Mandrake in the Lost World
| Mandrake in the Lost World | |
| Start date: | November 30th, 1936 |
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| End date: | April 17th, 1937 |
| # of strips: | 120 (20 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "The Slave Traders of Tygandi" |
| Followed by: | "In the Cobra's Grip" |
"Mandrake in the Lost World" is the 8th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
After weeks of leisurely travel, Mandrake and Lothar reach Capetown, at that moment a young woman stumbles Instantly gestures and Mandrake Mandrake saves Molly Brunswich from death beneath the wheels of a speeding machine.
Molly, the famed avitrix, was to try a solo flight to the South Pole the next day. Trough the African Broadcasting Company Mandrake listens to Molly, suddenly she reported: steem comming from the ground - I'm falling -- falling.
Mandrake and Lothar rush to the airport, hire a plane and headed for the Antartica. In the middle of the Antartic region, the gasoline supply of the plane suddenly gave up and our friends have to jump out. Alone in the snow our friends start to walk, some houers later they walk through a warm steamy haze and ends up in a strange tropical land.
Appearances
Locations
- Capetown, South Africa.
- The South Pole.
Related stories
Follows
Referenced in
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- "The Lost World", Mandrake the Magician #1 (1938)
- "Mandrake in the Lost World", Mandrake the Magician #1 (1990)
Canada
- "The Lost World", Classic Adventure Strips #11 (1987)
France
- "Voyage en préhistoire", Hop-là! (1939)
- "Voyage en préhistoire", Mandrake le Magicien Vol. 4 (1985)
Italy
- "Un mondo sconosciuto", Giungla! #132 to #151 (1938)
- "Un mondo sconosciuto", Collana Albi grandi avventure - Mandrake #8 (1940)
- "In un mondo sconosciuto", Special Mandrake #167 (1966)
- "Petrolio al polo", Special Mandrake #168 (1966)
- "La fin di Gun", Special Mandrake #169 (1966)
- "Un mondo sconosciuto", Mandrake #8 (1992)
Kingdom of Spain
- "Un mundo desconocido", Mandrake #8 (1986)
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- "Мандрак на Јужном полу" (romanized as "Mandrak na Južnom polu"), Mika Miš #213 – #217, #219 – #247, #249 – #257 (1938)
- "Мандрак на Јужном полу" (romanized as "Mandrak na Južnom polu"), Zabavnik #105 – #106 (1941)