The Old West Revisited

The Old West Revisited
Start date:	July 12, 1959
End date:	August 30, 1959
# of strips:	8 (8 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Watcher"
Followed by:	"The Horse Thief"

"The Old West Revisited" is the 79th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mandrake and Lothar visit Willowbend, a western town taken over by the Cactus gang.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar

One-time characters

• Jim, member of the Cactus gang.
• Luke, member of the Cactus gang.
• Big Jim, chief of the Cactus gang.

Locations

• Willowbend

Behind the scenes

• The story title is taken from the strip of July 5 and 12, 1959 (Next Week: "Old West -- Revisited" & Beginning: The Old West -- Revisited).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "A Quadrilha do Cacto", Mandrake #45 (1960)

Finland

• "Kaktusliiga", Mustanaamio #9 (2000)

France

• "La bande du cactus", Le Fantôme Spécial #08 (1964)

Italy

• "La banda del cactus", Il Vascello #53 (1961)
• "La banda del cactus", Super Albo #24 (1962)
• "La banda del cactus", Mandrake - New Comics Now #318 (1993)

Norway

• "Kaktusbanden", Fantomet #9 (2000)

Spain

• "El vaquero", Serie Amarilla #12 (1959)

Sweden

• "Kaktusligan", Fantomen #9 (2000)

Turkey

• "Kaktüs Çetesi", Mandrake #227 & #228 (1978)
• "Kaktüs Çetesi", Mandrake Albüm #74 (1978)

Yugoslavia

• "Мандрак и Кактусова банда" ("romanized as "Mandrak i Kaktusova banda"), Politikin Zabavnik #971 (1970)