The Fishing Trip
| The Fishing Trip | |
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| Start date: | May 15, 1961 |
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| End date: | July 29, 1961 |
| # of strips: | 66 (11 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "Mystery of the Bikini Girl" |
| Followed by: | "Photo Mystery" |
"The Fishing Trip" is the 111th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
At the Silly-Stuff Department several reports of things floating in air; hay, bone, fish, diamonds. Is someone or something up there fishing, using different baits and lures ?
Appearances
Locations
- New York
- Planet X43RZ, mentioned only.
Behind the scenes
- The title for the story taken from the strip of May 15, 1961 (Beginning: The Fishing Trip).
- About planet "Earth" in the space almanac: Third planet, intelligent life, near space travel, will be member of gallactic federation in fifty years.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- no title, Mandrake the Magician #18 (1962 (?))
Brazil
- "Os Pescadores do Espaço", Mandrake #66 (1962)
France
- "Les pêcheurs du ciel", Mandrake #233, Mandrake #234 and #235 (1969)
Italy
- "I pescatori del cielo", Super Albo #6 (1962)
- "I pescatori del cielo", Mandrake #113 and #114 (1969)
- "I pescatori del cielo", Mandrake - New Comics Now #131 (1985)
Portugal
- "Os Pescadores do Espaço", Selecções #30 (1963)
Spain
- "Pesca prohibida", Coleccion Héroes Modernos #11c (1964)
- "Pesca prohibida", Coleccion Héroes Modernos Album de Rip Kirby (1964)
- "Pesca prohibida", Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos #3C (1970)
- "Pesca Prohibida", Mandrake #18 (1997)
Turkey
- "Uzay Avcıları", Mandrake #168 #169 (1977)