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The Witch of Kaloon

Start date:	April 12th, 1943
End date:	October 23rd, 1943
# of strips:	168 (28 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Baron Kord"
Followed by:	"The Earthshaker"

"The Witch of Kaloon" is the 29th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis. This story exists in two variants, one made to span four newspaper columns, the other to span five. The five-column variant is cropped in the lower part.

Plot Summary

Rasco goes to town to see if he can find a girl who can become his bride. Then he go to the beach and sees Narda and Trina.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

The Witch of Kaloon
Trina
Rasco, servant for the Witch of Kaloon the last thirteen years
Franc, The Witch of Kaloon's servant
Glinco, The Witch of Kaloon's servant
Axel, The Witch of Kaloon's servant
Sweetie, a vulture
The innkeeper, in the town
A grocer, in town
Tim,

Locations

An island
- A small town
- Kaloon, an old place in the hill's

Behind the scenes

The title for the story is taken from the strip of April 10 and 12, 1943 (Beginning: The Witch of Kaloon & Beginning: The Witch of Kaloon).

Note

This story exists in two different variants, the original and one in cropped height.

original
cropped

Signifiant covers

Australia
Australia
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
USA

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

"The Witch of Kaloon" Mandrake the Magician #4 and #5 (1990)

Brazil

"A Bruxa de Kaloon", Mandrake, o Mágico #13 (1971)

France

"La sorcière de Kaloon",Mandrake #287 , Mandrake #288 & "Les deux visages du mystère" Mandrake #289 , Mandrake #290(1970)

Italy

"La strega di Kaloon" & "I due volti del mistero" Super Albo - Mandrake #44 & #46 (1963)
"La stregata di Kaloon" & "I due volti del mistero", Mandrake #165 & #166 (1970)
"La strega di Kaloon", Mandrake - New Comics Now #182 (1986)
"La strega di Kaloon", Mandrake 23 (Comic Art) (1993)
"La strega di Kaloon", Club dei Trenta #47 (200?)

Spain

"La isla de los hombres desaparecidos", Los Clásicos Americanos de El Boletín - Mandrake #15 (1992)

USA

"The Witch of Kaloon", The Official Mandrake Limited #1 (1989)
"The Witch of Kaloon", Comics Revue #181 – #186 (2000)
"The Witch of Kaloon", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Witch of Kaloon Part I" (Pacific Comics Club) and The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Witch of Kaloon Part II" (Pacific Comics Club) (2019)

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 |Title= The Witch of Kaloon
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 |End= October 23rd, 1943
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 '''"The Witch of Kaloon"''' is the 29th Mandrake [[daily story]].
-The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] (ghosted by [[Alfred Bester]]) and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].
+The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].
+This story exists in two variants, one made to span four newspaper columns, the other to span five. The five-column variant is cropped in the lower part.
 == Plot Summary ==
-{{stub}}
+Rasco goes to town to see if he can find a girl who can become his bride. Then he go to the beach and sees Narda and Trina.
 ===Appearances===
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 '''One-time characters'''
-*The Witch, of Kaloon
+*The Witch of Kaloon
 *[[Trina]]
-*Rasco
+*Rasco, servant for the Witch of Kaloon the last thirteen years
-*Franc
+*Franc, The Witch of Kaloon's servant
-*Glinco
+*Glinco, The Witch of Kaloon's servant
-*Axel
+*Axel, The Witch of Kaloon's servant
-*Tim
+*Sweetie, a vulture
-*Sweetie, a vulture.
+*The innkeeper, in the town
+*A grocer, in town
+*Tim,
 </div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
 '''Locations'''
-*Kaloon
+*An island
+**A small town
+**Kaloon, an old place in the hill's
 </div><br clear="all">
+==Behind the scenes==
+*The title for the story is taken from the strip of April 10 and 12, 1943 (Beginning: The Witch of Kaloon & Beginning: The Witch of Kaloon).
-==Related stories==
+==Note==
-===Follows===
+This story exists in two different variants, the original and one in cropped height.
+<gallery>
-===Referenced in===
+Image:md-1943-04-10-org.jpg|''original''
+Image:md-1943-04-10.png|''cropped''
+</gallery>
+== Signifiant covers ==
+<gallery>
+Frew-mtm-04.jpg|[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia
+Frew-mtm-05.jpg|[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia
+Gibi756.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Gibi768.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Gibiè777.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Mandrake13saber.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Super Albo 044.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Super Albo 046.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Ilvascellomandrake-02-165.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Ilvascellomandrake-02-166.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Ncn-mandrake-182.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Comart23.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+ClassMandSeries2thewitchofkaloon1.jpg|[[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA
+</gallery>
 == Reprints ==
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 === [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
 *"The Witch of Kaloon" [[Mandrake the Magician 4 (Frew)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #4]] and [[Mandrake the Magician 5 (Frew)| #5]] (1990)
+=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
+*"A Bruxa de Kaloon", [[Mandrake, o Mágico 13|''Mandrake, o Mágico'' #13]] (1971)
 === [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
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 === [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
-*"La stregata di Kaloon", ("[[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 165|''Mandrake'' #165]]") (1970)
+*"La strega di Kaloon" & "I due volti del mistero" [[Super Albo 44 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''Super Albo - Mandrake'' #44]] & [[Super Albo 46 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)| #46]] (1963)
-**"I due volti del mistero", ("[[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 166|''Mandrake'' #166]]") (1970)
+*"La stregata di Kaloon" & "I due volti del mistero", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 165|''Mandrake'' #165]] & [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 166| #166]] (1970)
+*"La strega di Kaloon", [[New Comics Now 182|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #182]] (1986)
+*"La strega di Kaloon", [[Mandrake 23 (Comic Art)]] (1993)
+*"La strega di Kaloon", [[Club dei Trenta - Albo 47|''Club dei Trenta'' #47]] (200<small>?</small>)
+=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
+*"La isla de los hombres desaparecidos", [[Los Clásicos Americanos de El Boletín - Mandrake 15|''Los Clásicos Americanos de El Boletín'' - ''Mandrake'' #15]] (1992)
 === [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
 *"The Witch of Kaloon", [[The Official Mandrake Limited|''The Official Mandrake Limited'' #1]] (1989)
+*"The Witch of Kaloon", [[Comics Revue 181|''Comics Revue'' #181]] &ndash; [[Comics Revue 186|#186]] (2000)
+*"The Witch of Kaloon", [[The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Witch of Kaloon Part I" (Pacific Comics Club)|''The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)''/ Episode: "The Witch of Kaloon Part I" (Pacific Comics Club)'']] and [[The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Witch of Kaloon Part II" (Pacific Comics Club)|''The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)''/ Episode: "The Witch of Kaloon Part II" (Pacific Comics Club)'']] (2019)
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