The College of Magic
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| The College of Magic | |
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| Start date: | May 30th, 1971 |
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| End date: | August 29th, 1971 |
| # of strips: | 14 (14 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Fred Fredericks |
| Preceded by: | "The Shark" |
| Followed by: | "The Space Pack" |
"The College of Magic" is the 113th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.
Plot Summary
Deep in a remote mountain range, a great boulder moves when a secret word is spoken. Revaling a long tunnel leading to an underground city. A wonderland of gardens and fountains, a place of philosophers and magicians, the "College of Magic". Now enemy soldiers have found the secret entrance to the college and Theron calling Mandrake for help.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Manuel, in Tibet
Behind the scenes
- The story title is from the strip of May 23,1971 (Next Week: The College of Magic). Note: At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Hidden College of Magic".
- The College of Magic is 4000 years old.
Signifiant covers
Brazil
Italy
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "Os Invasores", Mandrake #189 (1972)
France
- "Une aventure extraordinaire", Mandrake #395 (1973)
Italy
- "Avventura strabiliante", Mandrake #41 (1973)
Portugal
- "O Cubo Mágico", A Capital - Quadradinhos (1972)
- "O Mistério do Chefe Desconhecido", Condor #82 (1973) note: starts with the last strip of previous story.
Spain
- "El colegio oculto de magia", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1968–1972 (Dolmen Editorial) (2019)
Slovenia
- "Univerza carovništva", Super Zabavnik #3 (ca 2000)
Turkey
- "Akademi Tehlikede", Mandrake #130 & #131 (1976)
- "Akademi Tehlikede", Mandrake Albüm #44
- "Akademi Tehlikede", Mandrake #58 & #59
- "Akademi Tehlikede", Mandrake Süper Albüm #17 & #18
- "Akademi Tehlikede", Mandrake Süper Albüm #64
Yugoslavia
- "Koledž mađije", Super EKS Almanah #64 (1985)