The Place Called X

The Place Called X
Start date:	August 11, 1957
End date:	December 29, 1957
# of strips:	21 (21 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Casino"
Followed by:	"The Invaders"

"The Place Called X" is the 73rd Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

At a laboratory in the country they are experimenting with new ultra-ultre short waves. The suddenly, people begin to vanish, into a silent whirling green spiral.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• The Police Chief

One-time characters

• Prof Pell /Bell, a electronic expert.
• Steve, Prof Bell's assistant.
• Joe Brown, a farmer.
• Ed, a young man.
• The Greenies, inhabitants of the Green World in the World of XYMX
• The Flamz, inhabitants of the Flaming Red World in the World of XYMX

Locations

• New York City
  • S.S. Division
• The country
  • Lover's Lane
• The World of XYMX
  • The Green World
  • The Flaming Red World

Behind the scenes

• The story title is taken from the strip of August 4 and 11, 1957 (Next Week: The Place Called X & Beginning: The Place Called X).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "A Nuvem Verde", Mandrake #33 (1958)
• "A Misteriosa Nuvem Verde", Mandrake #303 (1981)

Finland

• "no given title", Sarjakuvalehti #19 (1963)

France

• "La spirale mystérieuse", Mandrake #2 (1962)
• "La spirale mystérieuse", Mandrake #266 (1970)

Italy

• "La spirale misteriosa", Il Vascello #45 (1961)
• "La spirale misteriosa", I Classici dell'Avventura #27 (1963)
• "La spirale misteriosa", Mandrake #151 (1970)
• "La spirale misteriosa", Mandrake - New Comics Now #275 (1991)

India

• "The Place Called X", The Phantom #11 (2001)

Norway

• "Et sted ved navn X", Fantomet #7 (1999)

Portugal

• "O Segredo do Remoinho Verde", Condor Popular Vol. 20 N.° 4 (1959)

Spain

• "Un Lugar Llamado X", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1956–1959 (Dolmen Editorial) (2021)

Sweden

• "En plats kallad X", Fantomen #7 (1999)

Turkey

• "Yeşil Dünya", Mandrake #77 #78 (1975)
• "Yeşil Dünya", Mandrake Albüm #26

USA

• "The Place Called X", The Missing Years #47 (2004)