Witchmen's Peak

Witchmen's Peak
Start date:	June 10, 1956
End date:	November 11, 1956
# of strips:	23 (23 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"City in the Deep"
Followed by:	"The Miss Galaxy Beauty Contest"

"Witchmen's Peak" is the 70th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

On safari in Africa Lenore hears a strange tale about the Witchmen's Peak, the place where the wich doctors are trained in black magic. And behind every throne in the jungle stands a witchman, the real power. Lenore writes in a letter a to her brother that she intends to explore the mysterious Witchmen's Peak. The letter is a month old Mandrake has not heard from her afterwards and think something must have happened.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar, hereditary King of the mighty Federated Tribes.
• Narda, In US only.
• Lenore

One-time characters

• A trader
• Taji, the grand witchman.

Locations

• US
• Africa
  • Witchmen's Peak

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is given in the strip of June 3, 1956 (Next Week: "Witchmen's Peak").

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "no title", Mandrake #25 (1957)

France

• "Le royaume des sorciers", Mandrake #3 (1962)
• "Le royaume des sorciers", Mandrake #180 (1968)
• "Le royaume des sorciers", Mandrake #262 (1970)

Italy

• "Il picco degli stregani", Il Vascello #40 (1960)
• "Il picco degli stregoni", I Classici dell'Avventura #11 (1962)
• "no title", Mandrake #130 (1969)
• "Il picco degli stregoni", Mandrake - New Comics Now #274 (1991)

Norway

• "Heksetoppen", Fantomet #24 (1998)

Sweden

• "Häxtoppen", Fantomen #24 (1998)

Turkey

• "Kara Büyünün Sırrı", Mandrake #104 #105 (1976)
• "Kara Büyünün Sırrı", Mandrake Albüm #35

USA

• "Witchman's Peak", Mandrake the Ultimate #1 (1989)