Avventura al Polo Sud (Spada)

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Avventura al Polo Sud
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French version
1st publication: I Classici dell'Avventura #49/1963
# of pages: 9 pgs
Writer: unknown
Artist: Domenico Mirabella
Producer: Fratelli Spada

"Avventura al Polo Sud" is an Italian made Mandrake story from 1962.

Plot summary

Arriving towards the South Pole, Miss Dory Survin, an aviator, faces a wall of mists. Mandrake and Lothar fly off to help her. While landing on the snow, they are suddenly attacked by a prehistoric man. The man saw Miss Survin but while escaping, he managed to trap Mandrake and Lothar in a pit. By hypnotically stretching the wild man's hair, Mandrake manage to use it as a rope and get out of the hole in which they were fallen down. Finally they find Dory and return to civilization with her.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Miss Dory Survin, aviator
  • the airport's chief
  • A primitive man

Locations

  • the South Pole.

Behind the scenes

The story is a short, redrawn version of the daily story "Mandrake in the Lost World" by Lee Falk and Phil Davis. Most of the panels are edited. Mandrake and Lothar are cut out and replaced with new art, looking more like Phil Davis art from the 50s.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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Mini italy.gif Italy