U-Hunt
| U-Hunt | |
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| Start date: | July 18th, 1955 |
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| End date: | September 3rd, 1955 |
| # of strips: | 42 (7 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "Return of the Clay Camel" |
| Followed by: | "The Experiment" |
"U-Hunt" is the 83th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Note: At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Mysterious Mesa".
Plot Summary
On her birthday Narda boarding a ship to visit Cockaigne. Without Narda Mandrake feels lonely and borded, so he found that he needed a vacation. When he find that Lothar reading a magazine "The Uranium Hunters", he decides to go uranium hunting.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Gus, a cowboy.
- Bogg, a cowboy.
- Boss, an enemy agent.
Locations
- New York
- A mystery mesa.
Behind the scenes
- The title for this story is taken from the strip of July 16, 1955 (Next Week: "U-Hunt").
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "En la mina de uranio", Anuario de Mandrake el mago (Impacto) (1967)
Brazil
- "Os Caçadores de Urânio", Mandrake #19 (1956)
- "Os Caçadores de Urânio", Mandrake #241 (1976)
- "Caçadores de Urânio", Mandrake #287 (1979)
Finland
- "Uraania", Sarjakuvalehti #2 (1963)
France
- "Les clandestins de l'uranium", Mandrake #249 (1970)
- "U-Hunt", Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 2 - 1953 à 1957 (2012)
Italy
- "I ciandestini dell'uranio", Il Vascello #12 (1959)
- "I ciandestini dell'uranio", I Classici dell'Avventura #29 (1963)
- "I ciandestini dell'uranio", Mandrake #131 (1969)
- "I ciandestini dell'uranio", Mandrake - New Comics Now #331 (1994)