The Circus Adventure
| The Circus Adventure | |
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| Start date: | May 28th, 1944 |
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| End date: | August 27th, 1944 |
| # of strips: | 14 (14 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "The Garden of Wuzzu" |
| Followed by: | "The Santa Claus Pirates" |
"The Circus Adventure" is the 27th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
At Sam Jones's circus there have been one unexplainable accident after another.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Sam Jones, circus owner.
- Sylva, Sam's daughter.
- Mr Jasper, a banker.
- A rhinolion, at the circus (Mandrake's magic).
- A giraffagator, at the circus (Mandrake's magic).
- A two-headed osterich, at the circus (Mandrake's magic).
- A monkey with elephant head, at the circus (Mandrake's magic).
- A fat lady, at the circus (Mandrake's magic).
- A thin man, at the circus (Mandrake's magic).
- A two-headed man, at the circus (Mandrake's magic).
- A midget, at the circus (Mandrake's magic).
- Carlo, a ringmaster at the circus.
- Spike, friend of Carlo.
- Gombo, a gorilla at the circus.
- Combo's keeper.
- Tota, Sylva's pet lion.
- Joe, an elephant at the circus.
Locations
- US (?)
- The city
- Sam's Colossal Circus.
- The city
Behind the scenes
- At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Circus Adventure", which is lifted from the plot.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "Conspiração no circo", Mandrake #54 (1961)
France
- "Mandrake et le cirque de Sam Jones", Spécial Mandrake #7 (1964)
- "Le cirque de Sam Jones", L'âge d'or Mandrake #4 (1980)
Italy
- "Il circo di Sam Jones", Super Albo #26 (1963)
- "Il circo di Sam Jones", Mandrake - New Comics Now #42 (1981)
Spain
- "El circo extraordinario", Merlin el Mago Moderno #22 (194?)
USA
- King Comics (1945-1946)
- "The Colossal Circus", The Official Mandrake Sundays #1 (1989)
Yugoslavia
- "Semov cirkus", Biblioteka Nostalgija #13 (1991)