Mandrake in North Africa
| Mandrake in North Africa | |
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| Start date: | September 4, 1939 |
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| End date: | December 23, 1939 |
| # of strips: | 96 (16 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Original colorist: | unknown |
| Preceded by: | "Mandrake in Cockaigne" |
| Followed by: | "The Mountain Bandits" |
"Mandrake in North Africa" is a Mandrake the Magician daily story and featuring indirect reference, because Lothar becomes prince of Wambesi, one of the major tribes in the land of the Phantom. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot synopsis
Mandrake and Lothar are in North Africa heading to Paris when Libie Carr fools our friends aboard a plane that goes to Central Africa. They arrive at Fort Radi and is told an amazing story. Besa, the sorcerer, has killed Colonel Carr using black magic and now he threatens to kill Captain Tod Brownell. Nearby is the Wambesi village where Lothar grew up as son of the king. The people of Wambesi were under the tyranny of the jungle sorcerer and when Lothar came to visit they saw a glimpse of hope. As son of their great dead king Lothar was their prince. As the stronges of the Wambesi only Lothar could drive out the evil Besa.
Lothar manage to defeat Besa and Lothar became the crowned King of the great Wambesi tribe. But soon Lothar found the King stuff boring. Then when he inherited two dozen wives of the last king, and was told he had to marry them all, he fled while he shouted: "Me abdicate".
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Libie Carr
- Captain Tod Brownell, Libie Carr's fiancé.
- Besa, a sorcerer.
- Colonel Carr, was the commandant of Fort Radi.
- Narob, a houseboy at Fort Radi.
- Oogubay, the previous King of Wambesi.
- Gugu, wife of the king.
- Lala, wife of the king.
- Tradi, wife of the king.
- Madi, wife of the king.
Locations
- North Africa
- Central Africa
- Fort Radi
- Wambesi village.
Related stories
Remade as
- "Jungle Drums" by Ray Bailey
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- "Mandrake in Africa", The Supercomic Series #34 (1950)
Brazil
- "Mandrake na África", Mandrake #238 (1976)
- "Mandrake na África", Mandrake Coleção #11 (1990)
France
- "Un drame de la sorcellerie", Aventures et Mystère #54 and "Lothar 1er", #56 (1948)
- "Le sorcier des Wambesi", Spécial Mandrake #13 (1964)
Italy
- "L'inesorabile Besa", Mandrake Super Albo #98 (1964)
- "Besa lo stregone", Mandrake #16 (Comics Stars in the World) and "Re Lothar contro Besa" #17
- "Besa, lo stregone", Mandrake - New Comics Now #148 (1985)
- "Besa, lo stregone", Mandrake 16 (Comic Art) (1992)
- "Besa lo stregone", Mandrake il mago (Mondadori Comics) Volume #2 (2015)
Spain
- "Besa el hechicero", Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado #36 - Mandrake #11 (1986) (?)
USA
- The Official Mandrake #10 – #12 (1989)
Yugoslavia
- Mika Miš #426 – #460 and "Принц Лотар" (romanized as "Princ Lotar"), Mika Miš #463 – #471 (1940)
- "Принц Лотар" (romanized as "Princ Lotar"), Zabavnik #106 (1941; part 2 only)
- Strip #1 – #4 (1951; shortened)