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The Little Fog

Start date:	July 2, 1956
End date:	October 20, 1956
# of strips:	96 (16 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Decoy"
Followed by:	"Tub's Gang"

"The Little Fog" is the 88th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

At Brown's farm a mysterious little fog popping up. If something or someone enters the fog, the fog vanished and what's inside disappears. Mandrake and Lothar go to the farm to investigate the mystery. Entering the little fog our friends find themselves in a mysterious and strange world.

The strange world, with no trees or bushes and cities like giant bubbles that float in the air, was Earth fifty thousand years in the future. Thousands of years ago the people have perfected time travel and invented the time-gate, the Little Fog. They began a project to record in picture and sound the history of the Earth, but it was too dangerous. A time travveler went into the middle age and there was a plague. He returned from the past sick and the sickness spread. The people decided to destroy the time machines and outlawed time travels.

JonnyXI97C discovered some ancient plans to make a time machine. And now he had found himself a new toy....

Appearances

Recurring characters

Mandrake
Lothar
The Police Chief
Narda, last strip only.

One-time characters

Brown, a farmer
Maggy, Mr. Brown's lead cow.
Marge, a girl
JonnyXI97C, a boy from the future.

Locations

New York
- S.S. Dept.
Duncan Falls, 1956 and 50 000 years into the future.
- Brown's farm, route forty near Duncan Falls

Behind the scenes

The title for this story is taken from the strip of July 2, 1956 (Beginning: The Little Fog).
Duncan Falls refering to where Lee Falk's wife grew up.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Signifiant covers

Australia
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Italy
Italy
New Zealand

Australia

"The Little Fog", Mandrake Comic #26 (1958)

Brazil

"A Nuvem Misteriosa", Mandrake - Edição Extra (1957)
"A Neblina do Tempo", Mandrake #293 (1980)
"A Nuvem Misteriosa", Mandrake Coleção #20 – #21 (1991)

Finland

"Utu tulevaisuudesta", Mustanaamio #1, #2 and #3 (1979)
"Utu tulevaisuudesta", Sarjakirja #1/1989 (1989)

France

"Le brouillard mystérieux", Mandrake #339 and #340 (1971)
"no title given", Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 2 - 1953 à 1957 (2012)

Italy

"La nebbia misteriosa", Il Vascello #17 (1959)
"La nebbia misteriosa", I Classici dell'Avventura #13 (1961)
"La nebbia misteriosa", Mandrake #13 and #14 (1971)
"La nebbia misteriosa", Mandrake - New Comics Now #332 (1994)

New Zealand

"The Little Fog", Mandrake the Magician #147 and Mandrake the Magician #148 (1957)

Norway

"Framtidens tåke", Fantomet #20 (1982)
"Framtidens tåke", Serie-pocket #151 (1989)

Sweden

"Dimman från framtiden", Fantomen #19 (1978)

Turkey

"Esrarengiz Duman", Mandrake Albüm #83

United Kingdom

"The Little Fog", Mandrake the Magician #1 (1959)

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 == Plot Summary ==
-{{stub}}
+At Brown's farm a mysterious little fog popping up. If something or someone enters the fog, the fog vanished and what's inside disappears. Mandrake and Lothar go to the farm to investigate the mystery. Entering the little fog our friends find themselves in a mysterious and strange world.
+The strange world, with no trees or bushes and cities like giant bubbles that float in the air, was Earth fifty thousand years in the future. Thousands of years ago the people have perfected time travel and invented the time-gate, the Little Fog. They began a project to record in picture and sound the history of the Earth, but it was too dangerous. A time travveler went into the middle age and there was a plague. He returned from the past sick and the sickness spread. The people decided to destroy the time machines and outlawed time travels.
+JonnyXI97C discovered some ancient plans to make a time machine. And now he had found himself a new toy....
 ===Appearances===
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 *[[Mandrake]]
 *[[Lothar]]
-*[[Narda]]
+*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]]
+*[[Narda]], last strip only.
 '''One-time characters'''
+*Brown, a farmer
+*Maggy, Mr. Brown's lead cow.
+*Marge, a girl
+*JonnyXI97C, a boy from the future.
 </div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
 '''Locations'''
+*New York
+**[[S.S. Dept.|S.S. Dept.]]
+*Duncan Falls, 1956 and 50 000 years into the future.
+**Brown's farm, route forty near Duncan Falls
 </div><br clear="all">
-==Related stories==
+==Behind the scenes==
-===Follows===
+*The title for this story is taken from the strip of July 2, 1956 (Beginning: The Little Fog).
+*[[Constance Falk|Duncan Falls]] refering to where Lee Falk's wife grew up.
-===Referenced in===
+== Reprints ==
+This story has been published in the following publications:
+== Signifiant covers ==
+<gallery>
+Shakespeare-26.jpg|[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia
+Mandrake Edicao Extra 1957.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Mandrake293rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Mandrakecolecao20.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Il Vascello-02-17.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Ncn-mandrake-332.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Mandrake FP 148.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
+</gallery>
-== Reprints ==
+=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
-This story has been published in the following publications:
+*"The Little Fog", [[Mandrake Comic 26|''Mandrake Comic'' #26]] (1958)
 === [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
+*"A Nuvem Misteriosa", [[Mandrake - Edição Extra 1957|''Mandrake - Edição Extra'']] (1957)
 *"A Neblina do Tempo", [[Mandrake 293 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #293]] (1980)
 *"A Nuvem Misteriosa", [[Mandrake Coleção 20|''Mandrake Coleção'' #20]] &ndash; [[Mandrake Coleção 21|#21]] (1991)
 === [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
-*''"Vihreä pyörre"'', [[Sarjakuvalehti 19/1963|''Sarjakuvalehti'' #19]] (1963)
+*"Utu tulevaisuudesta", [[Mustanaamio 1/1979|''Mustanaamio'' #1]], [[Mustanaamio 2/1979| #2]] and [[Mustanaamio 3/1979| #3]] (1979)
 *"Utu tulevaisuudesta", [[Sarjakirja 1/1989|''Sarjakirja'' #1/1989]] (1989)
 === [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
-*no title given, [[Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 2 - 1953 à 1957|''Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 2 - 1953 à 1957'']]  (2012)
+*"Le brouillard mystérieux", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 339|''Mandrake'' #339]] and [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 340| #340]] (1971)
+*''"no title given"'', [[Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 2 - 1953 à 1957|''Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 2 - 1953 à 1957'']]  (2012)
 === [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
 *"La nebbia misteriosa", [[Il Vascello 17 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #17]] (1959)
 *"La nebbia misteriosa", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 13 (La Freccia)|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #13]] (1961)
+*"La nebbia misteriosa", [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 13|''Mandrake'' #13]] and [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 14| #14]] (1971)
 *"La nebbia misteriosa", [[New Comics Now 332|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #332]] (1994)
+=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
+*"The Little Fog", [[Mandrake the Magician 147 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #147'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 148 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #148'']] (1957)
 === [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
+*"Framtidens tåke", [[Fantomet 20/1982|''Fantomet'' #20]] (1982)
 *"Framtidens tåke", [[Serie-pocket 151 (Norway)|''Serie-pocket'' #151]] (1989)
+=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
+*"Dimman från framtiden", [[Fantomen 19/1978|''Fantomen'' #19]] (1978)
+=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
+*"Esrarengiz Duman", [[Mandrake Albüm 83 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #83]]
+=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
+*"The Little Fog", [[Mandrake the Magician 1 (Miller)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #1]] (1959)
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