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'''"Pleasant Valley"''' is the 38th Mandrake [[daily story]].  
'''"Pleasant Valley"''' is the 38th 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 four newspaper columns, the other to span five. The five-column variant is cropped in the lower part.  


== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
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Mandrake and Narda drive a trip and come to Pleasant Valley. Despite the name Pleasant Valley strange things are happening in Pleasant Valley.


===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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'''Recurring characters'''
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]


'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
 
*Sally, the young daughter of Mr. Carter
*Mr. Carter, a farmer
*A living scarecrow
*Dr. Beetle, a scientist experimenting on locusts
*Big Jim, a man trying to buy up land
*Farmer #2
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'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
 
*Pleasant Valley
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==Related stories==
==Behind the scenes==
===Follows===
*The title for the story is taken from the strips of January 12 and 14, 1946 (Next Week = Pleasant Valley & Beginning: Pleasant Valley).
 
*Mystery: Narda speaking to Lothar in the end of the fifth week, and he is active in the story from the seventh week. Oddly enough he was not in the car with Mandrake and Nards at the beginning of the story. So how did he get to Pleasant Valley ?
===Referenced in===


== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Super-comics-series-06.jpg|[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia
Mandrake260rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Ilvascello mandrake-052.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Icda-m-107.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Comart32.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Mandrake FP 006.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
Mandrake FP 007.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
Mandrake he 02-02.jpg|[[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal
Mandrake formatic-02.jpg|[[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal
Mandrake formatic-02.jpg[[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden
ClassMandSeries2pleasantvalley.jpg|[[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA
</gallery>


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:
This story has been published in the following publications:
=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*"La invasion de las langostas", [[Libro de Oro - Mandrake el Mago 3|''Libro de Oro - Mandrake el Mago '' #3]] (1961)
=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
*"Pleasant Valley", [[The Supercomic Series 6|''The Supercomic Series'' #6]] (1948)
=== [[Image:mini_belgium.gif]] Belgium ===
*"(no title given)", [[Story 238|''Story''# 238]] to [[Story 249|''Story''#249]] (1950)
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"O Vale Feliz", [[Mandrake 260 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #260]] (1977)
=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Sauterelles sur la vallée", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 31|''Mandrake'' #31]] (1964)
*"Sauterelles sur la vallée", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 320|''Mandrake'' #320]] (1971)
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Cavallette nella valle", [[L'Avventura|''L'Avventura'']] (1947)
*"Locuste a Vallegaia", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 52|''Mandrake'' #52]] (1963)
*"Locuste a Vallegaia", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 107|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #107]] (1966)
*"Cavallette nella valle", [[New Comics Now 215|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #215]] (1988)
*"Cavallette nella valle", [[Mandrake 32 (Comic Art)]] (1994)
=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"Pleasant Valley", [[Mandrake the Magician 6 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #6'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 7 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #7'']] (1950)
=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"A Flauta de Prata", [[Mandrake 2 (Hiquafi-Editora)|''Mandrake'' #2]] (197?)
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Gräshoppsdalen", [[Mandrake 1/1963 (Formatic Press)|''Mandrake'' #1]] (1963)
=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Kanatlı Canavarlara Karșı", [[1001 Özel 118|''1001 Özel'' #118]] (1954)
=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"Pleasant Valley", [[The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "Pleasant Valley" (Pacific Comics Club)|''The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)''/ Episode: "Pleasant Valley" (Pacific Comics Club)'']] (2019)


[[Category:Daily stories|Pleasant Valley]]
[[Category:Daily stories|Pleasant Valley]]

Latest revision as of 17:10, 23 October 2024

Pleasant Valley
Md-1946-01-14.png
Start date: January 14th, 1946
End date: March 23rd, 1946
# of strips: 60 (10 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: "The Sleeping Beauty"
Followed by: "Medusa"

"Pleasant Valley" is the 38th 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

Mandrake and Narda drive a trip and come to Pleasant Valley. Despite the name Pleasant Valley strange things are happening in Pleasant Valley.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Sally, the young daughter of Mr. Carter
  • Mr. Carter, a farmer
  • A living scarecrow
  • Dr. Beetle, a scientist experimenting on locusts
  • Big Jim, a man trying to buy up land
  • Farmer #2

Locations

  • Pleasant Valley


Behind the scenes

  • The title for the story is taken from the strips of January 12 and 14, 1946 (Next Week = Pleasant Valley & Beginning: Pleasant Valley).
  • Mystery: Narda speaking to Lothar in the end of the fifth week, and he is active in the story from the seventh week. Oddly enough he was not in the car with Mandrake and Nards at the beginning of the story. So how did he get to Pleasant Valley ?

Signifiant covers

  • Mini australia.gif Australia

  • Mini brazil.gif Brazil

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini nz.png New Zealand

  • Mini nz.png New Zealand

  • Mini portugal.gif Portugal

  • Mini portugal.gif Portugal

  • Mini usa.gif USA

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Mini argentina.gif Argentina

Mini australia.gif Australia

Mini belgium.gif Belgium

Mini brazil.gif Brazil

Mini france.gif France

Mini italy.gif Italy

Mini nz.png New Zealand

Mini portugal.gif Portugal

Mini sweden.gif Sweden

Mini turkey.gif Turkey

Mini usa.gif USA

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