The Deep South

The Deep South
Start date:	February 6th, 1939
End date:	May 13th, 1939
# of strips:	84 (14 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Visitors from Space"
Followed by:	"Mandrake in Cockaigne"

"The Deep South" is the 17th 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

Prince Segrid announced the engagement of his sister Princess Narda and Avery, Duke of Hectares. While Dot Rich invites Mandrake to her fathers estate in the country. Nearby is the Barataria Swamps, haunted by Jean Lafitte and his century-old pirates.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Prince Segrid
• Princess Narda
• Avery, Duke of Hectares - Narda's fiancé.

One-time characters

• Dot Rich, daughter of Colonel Rich.
• Butch, a waiter at Club Tango.
• Colonel Rich,
• Jeff, a smuggler boss.
• Jean Lafitte, a pirate - around 1810.
• Jed, a boy who saw Ol'Jean.
• The Sheriff
• Lill, Jeff's girlfriend.
• Doodleplatz, an investigator with the customs.

Locations

• New York
  • Club Tango
• Cockaigne
• Mississippi
• The Barataria Swamps

Behind the scenes

Title

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of February 4, 1939 (Next Week = Deep South)

Signifiant covers

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Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Mandrake and the Pirates", The Supercomic Series #27 (1950)

Brazil

• "As Piratas do Pantamal (?)", Mandrake - Edição Extra (1962)
• "O Fantasma de Lafitte", Mandrake, o Mágico #2 (1970)

Argentina

• "Mandrake y las hombre de marte", Pequeños Grandes Libros #1126 (1944) text version

France

• "Une histoire de pirates", Aventures et Mystère #26 (1947)
• "Le fantôme du pirate", Spécial Mandrake #74 & #75 (1969)

Italy

• "Mandrake e i pirati fantasma", L'Avventura #1 - #12 (1944)
• "Mandrake e i pirati-fantasma" and "Mandrake nel covo di Lafitte", Albi delle grandi avventure Mandrake #6 and #7 (1947)
• "Il fantasma del pirata", Il Vascello #46 (1961)
• "Il fantasma del pirata", Super Albo - Mandrake #94 (1964)
• "Il fantasma del pirata", Mandrake #21 (Comics Stars in the World 1978)
• "Il fantasma del pirata", Mandrake - New Comics Now #147 (1985)
• "Il fantasma del pirata", Mandrake 14 (Comic Art) (1992)
• "Il fantasma del pirata", Mandrake il mago Volume 2 (2015)

French Polynesia

• "Il fantasma del pirata", Mandrake #21 (Comics Stars in the World 1978) note: Italian text.

Mexico

• "??", Paquito #11036 and Paquito #11037 (195?)

New Zealand

• "The Deep South", Mandrake the Magician #68, Mandrake the Magician #69 and Mandrake the Magician #70 (1954)

Spain

• "El fantasma del pirata", Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado #34 - Mandrake #10 (1988)

Turkey

• "no title", Mandrake #2 and #3 (2017)

USA

• "no title", Critter #7, #8 and #9 (1974)
• "no title", The Official Mandrake the Magician #5 and #6 (1988)
• "Deep South", The Classic Mandrake Series / Episode: “Deep South” (Pacific Comics Club) (20??)
• "The Deep South", Comics Revue #413-414, Comics Revue #415-416, Comics Revue #417-418 & Comics Revue #419-420 (2020/2021)
• "The Deep South", Volume Three: the complete newspaper dailies 1938-1939 (2025)

Yugoslavia

• Jutarnji list July 19, 1939 – October 26, 1939
• Mika Miš #306 – #347 (1939)