Fountain of Youth
Fountain of Youth | |
Start date: | December 10th, 1944 |
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End date: | March 18th, 1945 |
# of strips: | 15 (15 weeks) |
Writer: | Lee Falk |
Artist: | Phil Davis |
Preceded by: | "The Santa Claus Pirates" |
Followed by: | "Kingdom of the Wind" |
"Fountain of Youth" is the 29th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
Mr Dodder have paid $100 0000 for the privilege to have a bath in the Fountain of Youth.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Mr Dodder, an old man.
- Miss Fogey, an old lady.
- Fountain of Youth agent #1.
- Fountain of Youth agent #2.
- The original company of Ponce de Leon.
Locations
- Florida Everglades.
- An old Spanish fort.
Vehicles
- S.S. Raven, a yacht.
Behind the scenes
- The title for this story is taken from the strip of December 3, 1944 (Next Week: The Fountain of Youth !).
Signifiant covers
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "no title", Selecciones Graficas #434 (1949)
Brazil
- "A Fonte da Juventude", Mandrake #58 (1961)
- "A Fonte da Juventude", Mandrake #227 (1974)
- "A Fonte da Juventude", Mandrake #319 (1982)
Finland
- "?", Taika-Jim ja Jäädemonit (2024)
France
- "La fontaine qui rajeunit", Mandrake #27 (1964)
- "La fontaine qui rajeunit", Mandrake #297 (1970)
- "La fontaine de jeunesse", Mandrake #418 (1974)
Italy
- "La fontana della giovinezza", Mandrake #40 (1964)
- "La fontana della giovinezza", I Classici dell'Avventura #79 (1965)
- "La fontana della giovinezza", Mandrake #169 (1970)
- "La fontana della giovinezza", Mandrake #64 (1974)
- "La fontana della giovinezza", Mandrake - New Comics Now #42 and #80 (1981 and 1983)
- "no title", Mandrake - La rotta delle meraviglie (2004)
Norway
- "Fountain of Youth", Mandrake the Magician (2005) Note: English text !!
Spain
- "La fuente de la juventud", Merlin el Mago Moderno #35 (1947)
United Kingdom
- no title, Hullabaloo #5 (1970s ?)
USA
- "(no title)", King Comics #122, King Comics #123, King Comics #124 and King Comics #125 (1946)
- "Fountain of Youth", The Official Mandrake Sundays #1 (1989)
Yugoslavia
- "Vrelo mladosti", Biblioteka Nostalgija #13 (1991)