The Fishing Trip

The Fishing Trip
Start date:	May 15, 1961
End date:	July 29, 1961
# of strips:	66 (11 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Mystery of the Bikini Girl"
Followed by:	"Photo Mystery"

"The Fishing Trip" is the 111th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

At the Silly-Stuff Department several reports of things floating in air; hay, bone, fish, diamonds. Is someone or something up there fishing, using different baits and lures ?

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda
• The Police Chief

One-time characters

• Pete,

Locations

• New York
• Planet X43RZ, mentioned only.

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story taken from the strip of May 15, 1961 (Beginning: The Fishing Trip).
• About planet "Earth" in the space almanac: Third planet, intelligent life, near space travel, will be member of gallactic federation in fifty years.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• no title, Mandrake the Magician #18 (1962 (?))

Brazil

• "Os Pescadores do Espaço", Mandrake #66 (1962)

France

• "Les pêcheurs du ciel", Mandrake #233, Mandrake #234 and #235 (1969)

Italy

• "I pescatori del cielo", Super Albo #6 (1962)
• "I pescatori del cielo", Mandrake #113 and #114 (1969)
• "I pescatori del cielo", Mandrake - New Comics Now #131 (1985)

Portugal

• "Os Pescadores do Espaço", Selecções #30 (1963)

Spain

• "Pesca prohibida", Coleccion Héroes Modernos #11c (1964)
• "Pesca prohibida", Coleccion Héroes Modernos Album de Rip Kirby (1964)
• "Pesca prohibida", Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos #3C (1970)
• "Pesca Prohibida", Mandrake #18 (1997)

Turkey

• "Uzay Avcıları", Mandrake #168 & #169 (1977)
• "Uzay Avcıları", Mandrake Albüm #55 (1977)
• "Uzay Avcıları", Mandrake Albüm #148 & #149

United Kingdom

• "The Fishing Trip", Mandrake the Magician #17 (1961)