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*(no title), [[Feature Book 55 (Export Publishing)|''Feature Book'' #55]] (1949) | *''(no title)'', [[Feature Book 55 (Export Publishing)|''Feature Book'' #55]] (1949) | ||
=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France === | === [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France === | ||
Revision as of 10:54, 2 April 2015
| The Circus People | |
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| Start date: | March 8, 1936 |
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| End date: | August 23, 1936 |
| # of strips: | 25 (25 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "Land of the Little People" |
| Followed by: | "Chamber into the X Dimension" |
"The Circus People" is the 4rd Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
Mandrake and Lothar have returned to the civilization and travel northward on a circus train.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Pete, the train driver.
- Dalma, lovely aerial star.
- Doc Taggart, circus owner.
- Boojum, giant bull elephant.
- Nora, the fat lady.
- Zaro, the strong man.
- Joe, the living skeleton.
- Flossie, the bearded lady and Joe's sweetheart.
- Almado, the lion-tamer. have a rabbit farm in Utha!
- Uncle Inch, a midget.
- Princesse Petite, a midget.
- Pietro, a juggler.
- Tim, Dalma's partner.
- Bill, the sword swallower.
Locations
- Europe or US ??
Behind the scenes
- The title for the story taken from the strip of March 1st, 1936 (Next week: The Circus People).
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "Mandrake no Circo", Suplemento Juvenil Mandrake no Circo (1937)
- "Mandrake no Circo", Mandrake Coleção #6 (1990)
Canada
- (no title), Feature Book #55 (1949)
France
- "Les secrets du cirque", Robinson (1936-1937)
- "Un incendie au cirque", Collection merveilleuse #5 (1939)
- "La tragédie du cirque", Aventures et Mystère #120 (1950)
Italy
- "Mandrake e i segreti dei circo", L'Audace (1936)
- "Mandrake e il ratto di Derina", Gli Albi delle Grandi Avventure #25 (1937)
- "I segreti del circo", Albi d'Oro #84 / Albo almanacco Topolino 1948 (1947)
- "Il circo", Mandrake (Garzanti) (1972)
Portugal
- "No Circo", Almanaque Mosquito! 1985 (1984)
Spain
- "no title", Aventurero #71 - #95 (1936-1937) note: censored version
- "Un incendio en el circo", Merlin el Mago Moderno #1 (1942)
- "Un incendio en el circo", Album Roja #2 (1944)
- "no title", Gran Aventurero #1, #2, #3, #4 and #5 (1989)
- "Los Secretos del Circo", Mandrake #2 (1999)
Sweden
- "Cirkusmysteriet", Samlade Serierariteter #16 (1987)
Turkey
- "Sirkte Yangın", 1001 Roman #76 - 95 (1940-1941)
- "no given title", Çocuk Alemi #1-30 (1951) note: traced from 1001 Roman
USA
- King Comics (1936-1937)
- "no title", Feature Book #52 (1948)
- "no title", Feature Book #55 (1948)
Yugoslavia
- "Kralj cirkusa" Mika Miš #84 – #113 (1937)
- (romanized as "Kralj cirkusa"), Zabavnik #21 (1937)
- "U cirkusu", Biblioteka Nostalgija #1 (1981)
- "Cirkus", Super EKS Almanah #17 (1981)