Prairie Man

Prairie Man
Start date:	August 22nd, 1976
End date:	December 5th, 1976
# of strips:	16 (16 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Moxley University Robbers"
Followed by:	"Mysterious Bigfoot"

"Prairie Man" is the 132nd Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

On the road Mandrake and Lothar make a stop to have a look at the prairie dogs. While talking about their little towns under the ground something happends.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar

One-time characters

• Top-Dog, eg. B.G. one of the world's richest man.
• A doctor
• A nurce
• A librarian
• A engineeer
• A french chef
• A projectonist

Locations

• The desert

Behind the scenes

• The story title is taken from the strip of August 29, 1976 (Beginning: "Prairie Man").

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "El Mundo del Can Mayor", Sandokan #10 (1982)

France

• "La tête géante", Mandrake #438 (1978)
• "La cité sous les sables", Le Journal de Mickey #1381-#1385 (1978-1979)
• "La cité sous les sables", Mandrake (Les récits du Journal de Mickey) Volume 1 (2015)

India

• "The Maze of Horror", Indrajal Comics #318 (1979)

Italy

• "no title", Mandrake #83 (1978)
• "La città sotto la prateria", Mandrake - New Comics Now #376 (1997)

Portugal

• "O Pistoleiros das Pradarias", Jornal do Cuto #171 (1977)

Turkey

• "Olaylı Yolculuk", Mandrake #156 (1977)
• "Olaylı Yolculuk", Mandrake Albüm #52
• "Olaylı Yolculuk", Mandrake Süper Albüm #32
• "Olaylı Yolculuk", Mandrake Süper Albüm #13 & #14

Yugoslavia

• (no given title), Super EKS Almanah #9 (1980)