The College of Magic
The College of Magic | |
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Start date: | May 30th, 1971 |
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End date: | August 29th, 1971 |
# of strips: | 14 (14 weeks) |
Writer: | Lee Falk |
Artist: | Fred Fredericks |
Preceded by: | "The Shark" |
Followed by: | "The Space Pack" |
"The College of Magic" is the 113th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.
This story exist in three variations. Fredericks drew the strips with three rows in landscape format which scaled down to fit half a newspaper page. By cutting the top row, the strip fills a third of a newspaper page. By rearranging the panels to portrait format, the strip fit a tabloid page.
Plot Summary
Deep in a remote mountain range, a great boulder moves when a secret word is spoken. Revaling a long tunnel leading to an underground city. A wonderland of gardens and fountains, a place of philosophers and magicians, the "College of Magic". Now enemy soldiers have found the secret entrance to the college and Theron calling Mandrake for help.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Manuel, in Tibet
Behind the scenes
- The story title is from the strip of May 23,1971 (Next Week: The College of Magic). Note: At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Hidden College of Magic".
- The College of Magic is 4000 years old.
Signifiant covers
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "Os Invasores", Mandrake #189 (1972)
France
- "Une aventure extraordinaire", Mandrake #395 (1973)
Italy
- "Avventura strabiliante", Mandrake #41 (1973)
Portugal
- "O Cubo Mágico", A Capital - Quadradinhos (1972)
- "O Mistério do Chefe Desconhecido", Condor #82 (1973) note: starts with the last strip of previous story.
Spain
- "El colegio oculto de magia", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1968–1972 (Dolmen Editorial) (2019)
Slovenia
- "Univerza carovništva", Super Zabavnik #3 (ca 2000)
Turkey
- "Akademi Tehlikede", Mandrake #130 & #131 (1976)
- "Akademi Tehlikede", Mandrake Albüm #44
- "Akademi Tehlikede", Mandrake #58 & #59
- "Akademi Tehlikede", Mandrake Süper Albüm #17 & #18
- "Akademi Tehlikede", Mandrake Süper Albüm #64
Yugoslavia
- "Koledž mađije", Super EKS Almanah #64 (1985)