The Atalan Deep

The Atalan Deep
Start date:	June 24th, 1945
End date:	November 4th, 1945
# of strips:	20 (20 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Kingdom of the Wind"
Followed by:	"The Twins of Karana"

"The Attalan Deep" is the 31st Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Argus sails over the Atalan deep, then suddenly, before the eyes of our friends, a fishing boat vanishes in a weired light. Investigating the mystery our friends ending up in a dome at the sea bottom.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda

One-time characters

• Blaine
• Alina, Queen of Atalan.
• Toltec (/Toltex), a man in Atalan.

Locations

• South Pacific
  • The Atalan Deep
  • Atalan, a city ten miles under the surface of the sea.

Vehicles

• S.S.Argus, Blaine's yacht.

Behind the scenes

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of June 17 and 24, 1945 (Next Week: The Atalan Deep / Beginning: The Atalan Deep).
• Alina, named after Lee Falk's mother or his stepsister Ailine (Aileen/Arleen).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "El propundo Atalan", Ra-Ta-Plán # 544 to Ra-Ta-Plán #563 (1945/1946)

Brazil

• "A Rainha de Netúnia", Mandrake #63 (1962)

France

• "Dans l'abîme de l'Atlantide", Mandrake #55 (1965)
• "Le gouffre d'Atlantis", Mandrake #419 (1974)
• "Le gouffre de l'Atlantide", Mandrake le Magicien #1 (1980)
• "La faille des Atlantes", Le Journal de Mickey #1864 (1988)
• "La faille des Atlantes", Donald Magazine #88-11 (1988)

Italy

• "Negli abissi dell'Atlantide", L'Avventura (1947)
• "Negli abissi di Atlantide", Super Albo #6 (1962)
• "Negli abissi dell'Atlantide", Mandrake #50 (1963)
• "Negli abissi dell'Atlantide", I Classici dell'Avventura #101 (1965)
• "Negli abissi dell'Atlantide", Mandrake #65 (1974)
• "Negli abissi dell'Atlantide", Mandrake - New Comics Now #80 (1983)
• "The Atalan Deep", La raccolta de la grande avventura dei fumetti #2 (1990)
• "Negli abissi dell'Atlantide", Mandrake #1 (1993)
• "no title", Mandrake - La rotta delle meraviglie (2004)

New Zealand

• The Boys' Paper (1947)

USA

• "(no title)", King Comics #129, King Comics #130, King Comics #131, King Comics #132 and King Comics #133 (1947)
• "The Atalan Deep", The Official Mandrake Sundays #1 (1989)

Yugoslavia

• "Atlanske dubine", Biblioteka Nostalgija #13 (1991)

Spain

• "El mar Atalán" & "Combate submarino", Merlin el Mago Moderno #33 & #34 (194?)