The Earthshaker

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The Earthshaker
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Start date: October 25th, 1943
End date: January 29th, 1944
# of strips: 84 (14 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: "The Witch of Kaloon"
Followed by: "The Dome"

"The Earthshaker" is the 30th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis. This story exists in two variants, one made to span four newspaper columns, the other to span five. The five-column variant is cropped in the lower part.

Plot Summary

Mandrake receives two invitations for Seven Dunes, one to visit and one to stay away.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Trina, (first week only)
  • Old Sandy, an old friend of Mandrake
  • Hoss, an oil thief
  • Mac, an oil thief
  • A deputy, from the sheriff's officer

Locations

  • Seven Duns, Old Sandy's ranch


Behind the scenes

  • The title for the story is taken from the strip of October 23, 1943 (Beginning -- Next Week "The Earthshaker").

Signifiant covers

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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  • "Il titano delle sette dune", Mandrake #12 (Comics Stars in the World 1976) note: Italian text.

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  • "Jätten på Seven Dunes", Mandrake (1945)

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