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|Title= Mandrake in the Lost World
|Title= Mandrake in the Lost World
|image= [[Image:md-1933-11-30.png|400 px]]
|image= [[Image:md-1936-11-30.png|400 px]]
|Start= November 30th, 1936
|Start= November 30th, 1936
|End= April 17th, 1937
|End= April 17th, 1937
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'''"Mandrake in the Lost World"''' is the 8th Mandrake [[daily story]].  
'''"Mandrake in the Lost World"''' is the 8th 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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==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
===Title===
*The title for the story is lifted from the plot.
*The title for the story is lifted from the plot.
== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Frew-mtm-01.jpg|[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia
Cas11.jpg|[[Image:mini_canada.gif]] Canada
Collana Albi grandi avventure-08-o.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Collana Albi grandi avventure 33.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Collana Albi grandi avventure 34.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Collana Albi grandi avventure 35.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Special Mandrake-FS 167.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Special Mandrake-FS 168.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Special Mandrake-FS 169.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Ncn-mandrake-265a.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Comart08.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Club-dei-Trenta-037.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Paquito11023.jpg|[[Image:mini_mexico.gif]] Mexico
Paquito11024.jpg|[[Image:mini_mexico.gif]] Mexico
Mandrake esteve 8.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain
Mika Mis 222.jpg|[[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia
</gallery>


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
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*"Voyage en préhistoire", [[Hop-là!|''Hop-là!'']] (1939)
*"Voyage en préhistoire", [[Hop-là!|''Hop-là!'']] (1939)
*"Dans un monde inconnu", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 98|''Spécial Mandrake'' #98]] (1972) & "Pétrole au Pôle Sud", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 99|''Spécial Mandrake'' #99]] (1973)
*"Dans un monde inconnu", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 98|''Spécial Mandrake'' #98]] (1972) & "Pétrole au Pôle Sud", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 99|''Spécial Mandrake'' #99]] (1973)
*"Voyage en préhistoire", [[Mandrake le Magicien Vol. 4 (Futuropolis)|''Mandrake le Magicien'' Vol. 4]] (1985)
*"Voyage en préhistoire", [[Futuropolis Copyright - Mandrake le Magicien Vol. 4|''Mandrake le Magicien'' Vol. 4]] (1985)


=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
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*''"no given title"'', [[101 Roman 9|''101 Roman'' #9]] & [[101 Roman 10| #10]] & [[101 Roman 11| #11]] & [[101 Roman 12| #12]] & ? (1950) <small>note: traced editions with extra strips</small>
*''"no given title"'', [[101 Roman 9|''101 Roman'' #9]] & [[101 Roman 10| #10]] & [[101 Roman 11| #11]] & [[101 Roman 12| #12]] & ? (1950) <small>note: traced editions with extra strips</small>


=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png]] Kingdom of Yugoslavia ===
=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"Мандрак на Јужном полу" (romanized as "Mandrak na Južnom polu"), [[Mika Miš 213|''Mika Miš'' #213]] &ndash; [[Mika Miš 217|#217]], [[Mika Miš 219|#219]] &ndash; [[Mika Miš 247|#247]], [[Mika Miš 249|#249]] &ndash; [[Mika Miš 257|#257]] (1938)
*"Mandrake in the Lost World", [[Comics Revue 387-388|''Comics Revue'' #387-388]] (2018)
*"Mandrake in the Lost World", [[Volume Two : the complete newspaper dailies 1936-1938]] (2024)
 
=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
*''[[Jutarnji list]]'' June 10, 1937 &ndash; August 28, 1937
*"Мандрак на Јужном полу" (romanized as "Mandrak na Južnom polu"), [[Mika Miš 213|''Mika Miš'' #213]] &ndash; [[Mika Miš 257|#257]] (1938; no Mandrake pages in issues #218 and #248)
*"Мандрак на Јужном полу" (romanized as "Mandrak na Južnom polu"), [[Zabavnik 105|''Zabavnik'' #105]] &ndash; [[Zabavnik 106|#106]] (1941)
*"Мандрак на Јужном полу" (romanized as "Mandrak na Južnom polu"), [[Zabavnik 105|''Zabavnik'' #105]] &ndash; [[Zabavnik 106|#106]] (1941)


[[Category:Daily stories|Mandrake in the Lost World]]
[[Category:Daily stories|Mandrake in the Lost World]]

Latest revision as of 12:51, 1 December 2024

Mandrake in the Lost World
Start date: November 30th, 1936
End date: April 17th, 1937
# of strips: 120 (20 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: "The Slave Traders of Tygandi"
Followed by: "In the Cobra's Grip"

"Mandrake in the Lost World" is the 8th 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

After weeks of leisurely travel, Mandrake and Lothar reach Capetown, at that moment a young woman stumbles Instantly gestures and Mandrake Mandrake saves Molly Brunswich from death beneath the wheels of a speeding machine.

Molly, the famed avitrix, was to try a solo flight to the South Pole the next day. Trough the African Broadcasting Company Mandrake listens to Molly, suddenly she reported: steem comming from the ground - I'm falling -- falling.

Mandrake and Lothar rush to the airport, hire a plane and headed for the Antartica. In the middle of the Antartic region, the gasoline supply of the plane suddenly gave up and our friends have to jump out. Alone in the snow our friends start to walk, some houers later they walk through a warm steam wall and ends up in a strange tropical land. A prehistoic land, relict from the mesozoic age of dinosaurs. With both Neanderthal and Cro-Mangon men.

Lance told that his people was enslaved by evil men, coming from the sky. It turns out that Clam Stone discovered the tropical land with its oil deposits while with a scientific expedition. He returned with a gang of rough-necks, enslaved the natives, and started drilling for oil.

At the end our friends returned to Cape Town with Lance and Molly in her plane.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Molly Brunswick, a famed avitrix.
  • Penny, a penguin.
  • Andy, a Neanderthal man.
  • Lance son of Fang, a Cro-Mangon man.
  • Clem Stone, chief of the gang.
  • Barney, a gang member.
  • Spice, a gang member.
  • Bill, a gang member.

Locations

  • Capetown, South Africa.
  • The South Pole.


Behind the scenes

Title

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

Signifiant covers

  • Australia
    Australia
  • Canada
    Canada
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Mexico
    Mexico
  • Mexico
    Mexico
  • Spain
    Spain
  • Yugoslavia
    Yugoslavia

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

Canada

France

Italy

Mexico

Spain

Turkey

USA

Yugoslavia

  • Jutarnji list June 10, 1937 – August 28, 1937
  • "Мандрак на Јужном полу" (romanized as "Mandrak na Južnom polu"), Mika Miš #213 – #257 (1938; no Mandrake pages in issues #218 and #248)
  • "Мандрак на Јужном полу" (romanized as "Mandrak na Južnom polu"), Zabavnik #105 – #106 (1941)
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