Goliath

Goliath
Start date:	September 25th, 1961
End date:	January 27th, 1962
# of strips:	108 (18 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Photo Mystery"
Followed by:	"The Peddler"

"Goliath" is the 113th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mandrake and Narda visit Dr. Press too see his new computer, "Goliath", the greatest computer ever built. It an move and talk, and it knows the answer to everything. With help from a robot helper it can repair itself.

But Dr. Press has created a monster, Goliath develops on its own, and decides to rule the world.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda
• The Police Chief
• Lothar

One-time characters

• Dr. Press, a computer designer.
• The Mayor of Hometon.
• David Jones, a young boy in Hometon.

Locations

• New York
• Hometon, a small city.

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story taken from the strip of September 25th, 1961 (Beginning: Goliath!).
• The appearance of the robot helpers are not unlike a "Dalek", that first appeared in the 1963 Doctor Who serial - "The Daleks".

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "La historia se repite", Libro de Oro - Mandrake el Mago #4 (1963)
• "La historia se repite", Anuario de Mandrake el mago (Impacto) (1967)

Australia

• no title, Mandrake the Magician #29 (1964 (?))

Brazil

• "Golias, O Invencível", Almanaque de Férias do Mandrake (1964)

Greece

• "Βοήθεια!...Τα Ρομπότ!!!", ΒΕΛΟΣ #34 (1969)

Finland

• "Ihmetietokone Koljatti", Taika-Jim Viidakkonoita (2012)

France

• "Le tyran d'acier", Mandrake #281 and #282 (1970)

India

• "Flying Robots" Indrajal Comics #88 (1969)

Italy

• "Il dominatore d’acciaio", Super Albo #10 (1962)
• "Il dominatore d’acciaio", Mandrake #159 (1970)
• "Il dominatore d’acciaio", Mandrake - New Comics Now #133 (1985)

Portugal

• "David e Golias", Mundo de Aventuras #826 & #827 (1965)

Spain

• "Monstruo mecánico" and "David Goliat", Coleccion Héroes Modernos #21c and #22c (1964)
• "Monstruo mecánico" and "David Goliat", Coleccion Héroes Modernos Album de Rip Kirby (1964)
• "Monstruo mecánico" and "David Goliat", Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos #5C (1970)

Turkey

• "Yaşayan Makine", Mandrake #171 & #172 & #173 (1977)
• "Yaşayan Makine", Mandrake Albüm #55 & #56 (1977)

United Kingdom

• "Goliath!", Mandrake the Magician #19 (1962)

USA

• "Goliath", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "Goliath - Part I" (Pacific Comics Club) and The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "Goliath - Part II" (Pacific Comics Club) (2020)

Yugoslavia

• "Golijat", Mandrak magazin #13 (1990)