The Werewolf

The Werewolf
Start date:	November 4th, 1935
End date:	February 29th, 1936
# of strips:	102 (17 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Saki, the Clay Camel"
Followed by:	"The Return of the Clay Camel"

"The Werewolf" is the 5th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

In this story one find a special made "Merry Christmas" strip for December the 25th of 1935.

Plot Summary

Mandrake chases a werewolf.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar

One-time characters

• Boris
• Vasil, son of Boris
• Lora Gates, nieces of Boris.
• Emil Jacques, a circus man.
• Bo-Bo, the dog-faced boy.

Locations

• Europe

Behind the scenes

Title

• The title for the story is lifted from the plot.

Special strip

• In this story one find a special made "Merry Christmas" strip for December the 25th of 1935.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "Lobisomem!", Mandrake Especial #4 (1987)
• "No Vale do Lobisomem", Mandrake Coleção #5 (1990)

France

• "Mandrake et le Loup-Garou", Hop-là! (1938)
• "Le loup-garou" & "Nuit d'épouvante", Collection à 8 Francs Le loup-garou & Nuit d'épouvante (1945)
• "Le loup-garou", Mandrake le Magicien Vol. 2 (1982)

French Polynesia

• "Il lupo mannaro" & "L'orrore del circo", Mandrake #31 & #32 (Comics Stars in the World 1977 or 1978) note: Italian text.

Italy

• "Il fenomeno da circo", L'Avventuroso #109 - #128 (1936-1937)
• "Il fenomeno da circo", Collana Albi grandi avventure - Mandrake #5 (1937)
• "Il lupo umano" & "La casa dei rumori" & "La barracca misteriosa" & "Il fenomeno da circo", Albi Economici Nerbini #13 & #14 & #15 & #16 (1949)
• "Il fenomeno del circo" & "Il cugino Vasil", Special Mandrake #161 & #162 (1965)
• "Il lupo mannaro" & "L'orrore del circo", Mandrake #31 & #32 (Comics Stars in the World 1977 or 1978)
• "Il lupo mannaro", Mandrake - New Comics Now #116 (1984)
• "Il lupo mannaro", Mandrake 5 (Comic Art) (1991)
• "Il lupo mannaro", Mandrake il mago (2014)

Mexico

• "Contra el hombre lobo" & "Vence e Boris", Paquito #11017 and #11018 (1953)

Spain

• "El Circo del Horror (El Hombre Lobo)", Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado #20 - Mandrake #5 (1982)

Turkey

• "Kurtadam", Ateş (1938)
• no title, Afacan #33 - 36 and #38 - 40 (1942) Note: Incomplete. Traced form from #39

United Kingdom

• "The Werewolf", Mandrake the Magician - The Dailies Volume 1: The Cobra (2016)

USA

• "The Werewolf", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Werewolf" (Pacific Comics Club) (2020)

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

• "Мандрак у борби против вукодлака", (romanized as "Mandrak u borbi protiv vukodlaka"), Mika Miš #172 – #209 (1938)
• "Мандрак у борби против вукодлака", (romanized as "Mandrak u borbi protiv vukodlaka"), Zabavnik #53 and #56 (1939)