The Annoying

"The Annoying"
Start date:	January 15th, 1939
End date:	January 15th, 1939
# of strips:	1 (1 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Afternoon with Lothar"
Followed by:	"The Flying Pass By"

"The Annoying" is the 3rd Mandrake filler page in between the 10th and 11th Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Norvell was the worst bully in town, always roughing up somebody smaller than himself. Mandrake tought him that small people don't like to be bullied by big people.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake

One-time characters

• Norvell.

Locations

• US

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is taken from the plot. (A better name would be "The Bully" or "Norvell the Bully")

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Belgium

• "(no title given)", Story # 1 (1945)

France

• "(no title given)", Robinson #169 (1939)
• "Une bonne leçon", L'âge d'or Mandrake #2 (1980)

Italy

• no title, Eureka #3 (189) (1979)
• "Il prepotente", L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake #2 (1980)
• no title, L'Eternauta #48 (1986)

Portugal

• no title, Mundo de Aventuras #482 (1983)

Spain

• "Magia contra fuerza bruta", Almanaque Merlín, el rey de la magia 1944 (1944)
• no title, Mandrake #4 (1999)

USA

• "(no title)", King Comics #45 (1940)
• "no title", Feature Book #46 (1946)