Badtown

Badtown
Start date:	March 21st, 1983
End date:	June 18th, 1983
# of strips:	78 (13 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Evil Spirit of the East Wind"
Followed by:	"The Gangster Ship"

"Badtown" is the 181st Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Leaving the Glass Castle traveling to the town Mandrake and Lothar comes to Goodtown, where they intended leave the horses and take the bus to town. But a mob have takene over the town, rename it to "Badtown".

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar

One-time characters

Locations

• The landscape near the College of Magic.
• Goodtown.

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is lifted from the plot.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "A Cidade do Mal", Mandrake Almanaque #2 (1986)

Finland

• "Pahat ja hyvät", Mustanaamio #5 (1989)

India

• "The Surge of Evil", Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 8 (1985)
• "The Dangerous Gang", Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #5 (1992)
• "The Dangerous Gang", Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #52 (1997)

Italy

• "Badtown", Mandrake - New Comics Now #134 (1985)

Spain

• "Goodtown la Ciudad del Mal", Mandrake #35 (1998)

Sweden

• "De onda i Godhem", Fantomen #24 (1988)

Turkey

• "Kötüler Kenti", Mandrake #2 Mandrake #3
• "Kötüler Kenti", Mandrake Süper Albüm #1
• "Kötüler Kenti", Mandrake Süper Albüm #23

Yugoslavia

• "Zlo u Dobrigradu", Super EKS Almanah #68 (1985)