The Witch of Kaloon

The Witch of Kaloon
Start date:	April 12th, 1943
End date:	October 23rd, 1943
# of strips:	168 (28 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Baron Kord"
Followed by:	"The Earthshaker"

"The Witch of Kaloon" is the 29th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Rasco goes to town to see if he can find a girl who can become his bride. Then he go to the beach and sees Narda and Trina.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda

One-time characters

• The Witch of Kaloon
• Trina
• Rasco, servant for the Witch of Kaloon the last thirteen years
• Franc, The Witch of Kaloon's servant
• Glinco, The Witch of Kaloon's servant
• Axel, The Witch of Kaloon's servant
• Sweetie, a vulture
• The innkeeper, in the town
• A grocer, in town
• Tim,

Locations

• An island
  • A small town
  • Kaloon, an old place in the hill's

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is taken from the strip of April 10 and 12, 1943 (Beginning: The Witch of Kaloon & Beginning: The Witch of Kaloon).

Note

This story exists in two different variants, the original and one in cropped height.

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  original

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  cropped

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The Witch of Kaloon" Mandrake the Magician #4 and #5 (1990)

Brazil

• "A Bruxa de Kaloon", Mandrake, o Mágico #13 (1971)

France

• "La sorcière de Kaloon",Mandrake #287 , Mandrake #288 & "Les deux visages du mystère" Mandrake #289 , Mandrake #290(1970)

Italy

• "La strega di Kaloon" & "I due volti del mistero" Super Albo - Mandrake #44 & #46 (1963)
• "La stregata di Kaloon" & "I due volti del mistero", Mandrake #165 & #166 (1970)
• "La strega di Kaloon", Mandrake - New Comics Now #182 (1986)
• "La strega di Kaloon", Mandrake 23 (Comic Art) (1993)
• "La strega di Kaloon", Club dei Trenta #47 (200?)

Spain

• "La isla de los hombres desaparecidos", Los Clásicos Americanos de El Boletín - Mandrake #15 (1992)

USA

• "The Witch of Kaloon", The Official Mandrake Limited #1 (1989)
• "The Witch of Kaloon", Comics Revue #181 – #186 (2000)