The Three Brothers

The Three Brothers
Start date:	July 24th, 1977
End date:	October 16th, 1977
# of strips:	15 (15 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Mysterious Bigfoot"
Followed by:	"Mr Ttazz"

"The Three Brothers" is the 135th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Mandrake and Lothar have reached a small town. Mandrake is going to call Narda and get some sleep at a the hotel. Lothar is not sleepy and want to look in at a carnival.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda, mentioned only.
• Lothar

One-time characters

• Waldo, a strong man at the carnival.
• Great Boris, Waldo's big brother.
• Gorganza, Waldo and Boris' biggest brother.

Locations

• The mountains
  • A small town.
    • A carnival.

Behind the scenes

• At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Three Brothers", which is lifted from the plot.

Signifiant covers

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  Italy

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  Portugal

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "Titanes de Cartón", Sandokan #16 (1983)

France

• "Lothar à la foire", Mandrake #443 (1978)
• "La fête foraine", Le Journal de Mickey #1397-#1401 (1979)
• "La fête foraine", Mandrake (Les récits du Journal de Mickey) Volume 1 (2015)
• "La fête foraine", Mandrake, intégrale du journal Mickey (Volume 1) (2016 or 2017)

India

• "Lothar the Mighty", Indrajal Comics #331 (1979)

Italy

• "Il ladro di quadri", Mandrake #88 (1978)
• "Lotta libera", Mandrake - New Comics Now #376 (1997)

Portugal

• "Lotário na Feira", Êxitos da TV #10 (1979)
• "Lotário na Feira", Êxitos da TV (ca 1979)

Turkey

• "Gençlik İksiri", Mandrake #211 & #212 (1978)
• "Gençlik İksiri", Mandrake Albüm #68 & #69 (1978)
• "Gençlik İksiri", Mandrake Albüm #168
• "Gençlik İksiri", Mandrake Süper Albüm #59