gooley-Gooley Witch], see also [http://www.phantomwiki.org/Witchmen%27s_Peak PhantomWiki: Witchmen's Peak] | ||
== Reprints == | == Reprints == | ||
Revision as of 19:41, 29 August 2016
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| Start date: | June 10, 1956 |
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| End date: | November 11, 1956 |
| # of strips: | 23 (23 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "City in the Deep" |
| Followed by: | "The Miss Galaxy Beauty Contest" |
"Witchmen's Peak" is the 70th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
On safari in Africa Lenore hears a strange tale about the Witchmen's Peak, the place where the wich doctors are trained in black magic. And behind every throne in the jungle stands a witchman, the real power. Lenore writes in a letter a to her brother that she intends to explore the mysterious Witchmen's Peak. The letter is a month old Mandrake has not heard from her afterwards and think something must have happened.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- A trader
- Taji, the grand witchman.
Locations
- US
- Africa
- Witchmen's Peak
Behind the scenes
- The title for the story is given in the strip of June 3, 1956 (Next Week: "Witchmen's Peak").
- Interesting the name Witchmen's Peak was used again in a 1971 Sunday story for The Phantom --> PhantomWiki: The Tale of the Gooley-Gooley Witch, see also PhantomWiki: Witchmen's Peak
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "no title", Mandrake #25 (1957)
France
- "Le royaume des sorciers", Mandrake #3 (1962)
- "Le royaume des sorciers", Mandrake #180 (1968)
- "Le royaume des sorciers", Mandrake #262 (1970)
Italy
- "Il picco degli stregani", Il Vascello #40 (1960)
- "Il picco degli stregoni", I Classici dell'Avventura #11 (1962)
- "no title", Mandrake #130 (1969)
- "Il picco degli stregoni", Mandrake - New Comics Now #274 (1991)
Norway
- "Heksetoppen", Fantomet #24 (1998)
Portugal
- "O Monte Sagrado", Condor Popular Vol. 17 N.° 10 (?) (19??)
Sweden
- "Häxtoppen", Fantomen #24 (1998)
Turkey
- "Kara Büyünün Sırrı", Mandrake #104 – #105 (1976)
- "Kara Büyünün Sırrı", Mandrake Albüm #35
USA
- "Witchmen's Peak", Mandrake the Ultimate #1 (1989)