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'''"Mandrake in North Africa"''' is the 19th Mandrake [[daily story]].  
'''"Mandrake in North Africa"''' is the 19th Mandrake [[daily story]].  
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] 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 six newspaper columns, the other to span five.  


== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
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Mandrake and Lothar are in North Africa heading to Paris when Libie Carr fools our friends aboard a plane that goes to Central Africa. They arrive at Fort Radi and are told an amazing story. Besa, the sorcerer, has killed Colonel Carr using black magic and now he threatens to kill Captain Tod Brownell. Nearby is the Wambesi village where Lothar grew up as son of the king. The people of Wambesi were under the tyranny of the jungle sorcerer and when Lothar came to visit they saw a glimpse of hope. As son of their great dead king Lothar was their prince. As the strongest of the Wambesi only Lothar could drive out the evil Besa.
 
Lothar manages to defeat Besa and becomes the crowned King of the great Wambesi tribe. But soon Lothar found the ''King stuff'' boring. Then when he ''inherited'' two dozen wives of the last king, and was told he had to marry them all, he fled while he shouted: "Me abdicate".


===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
*[[Libie Carr]]
*Libie Carr
*[[Captain Tod Brownell]]
*Captain Tod Brownell, Libie Carr's fiancé.
*[[Besa]]
*Besa, a sorcerer.
*[[Colonel Carr]]
*Colonel Carr, was the commandant of Fort Radi.
*[[Narob]]
*Narob, a houseboy at Fort Radi.
 
*Oogubay, the previous King of Wambesi.
*Gugu, wife of the king.
*Lala, wife of the king.
*Tradi, wife of the king.
*Madi, wife of the king.
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'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
 
*North Africa
*Central Africa
**Fort Radi
**[[The Twelve Nations|Wambesi]] village.
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==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
[[The Phantom|Lothar]] become King of Wambesi, one of the major tribes in the land of the Phantom.
===Title===
*The title for the story is taken from the plot.
===Mandrake Lore===
*Lothar become King of [[The Twelve Nations|Wambesi]], one of the major tribes in the land of the [[The Phantom|Phantom]].
 
== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Super-comics-series-34.jpg|[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia
O globo juvenil-405.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandrake071rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandrake238rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandrakecolecao11.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Avetmyst54.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
Mandroi056.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
Super Albo 098.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Collana Mandrake csitw-16.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Collana Mandrake csitw-17.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Ncn-mandrake-148.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Comart16.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Mandrake FP 071.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
Mandrake FP 072.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
Mandrake FP 073.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
Mandrake esteve 11.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain
Mika Mis 426.jpg|[[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia
Mika Mis 435.jpg|[[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia
Mika Mis 445.jpg|[[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia
Mika Mis 463.jpg|[[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia
</gallery>


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
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=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"A Maldição do Feiticeiro", [[Mandrake 71 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #71]] (1962)
*"Magia Negra", [[Mandrake, o Mágico 1|''Mandrake, o Mágico'' #1]] (1970)
*"Mandrake na África", [[Mandrake 238 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #238]] (1976)
*"Mandrake na África", [[Mandrake 238 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #238]] (1976)
*"Mandrake na África", [[Mandrake Coleção 11|''Mandrake Coleção'' #11]]  (1990)
*"Mandrake na África", [[Mandrake Coleção 11|''Mandrake Coleção'' #11]]  (1990)
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=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Besa lo stregone", [[Mandrake 16 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #16]] (1977)
*"L'inesorabile Besa", [[Super Albo 98 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''Super Albo'' #98]] (1964)
**"Re Lothar contro Besa", [[Mandrake 17 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #17]] (1977)
*"Besa lo stregone" & "Re Lothar contro Besa", [[Mandrake 16 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #16]] & [[Mandrake 17 (Comics Stars in the World)| #17]] (Comics Stars in the World 1977)
*"Besa, lo stregone", [[New Comics Now 148|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #148]] (1985)
*"Besa, lo stregone", [[New Comics Now 148|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #148]] (1985)
*"Besa, lo stregone", [[Mandrake 16 (Comic Art)]] (1992)
*"Besa, lo stregone", [[Mandrake 16 (Comic Art)]] (1992)
*"Besa lo stregone", [[Mandrake il mago (Mondadori Comics) Volume 2|''Mandrake il mago Volume 2'']] (2015)
=== [[Image:mini_french_polynesia.png|border]] French Polynesia===
*"Besa lo stregone" & "Re Lothar contro Besa", [[Mandrake 16 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #16]] & [[Mandrake 17 (Comics Stars in the World)| #17]] (Comics Stars in the World 1977) <small>note: Italian text.</small>
=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"Mandrake in North Africa", [[Mandrake the Magician 72 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #72'']], [[Mandrake the Magician 73 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #73'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 74 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #74'']] (1954)


=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"Besa el hechicero", [[Mandrake 11 (Grandes clasicos de los Comics del Pasado)|''Mandrake'' #11]] (198?)
*"Besa el hechicero", [[Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado 36 - Mandrake 11|''Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado'' #36- ''Mandrake'' #11]] (1986 ?)
 
=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"''no title"'', [[Mandrake 3 (Hürriyet Hediyesi)|''Mandrake'' #3]] and [[Mandrake 4 (Hürriyet Hediyesi)|#4]] (2017)


=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"no title", [[The Official Mandrake 10|''The Official Mandrake'' #10]] &ndash; [[The Official Mandrake 10| #11]] &ndash; [[The Official Mandrake 12| #12]] (1989)
*"no title", [[The Official Mandrake 10|''The Official Mandrake'' #10]] &ndash; [[The Official Mandrake 10| #11]] &ndash; [[The Official Mandrake 12| #12]] (1989)
*"North Africa", [[Comics Revue 423-424|''Comics Revue'' #423-424]], [[Comics Revue 425-426|''Comics Revue'' #425-426]], [[Comics Revue 427-428|''Comics
Revue''#427-428]], [[Comics Revue 429-430|''Comics Revue''#429-430]], [[Comics Revue 431-432|''Comics Revue''#431-432]] (2021 / 2022)


=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png|border]] [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png|border]] [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
*(romanized as "Princ Lotar"), [[Zabavnik 106|''Zabavnik'' #106]] (1941)
*''[[Jutarnji list]]'' March 5, 1940 &ndash; June 17, 1940
*(no given title), [[Strip 1|''Strip'' #1]], [[Strip 2| #2]], [[Strip 3| #3]] and [[Strip 4| #4]] (1951) <small>(Note: ending with the strip of October 5, 1939)</small>
*''(no given title)'', [[Mika Miš 426|''Mika Miš'' #426]] &ndash; [[Mika Miš 460|#460]] and "Принц Лотар" (romanized as "Princ Lotar"), [[Mika Miš 463|''Mika Miš'' #463]] &ndash; [[Mika Miš 471|#471]] (1940)
*"Принц Лотар" (romanized as "Princ Lotar"), [[Zabavnik 106|''Zabavnik'' #106]] (1941)
*''(no given title)'', [[Strip 1|''Strip'' #1]], [[Strip 2| #2]], [[Strip 3| #3]] and [[Strip 4| #4]] (1951) <small>(Note: ending with the strip of October 5, 1939)</small>


[[Category:Daily stories|Mandrake in North Africa]]
[[Category:Daily stories|Mandrake in North Africa]]

Latest revision as of 10:41, 21 October 2024

Mandrake in North Africa
Md-1939-09-04.png
Start date: September 4th, 1939
End date: December 23rd, 1939
# of strips: 96 (16 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: "Mandrake in Cockaigne"
Followed by: "The Mountain Bandits"

"Mandrake in North Africa" is the 19th 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 six newspaper columns, the other to span five.

Plot Summary

Mandrake and Lothar are in North Africa heading to Paris when Libie Carr fools our friends aboard a plane that goes to Central Africa. They arrive at Fort Radi and are told an amazing story. Besa, the sorcerer, has killed Colonel Carr using black magic and now he threatens to kill Captain Tod Brownell. Nearby is the Wambesi village where Lothar grew up as son of the king. The people of Wambesi were under the tyranny of the jungle sorcerer and when Lothar came to visit they saw a glimpse of hope. As son of their great dead king Lothar was their prince. As the strongest of the Wambesi only Lothar could drive out the evil Besa.

Lothar manages to defeat Besa and becomes the crowned King of the great Wambesi tribe. But soon Lothar found the King stuff boring. Then when he inherited two dozen wives of the last king, and was told he had to marry them all, he fled while he shouted: "Me abdicate".

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Libie Carr
  • Captain Tod Brownell, Libie Carr's fiancé.
  • Besa, a sorcerer.
  • Colonel Carr, was the commandant of Fort Radi.
  • Narob, a houseboy at Fort Radi.
  • Oogubay, the previous King of Wambesi.
  • Gugu, wife of the king.
  • Lala, wife of the king.
  • Tradi, wife of the king.
  • Madi, wife of the king.

Locations

  • North Africa
  • Central Africa


Behind the scenes

Title

  • The title for the story is taken from the plot.

Mandrake Lore

  • Lothar become King of Wambesi, one of the major tribes in the land of the Phantom.

Signifiant covers

  • Mini australia.gif Australia

  • Mini brazil.gif Brazil

  • Mini brazil.gif Brazil

  • Mini brazil.gif Brazil

  • Mini brazil.gif Brazil

  • Mini france.gif France

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  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini nz.png New Zealand

  • Mini nz.png New Zealand

  • Mini nz.png New Zealand

  • Mini spain.gif Spain

  • Mini yugoslavia.png Yugoslavia

  • Mini yugoslavia.png Yugoslavia

  • Mini yugoslavia.png Yugoslavia

  • Mini yugoslavia.png Yugoslavia

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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  • "Besa lo stregone" & "Re Lothar contro Besa", Mandrake #16 & #17 (Comics Stars in the World 1977) note: Italian text.

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