The Lost City
| The Lost City | |
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| Start date: | June 15th, 1986 |
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| End date: | November 16th, 1986 |
| # of strips: | 23 |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Fred Fredericks |
| Preceded by: | "The Central Galaxy" |
| Followed by: | "The Kraken" |
"The Lost City" is the 155th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.
Plot Summary
On an archeological dig in tropical land Dr. Archland diccovered a stele with ancient writing. He found the carving as an ancient puzzle guide to Mayora, the city of jewels. Now he want Mandrake to help him with two problems. First a gang of thugs are after him, second he need help to understand the puzzling guide to Mayora.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Dr. Archland, an archeolog
- Toby, leader of the thugs
Locations
- A tropical land
- Mayora, the city of jewels
- New York City
Behind the scenes
- At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Lost City", which is lifted from the plot.
- The strip of September 28, 1986 is a Defenders of the Earth promotion. Similar strip also in The Phantom and Flash Gordon Sundays.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
India
- "The Lost City of Jewels", Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 21 and Vol. 24 No. 22 (1987)
Italy
- "La città perduta", Mandrake - New Comics Now #219 (1988)