The Fishing Trip
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| The Fishing Trip | |
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| Start date: | May 15, 1961 |
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| End date: | July 29, 1961 |
| # of strips: | 66 (11 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "Mystery of the Bikini Girl" |
| Followed by: | "Photo Mystery" |
"The Fishing Trip" is the 111th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
At the Silly-Stuff Department several reports of things floating in air; hay, bone, fish, diamonds. Is someone or something up there fishing, using different baits and lures ?
Appearances
Locations
- New York
- Planet X43RZ, mentioned only.
Behind the scenes
- The title for the story taken from the strip of May 15, 1961 (Beginning: The Fishing Trip).
- About planet "Earth" in the space almanac: Third planet, intelligent life, near space travel, will be member of gallactic federation in fifty years.
Signifiant covers
Australia
Brazil
Italy
Spain
USA
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- no title, Mandrake the Magician #18 (1962 (?))
Brazil
- "Os Pescadores do Espaço", Mandrake #66 (1962)
France
- "Les pêcheurs du ciel", Mandrake #233, Mandrake #234 and #235 (1969)
Italy
- "I pescatori del cielo", Super Albo #6 (1962)
- "I pescatori del cielo", Mandrake #113 and #114 (1969)
- "I pescatori del cielo", Mandrake - New Comics Now #131 (1985)
Portugal
- "Os Pescadores do Espaço", Selecções #30 (1963)
Spain
- "Pesca prohibida", Coleccion Héroes Modernos #11c (1964)
- "Pesca prohibida", Coleccion Héroes Modernos Album de Rip Kirby (1964)
- "Pesca prohibida", Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos #3C (1970)
- "Pesca Prohibida", Mandrake #18 (1997)
Turkey
- "Uzay Avcıları", Mandrake #168 & #169 (1977)
- "Uzay Avcıları", Mandrake Albüm #55 (1977)
- "Uzay Avcıları", Mandrake Albüm #148 & #149
United Kingdom
- "The Fishing Trip", Mandrake the Magician #17 (1961)
USA
- "The Fishing Trip", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Fishing Trip" (Pacific Comics Club) (2020)