Heavy
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Heavy | |
Start date: | January 4th, 1976 |
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End date: | March 14th, 1976 |
# of strips: | 11 (11 weeks) |
Writer: | Lee Falk |
Artist: | Fred Fredericks |
Preceded by: | "The Plane Hijackers" |
Followed by: | "The Giant Head" |
"Heavy" is the 129th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.
Plot Summary
Mandrake have phoned the president of Moxley U to tell he they have been delayed. On the road the meet a strange man who has lost his fuel and glasses.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Heavy, a man from Europe.
- Man on a gas station.
Locations
- The Desert
- Moxley U, mentioned only.
Behind the scenes
- The story title is lifted from the strip of January 4, 1976 (Beginning: "Heavy" ).
- Note: At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Man from Europa".
- Moxley U, a university named after Lee Falk's wife.
Signifiant covers
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "Un Extraño Visitante", Sandokan #6 (1982)
France
- "Monsieur Lourd", Mandrake #440 (1978)
- "L'homme lourd", Le Journal de Mickey #1370-#1373 (1978)
- "L'homme lourd", Mandrake (Les récits du Journal de Mickey) Volume 1 (2015)
- "L'homme lourd", Mandrake, intégrale du journal Mickey (Volume 1) (2016 or 2017)
Italy
- "Monsieur Lourd", Mandrake # 85 (1978)
- "La seconda luna di Giove", Mandrake - New Comics Now #376 (1997)
Portugal
- "O Misterioso Homem Pesado", Jornal do Cuto #150 (1976)
Turkey
- "Olaylı Yolculuk", Mandrake #152 & #153 (1977)
- "Olaylı Yolculuk", Mandrake Albüm #51
- "Olaylı Yolculuk", Mandrake Süper Albüm #31
Yugoslavia
- (no given title), Super EKS Almanah #5 (1980)