The Woods

The Woods
Start date:	June 13th, 1988
End date:	October 1st, 1988
# of strips:	96 (16 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Clairvoyants"
Followed by:	"Wall Walker"

"The Woods" is the 199th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

A nice day, and our friends have a long drive in the country. On a back road they drive into a horizontal twister, suddenly they find themselves in the year 1701. With a "cursed woods" where they aged "as fast as the crow flies", and a pool of youth....

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• Karma

One-time characters

Locations

• Time warp - Year 1701
• Xanadu

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is taken from the strip of June 13, 1988 (Beginning: The Woods).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Finland

• "Noiduttu metsä", Mustanaamio #1 and #2 (1992)

India

• "The Wizard's Curse", Indrajal Comics Vol. 26 No. 13 and Vol. 26 No. 14 (1989)
• no title, Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #11 (1993)
• no title, Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #58 (1997)

Italy

• "Il tornado orizzontale", Mandrake - New Comics Now #276 (1992)

Norway

• "Den forheksede skogen", Fantomet #25 (1991)

Spain

• "El Tornado del Pasado", Mandrake #52 (2002 ?)

Sweden

• "Den förtrollade skogen", Fantomen #23 (1991)