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City of Gold

Start date:	February 5th, 1939
End date:	August 6th, 1939
# of strips:	162 (27 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Clairvoyant"
Followed by:	"The Evil Man"

"City of Gold" is the 11th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mandrake and Lothar joins Dr. Cole and his daughter on their search for the legendary City of Gold.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Dr. Cole, an explorer
Babs, daughter of Cole
A pilot
Chief, a gangster
- Thug #1
- Thug #2
- Thug #3
- Bud, thug #4
The Old Chief, in an Amazon village
- His wife and granddson
Tragor, oldes man of the cliff-dwellers

Locations

New York City (?)
- Baden Ferry
  - Dr. Cole's private air field
The Amazon River
- A hostile village
- A cliff city
- The City of Gold

Vehicles

Sikorsky S-38 (The Explorer's Air Yacht)

Behind the scenes

Title

At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "City of Gold", which is lifted from the plot.

Real Life References

Baden is a neighborhood of St. Louis and in Baden: Halls Ferry Road.

Sikorsky S-38

Signifiant covers

Australia
Brazil
Brazil
France
France
Italy
Turkey

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

"Mandrake Discovers the City of Gold", The Supercomic Series #16 (1949)

Belgium

"(no title given)", Story# 4 to Story#29 (1945)

Brazil

"Mandrake no Amazonas", Gibi #35, 38, 41, 44, 47, 50, 53, 56, 59, 62, 65, 68, 71, 74, 77, 80, 83 (1939)

France

"Mandrake dans la ville d'or", Robinson #172 to Robinson #197 (1940)
"La ville d'or", Spécial Mandrake #84 (1970)
"Mandrake dans la ville d'or", L'âge d'or Mandrake #2 (1980)

India

"മാന്‍ഡ്രേക്ക് സ്വർണ്ണ നഗരത്തിൽ" (romanized as "Mandrake Swarna Nagarathil"), Mandrake (#3) (2019)

Italy

"Mandrake nella città d'oro", L'Avventura (1948-1949)
"La città d'oro", Super Albo # 20 (1962)
"Mandrake nella citta' d'oro", L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake #2 (1980)

Portugal

"Cidade de Ouro", Mundo de Aventuras Especial #19 (1977)

Spain

"Mandrake en la Ciudad de Oro", Mandrake #5 (1999)

Turkey

"Altın Şehirde", Afacan #1 - 21 (1942)

USA

"(no title)", King Comics #45, King Comics #46, King Comics #47, King Comics #48, King Comics #49, King Comics #50, King Comics #51 and King Comics #52 (1940)
"no title", Feature Book #46 (1946)

Yugoslavia

"Legenda o zlatnom gradu", Biblioteka Nostalgija #3 (1985)

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 == Plot Summary ==
-{{stub}}
+Mandrake and Lothar joins Dr. Cole and his daughter on their search for the legendary City of Gold.
 ===Appearances===
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+<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
 '''Recurring characters'''
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 '''One-time characters'''
+*Dr. Cole, an explorer
+*Babs, daughter of Cole
+*A pilot
+*Chief, a gangster
+**Thug #1
+**Thug #2
+**Thug #3
+**Bud, thug #4
+*The Old Chief, in an Amazon village
+**His wife and granddson
+*Tragor, oldes man of the cliff-dwellers
-</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
+</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
 '''Locations'''
+*New York City (?)
+**Baden Ferry
+***Dr. Cole's private air field
+*The Amazon River
+**A hostile village
+**A cliff city
+**The City of Gold
+'''Vehicles'''
+*Sikorsky S-38 ''(The Explorer's Air Yacht)''
 </div><br clear="all">
-==Related stories==
+==Behind the scenes==
-===Follows===
+===Title===
+*At the [http://www.deepwoods.org deepwoods.org] index the title for this story is '''"City of Gold"''', which is lifted from the plot.
+===Real Life References===
+*Baden is a neighborhood of [[Spotlight on Lee Falk - St. Louis Addresses|St. Louis]] and in Baden: Halls Ferry Road.
+<gallery>
+Image:Stamp-Trinidad-Tobago.jpg|Sikorsky S-38
+</gallery>
-===Referenced in===
+== Signifiant covers ==
+<gallery>
+Super-comics-series-16.jpg|[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia
+Gibi41.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Gibi74.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Mandrake-Porte-Dorée-Tome 4.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
+Spécial-Mandrake 84.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
+Super Albo 020.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Afacan-3-001.jpg|[[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey
+</gallery>
 == Reprints ==
 This story has been published in the following publications:
+=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
+*"Mandrake Discovers the City of Gold", [[The Supercomic Series 16|''The Supercomic Series'' #16]] (1949)
+=== [[Image:mini_belgium.gif]] Belgium ===
+*"(no title given)", [[Story 4|''Story''# 4]] to [[Story 29|''Story''#29]] (1945)
+=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
+*"Mandrake no Amazonas", [[Gibi 35|''Gibi'' #35]], [[Gibi 38|38]], [[Gibi 41|41]], [[Gibi 44|44]], [[Gibi 47|47]], [[Gibi 50|50]], [[Gibi 53|53]], [[Gibi 56|56]], [[Gibi 59|59]], [[Gibi 62|62]], [[Gibi 65|65]], [[Gibi 68|68]], [[Gibi 71|71]], [[Gibi 74|74]], [[Gibi 77|77]], [[Gibi 80|80]], [[Gibi 83|83]] (1939)
 === [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
-*"Mandrake dans la ville d'or", [[Robinson|''Robinson'']] (1940)
+*"Mandrake dans la ville d'or", [[Robinson 172|''Robinson  #172'']] to [[Robinson 197|''Robinson  #197'']]  (1940)
+*"La ville d'or", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 84|''Spécial Mandrake'' #84]] (1970)
+*"Mandrake dans la ville d'or", [[L'âge d'or – Mandrake 2|''L'âge d'or Mandrake'' #2]] (1980)
-=== [[Image:mini_poland.gif|border]] Poland ===
+=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
-*"??", [[Świat Przygód|''Świat Przygód'' #??-??]] (1937-1939)
+*"മാന്‍ഡ്രേക്ക് സ്വർണ്ണ നഗരത്തിൽ" ''(romanized as "Mandrake Swarna Nagarathil")'', [[Mandrake 3 (Regal 2019 Series)|''Mandrake'' (#3)]] (2019)
+=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
+*"Mandrake nella città d'oro", [[L'Avventura|''L'Avventura'']] (1948-1949)
+*"La città d'oro", [[Super Albo 20 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''Super Albo'' # 20]] (1962)
+*"Mandrake nella citta' d'oro", [[L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake 2|''L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake'' #2]] (1980)
+=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
+*"''Cidade de Ouro''", [[Mundo de Aventuras Especial 19|''Mundo de Aventuras'' Especial #19]] (1977)
+=== [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
+*"Mandrake en la Ciudad de Oro", [[Mandrake 5 - Páginas Dominicales 1939/40|''Mandrake'' #5]] (1999)
+=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
+*"Altın Şehirde", [[Afacan|''Afacan'' #1 - 21]] (1942)
 === [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
-*[[King Comics (magazine)|King Comics]] (1940)
+*''"(no title)"'', [[King Comics 45|''King Comics'' #45]], [[King Comics 46|''King Comics'' #46]], [[King Comics 47|''King Comics'' #47]], [[King Comics 48|''King Comics'' #48]], [[King Comics 49|''King Comics'' #49]], [[King Comics 50|''King Comics'' #50]], [[King Comics 51|''King Comics'' #51]] and [[King Comics 52|''King Comics'' #52]] (1940)
-*"no title", [[Feature Books 46|''Feature Books'' #46]] (1946)
+*"no title", [[Feature Book 46|''Feature Book'' #46]] (1946)
+=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png|border]] [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
+*"Legenda o zlatnom gradu", [[Biblioteka Nostalgija 3|''Biblioteka Nostalgija'' #3]] (1985)
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