The Little Fog

The Little Fog
Start date:	July 2, 1956
End date:	October 20, 1956
# of strips:	96 (16 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Decoy"
Followed by:	"Tub's Gang"

"The Little Fog" is the 88th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

At Brown's farm a mysterious little fog popping up. If something or someone enters the fog, the fog vanished and what's inside disappears. Mandrake and Lothar go to the farm to investigate the mystery. Entering the little fog our friends find themselves in a mysterious and strange world.

The strang world, with no trees or bushes and cities like giant bubbles that float in the air, was Earth fifty thousand years in the future. Thousands of years ago the people have perfected time travel and invented the time-gate, the Little Fog. They bagan a project to record in picture and sound the history of the Earth, but it was to dangerous. A time travveler went into the middle age there was a plague. He returned from the past sick and the sickness spread. The people decided to destroy the time machines and outlawed time travels.

JonnyXI97C discovered some ancient plans to make a time machine. And now he had found himself a new toy....

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• The Police Chief
• Narda, last strip only.

One-time characters

• Brown, a farmer
• Maggy, Mr. Brown's lead cow.
• Marge, a girl
• JonnyXI97C, a boy from the future.

Locations

• New York
  • S.S. Dept.
• Duncan Falls, 1956 and 50 000 years into the future.
  • Brown's farm, route forty near Duncan Falls

Behind the scenes

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of July 2, 1956 (Beginning: The Little Fog).
• Duncan Falls refering to where Lee Falk's wife grew up.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The Little Fog", Mandrake Comic #26 (1958)

Brazil

• "A Nuvem Misteriosa", Mandrake - Edição Extra (1957)
• "A Neblina do Tempo", Mandrake #293 (1980)
• "A Nuvem Misteriosa", Mandrake Coleção #20 – #21 (1991)

Finland

• "Utu tulevaisuudesta", Mustanaamio #1, #2 and #3 (1979)
• "Utu tulevaisuudesta", Sarjakirja #1/1989 (1989)

France

• "Le brouillard mystérieux", Mandrake #339 and #340 (1971)
• "no title given", Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 2 - 1953 à 1957 (2012)

Italy

• "La nebbia misteriosa", Il Vascello #17 (1959)
• "La nebbia misteriosa", I Classici dell'Avventura #13 (1961)
• "La nebbia misteriosa", Mandrake #13 and #14 (1971)
• "La nebbia misteriosa", Mandrake - New Comics Now #332 (1994)

New Zealand

• "The Little Fog", Mandrake the Magician #147 and Mandrake the Magician #148 (1957)

Norway

• "Framtidens tåke", Fantomet #20 (1982)
• "Framtidens tåke", Serie-pocket #151 (1989)

Sweden

• "Dimman från framtiden", Fantomen #19 (1978)

Turkey

• "Esrarengiz Duman", Mandrake Albüm #83

United Kingdom

• "The Little Fog", Mandrake the Magician #1 (1959)