Isle of the Giant

Isle of the Giant
Start date:	March 20, 1955
End date:	May 22, 1955
# of strips:	10 (10 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Sleeping Forest"
Followed by:	"Universal Love"

"Isle of the Giant" is the 65th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Our friends approached an atoll, a string of small islands. The people they meet warns them about a taboo place, called "Isle of the Giant".

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda

One-time characters

• Grax, an ex-dictator of a little country
• Jedd, a famed atomic scientist

Locations

• An atoll, a small string of small islands
  • Island of the Giant

Vehicles

• S.S. Ocean Wind, Sir Harry's yacht.

Behind the scenes

• The story title is from the strip of March 13, 1955 (Next Week: Isle of the Giant).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "A Ilha do Gigante", Mandrake #16 (1955)
• "A Ilha do Gigante", Mandrake #209 (1973)
• "Aventura nos Trópicos", Mandrake Coleção #16 (1990)

France

• "Les trois îles mystérieuses/L'île du géant", Mandrake #10 (1963)
• "L'île du Géant", Le Journal de Mickey #985-#987 (1971)

Italy

• "Le 3 isole misteriose", Il Vascello #38 (1960)
• "Le tre isole misteriose (L’isola del gigante)", I Classici dell'Avventura #11 (1962)
• "Le 3 isole misteriose", ("Mandrake #126") (1969)
• "L’isola del gigante", Mandrake - New Comics Now #258 (1989)

Mexico

• "Aventuras en el Mar", Mandrake el mago #11 (1966)

Portugal

• "A Ilha do Gigante", Condor Popular Vol. 21 N.° 4 (1959)

Spain

• "La Isla del Gigante", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1953–1956 (Dolmen Editorial) (2020)

Sweden

• "Jättens ö", Den vandrande vålnaden #9 (1996)

Turkey

• "Garip Yolculuk", Mandrake #90 #91 (1976)
• "Garip Yolculuk", Mandrake Albüm #30 #31

USA

• "Isle of the Giant", Mandrake the Ultimate #1 (1989)