Cloud City
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| Cloud City | |
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| Start date: | March 7th, 1943 |
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| End date: | November 7th, 1943 |
| # of strips: | 36 (36 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "Mystery of the Girls with Red Hair" |
| Followed by: | "Gloria Golden" |
"Cloud City" is the 24th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
Mandrake and Lothar find themselves in a cabin of a powerful bomber. Our magician have been chosen for a secret mission, to put some secret dispatches in the hand of the general. The second day in the air they reach the great mountains. Flying in dense clouds over the vast mountain range the plane suddenly turns topsy-turvy.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Captain Pat, a pilote.
- King Ozon of Aar.
- Princess Aera of Aar.
- Hawc, a clodman.
- Grak, prehistoric giant birds. like flying sharks.
- A colonel.
Locations
- US
- The Himalayas ?
- Aar' the cloud city.
Behind the scenes
- The title for this story is taken from the plot.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
France
- "La ville aérienne", Mandrake #41 (1964)
Italy
- "Gli squali volanti", Mandrake #49 (1963)
- "Gli squali volanti", I Classici dell'Avventura #99 (1965)
Sweden
- "Molnstaden", Mandrake (1950)
USA
- King Comics (1944-1945)
Yugoslavia
- "Među oblacima", Biblioteka Nostalgija #8 (1988)