The Experiment

The Experiment
Start date:	September 5, 1955
End date:	November 12, 1955
# of strips:	60 (10 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"U-Hunt"
Followed by:	"Michael"

"The Experiment" is the 84th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Still on vacation Mandrake and Lothar now are on a train. Suddenly the train jolts to a sudden stop and the train driver claims he saw a giant grasshopper on the rails. Our friends jump off the train to investigate the mystery closer.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar

One-time characters

• Mac, a train driver.
• Phillips, a scientist.
• Val, the daughter of Phillips.

Locations

Behind the scenes

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of September 3, 1955 (Next Week: Experiment).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "??", Mandrake el Mago #76 (1966)
• "El gigante", Mandrake el Mago #3 (2003 ?)

Brazil

• "no title", Mandrake #20 (1956)
• "Os Insetos Gigantes", Mandrake #294 (1980)

Denmark

• "Kæmpeinsekterne", Fantomet #172 (1981)

Finland

• "Jättihyönteiset", Mustanaamio #16 (1978)
• "Jättihyönteiset", Sarjakirja #114 (1986)

France

• "Les monstres radioactifs", Spécial Mandrake #80 (1970)
• "Les monstres radioactifs", Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 3 (Soleil) (1993)
• "Expérience", Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 2 - 1953 à 1957 (2012)

Italy

• "I mostri radioattivi", Il Vascello #14 (1959)
• "I monstri radioattivi", I Classici dell'Avventura #9(1962)
• "I mostri radioattivi", Super Albo #142 (1965)
• "I mostri radioattivi", Mandrake - New Comics Now #331 (1994)

Norway

• "Kjempeinsektene", Fantomet #24 (1980)
• "Kjempeinsektene", Serie-pocket #119 (1986)

Sweden

• "Jätteinsekterna", Fantomen #8 (1978)

Yugoslavia

• "Експеримент" ("romanized as "Eksperiment"), Politikin Zabavnik #984 (1970)