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The City Jungle

Start date:	April 2, 1962
End date:	June 9, 1962
# of strips:	60 (10 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Peddler"
Followed by:	"Narda's TV Show"

"The City Jungle" is the 115th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

A large park in a big city should be a place to enjoy and relax. Instead people are beeing terrorized by muggers, even in the daytime. Mandrake suggest to the Police Chief a secret weapon to clean up the city jungle. His friend Lothar, the master of the jungle.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Pete, a park mugger.
Mike, a park mugger.
Johnny, a man in the park.
Mike, most popular cop on the force.

Locations

New York

Organizations

Red Arrow Mob, toughest croed in town.

Behind the scenes

The title for the story taken from the strip of April 3, 1962 (Beginning: The City Jungle).

Signifiant covers

Australia
Brazil
Brazil
France
Greece
Italy
Italy
Italy
Portugal
Spain
USA

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

"no title", Mandrake the Magician #30 (1964 (?))

Brazil

"Os Assaltantes do Parque", Mandrake #75 (1962)
"Um Guarda na Selva", Almanaque do Mandrake #9 ? (1981)

France

"Panique dans la ville", Mandrake #126 (1967)

Greece

"O Κεραυπoσ τηε Zoυγκλασ", ΒΕΛΟΣ #75 (1969)

Italy

"Panico nella metropoli", Mandrake #20 (1962)
"Panico nella metropoli", I Classici dell'Avventura #57 (1964)
"Panico nella metropoli", Mandrake - New Comics Now #105 (1984)

Portugal

"Bandidos no parque", Mundo de Aventuras #766 (1964)

Spain

"Terror en el parque", Coleccion Héroes Modernos #33c (1964)
"Terror en el parque", Coleccion Héroes Modernos Album de Rip Kirby (1964)
"Terror en el parque", Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos #7C (1970)

Turkey

"Parktaki Dehşet", Mandrake #175 & #176 (1977)
"Parktaki Dehşet", Mandrake Albüm #56 & #57 (1977)
"Parktaki Dehşet", Mandrake Albüm #56 & #57 (1977)
"Parktaki Dehşet", Mandrake Albüm #152 & #153

United Kingdom

"The City Jungle", Mandrake the Magician #20 (1962)

USA

"The City Jungle", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The City Jungle" (Pacific Comics Club) (2020)

Yugoslavia

"Црна стријела" (romanized as "Crna strijela"), Politikin Zabavnik #1420 (1979)

Remake

"Menace of the City Jungle" by Don Heck and André LeBlanc.

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 |Title= The City Jungle
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 |Start= April 2, 1962
 |End= June 9, 1962
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 |Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
 |Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
-|Preceded= "[[The Peddler (The Counterfeit Gang)]]"
+|Preceded= "[[The Peddler]]"
 |Followed= "[[Narda's TV Show]]"
 |}}
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 == Plot Summary ==
-{{stub}}
+A large park in a big city should be a place to enjoy and relax. Instead people are beeing terrorized by muggers, even in the daytime. Mandrake suggest to the Police Chief a secret weapon to clean up the ''city jungle''. His friend Lothar, the master of the jungle.
 ===Appearances===
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 *[[Lothar]]
 *[[Narda]]
+*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]]
 '''One-time characters'''
+*Pete, a park mugger.
+*Mike, a park mugger.
+*Johnny, a man in the park.
+*Mike, most popular cop on the force.
 </div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
 '''Locations'''
+*New York
+'''Organizations'''
+*Red Arrow Mob, toughest croed in town.
 </div><br clear="all">
-==Related stories==
+==Behind the scenes==
-===Follows===
+*The title for the story taken from the strip of April 3, 1962 (Beginning: The City Jungle).
-===Referenced in===
+== Signifiant covers ==
+<gallery>
+Photo-type-30.jpg|[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia
+Mandrake075rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Almanaquedomandrake09.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Mmm-126.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
+ΒΕΛΟΣ-75.jpg|[[Image:mini_greece.png]] Greece
+Ilvascello mandrake-020.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Icda-m-057.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Ncn-mandrake-105.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Mundodeav766.jpg|[[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal
+Chm-serie-c-33.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain
+ClassMandSeries2thecityjungle.jpg|[[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA
+</gallery>
 == Reprints ==
 This story has been published in the following publications:
+=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
+*"''no title''", [[Mandrake the Magician 30 (Photo-Type Press)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #30]] (1964 <small>(?)</small>)
+=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
+*"Os Assaltantes do Parque", [[Mandrake 75 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #75]] (1962)
+*"Um Guarda na Selva", [[Almanaque do Mandrake 9|''Almanaque do Mandrake'' #9]] ? (1981)
 === [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
 *"Panique dans la ville", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 126|''Mandrake'' #126]] (1967)
+=== [[Image:mini_greece.png]] Greece ===
+*"O Κεραυπoσ τηε Zoυγκλασ", [[ΒΕΛΟΣ 75|''ΒΕΛΟΣ'' #75]] (1969)
 === [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
-*"Panico nella metropoli", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 57 – Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #57]] (1964)
+*"Panico nella metropoli", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 20|''Mandrake'' #20]] (1962)
+*"Panico nella metropoli", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 57|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #57]] (1964)
+*"Panico nella metropoli", [[New Comics Now 105|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #105]] (1984)
+=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
+*"Bandidos no parque", [[Mundo de Aventuras 766|''Mundo de Aventuras'' #766]] (1964)
 === [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
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 === [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
-*"Parktaki Dehşet", [[Mandrake 175 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #175]] [[Mandrake 176 (Tay)| #176]] (1977)
+*"Parktaki Dehşet", [[Mandrake 175 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #175]] & [[Mandrake 176 (Tay)| #176]] (1977)
+*"Parktaki Dehşet", [[Mandrake Albüm 56 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #56]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 57 (Tay)| #57]] (1977)
+*"Parktaki Dehşet", [[Mandrake Albüm 56 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #56]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 57 (Tay)| #57]] (1977)
+*"Parktaki Dehşet", [[Mandrake Albüm 152 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #152]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 153 (Tay)| #153]]
 === [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
 *"The City Jungle", [[Mandrake the Magician 20 (Miller)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #20]] (1962)
+=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
+*"The City Jungle", [[The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The City Jungle" (Pacific Comics Club)|''The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)''/ Episode: "The City Jungle" (Pacific Comics Club)'']] (2020)
+=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia===
+*"Црна стријела" (romanized as "Crna strijela"), [[Politikin Zabavnik 1420|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #1420]] (1979)
+==Remake==
+*"[[Menace of the City Jungle (King)|Menace of the City Jungle]]" by [[Don Heck]] and [[André LeBlanc]].
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