The Butterfly Man

The Butterfly Man
Start date:	February 24, 1964
End date:	June 13, 1964
# of strips:	96 (16 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Disturber"
Followed by:	"The Chief"

"The Butterfly Man" is the 124th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

At the top of a telephon pole a strange man with a butterfly net appear out of the air. When Mandrake following the strange man, he vanished into an invisible hole in the air. And found himself in a weird landscape of violet light. A parallel world where giant praying mantis are the masters and human look alike baghs are similar as insects, while mekax are human look alike robots.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda, two pictures only.
• The Police Chief

One-time characters

• Bud, a telephon lineman.
• Clem, a farmer.
• Min, Clem's wife.
• Mac, works at the police station.
• Mekax, the Butterfly man - a robot.
• Baghs, tiny man alike ants.

Locations

• New York
• S.S. Div.

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story taken from the strip of February 24, 1964 (Beginning: The Butterfly Man).
• This is the last daily story where one can see Mandrake lights a cigarette.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "El hombre mariposa", Mandrake el Mago #66 (1965)

Brazil

• "O Homem do Outro Mundo", Mandrake #91 (1964)
• "O Homem do Outro Mundo", Mandrake #231 (1975)
• "A Barreira do Tempo", Mandrake #312 (1982)

Finland

• "Perhoskerääjä", Mustanaamio #18 and #19 (1981)

France

• "La lumière verte", Mandrake #129 & "Le monde des insectes", Mandrake #130 (1967)
• "L'homme-papillon", Le Journal de Mickey #1426-#1437 (1979_1980)
• "L'homme-papillon", Mandrake (Les récits du Journal de Mickey) Volume 1 (2015)
• "L'homme-papillon", Mandrake, intégrale du journal Mickey (Volume 2) (2017)

West Germany

• "Der Schmetterlingsmann", Mandra der Magier #1 (1980)

India

• "The Butterfly Man", Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #24 (1994)
• "The Peculiar World", Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #29 (1995)
• "The Butterfly Men", Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #68 (1998) incomplete
• "The Butterfly Man", Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #70 (1998)

Italy

• "La luce verde"" & "La dimension dei profumi", Mandrake #78 and #79 (1964-1965)
• "La luce verde", Mandrake - New Comics Now #166 (1986)

Norway

• "Sommerfuglsamleren", Semic Superpocket #3 (1982)
• "Sommerfuglmannen", Fantomet #4 and #5 (1989)

Spain

• "La luz verde" and "El mekax", Coleccion Héroes Modernos #70c and #71c (1964)
• "La luz verde" and "El mekax", Coleccion Héroes Modernos Album de Rip Kirby (1964)
• "La luz verde" and "El mekax", Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos #14C and #15C (1970)

• "El Hombre Mariposa", Pocket de Ases #29 (1983)

Sweden

• "Fjärilssamlaren", Fantomen #9 and #10 (1981)
• "Fjärilssamlaren", Comix Pocket #3 (1989)

Turkey

• "Robot Adam", Mandrake #205 & #206 a& #207 (1978)
• "Robot Adam", Mandrake Albüm #66 & #67 (1978)
• "Robot Adam", Mandrake Albüm #176 & #177

USA

• "The Butterfly Man", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Butterfly Man" (Pacific Comics Club) (2019)