The Tourist
| The Tourist | |
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| Start date: | January 3, 1955 |
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| End date: | April 2, 1955 |
| # of strips: | 78 (13 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "The Enchantress" |
| Followed by: | "The Inventor" |
"The Tourist" is the 80th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
A strange man walking around selling pills that make people 20 years younger.
Appearances
Recurring characters
- Mandrake
- Lothar, few pictures only.
- The Police Chief
One-time characters
- Eb, a farmer.
- Maggy, Eb's wife.
- Pete, a police man at S.S. Dept.
- Much, a gang member.
- Jake, a gang member.
- Gus, a police man.
- Wardens, time wardens.
Locations
- New York
- S.S. Dept.
- The Danceland.
- The National Bank.
Behind the scenes
- The title for the story taken from the strip of January 3, 1955 (Beginning: The Tourist).
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- "The Tourist", Mandrake Comic #25 (1957)
Brazil
- "O Turista", Mandrake #15 (1955)
- "O Turista", Mandrake #283 (1979)
- "O Turista", Mandrake Coleção #15 (1990)
Denmark
- "Turisten", Fantomet #164 (1981)
Finland
- "Turisti tulevaisuudesta", Sarjakuvalehti #10 (1963)
- "Turisti", Mustanaamio #18 (1978)
- "Turisti", Sarjakirja #1 (1988)
France
- "L'homme qui revient du futur",Spécial Mandrake #58 (1968)
- "L'homme qui revient du futur", Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 1 (Soleil) (1993)
Italy
- "L’uomo che ritorna dal futuro", Il Vascello #13 (1959)
- "L’uomo che ritorna dal futuro", I Classici dell'Avventura #29 (1963)
- "L’uomo che ritorna dal futuro", Special Mandrake #186 (1966)
- "L’uomo che torna dal futuro", Mandrake - New Comics Now #331 (1994)
Norway
- "Turisten", Fantomet#06 (1983)
- "Turisten", Serie-pocket #138 (1988)
Portugal
- "Estranho Turista", Mundo de Aventuras #369 to Mundo de Aventuras #385 (1956)
Sweden
- "Turisten", Fantomen #25 (1977)
United Kingdom
- "The Tourist", Mandrake the Magician #11 (1961)
Yugoslavia
- "Мистериозни туриста" (romanized as "Misteriozni turista"), Politikin Zabavnik #957 (1970)