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Pleasant Valley

Start date:	January 14th, 1946
End date:	March 23rd, 1946
# of strips:	60 (10 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Sleeping Beauty"
Followed by:	"Medusa"

"Pleasant Valley" is the 38th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis. This story exists in two variants, one made to span four newspaper columns, the other to span five. The five-column variant is cropped in the lower part.

Plot Summary

Mandrake and Narda drive a trip and come to Pleasant Valley. Despite the name Pleasant Valley strange things are happening in Pleasant Valley.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Sally, the young daughter of Mr. Carter
Mr. Carter, a farmer
A living scarecrow
Dr. Beetle, a scientist experimenting on locusts
Big Jim, a man trying to buy up land
Farmer #2

Locations

Pleasant Valley

Behind the scenes

The title for the story is taken from the strips of January 12 and 14, 1946 (Next Week = Pleasant Valley & Beginning: Pleasant Valley).
Mystery: Narda speaking to Lothar in the end of the fifth week, and he is active in the story from the seventh week. Oddly enough he was not in the car with Mandrake and Nards at the beginning of the story. So how did he get to Pleasant Valley ?

Signifiant covers

Australia
Brazil
Brazil
Italy
Italy
Italy
New Zealand
New Zealand
Portugal
Portugal
USA

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

"La invasion de las langostas", Libro de Oro - Mandrake el Mago #3 (1961)

Australia

"Pleasant Valley", The Supercomic Series #6 (1948)

Belgium

"(no title given)", Story# 238 to Story#249 (1950)

Brazil

"O Vale Feliz", Mandrake #260 (1977)

France

"Sauterelles sur la vallée", Mandrake #31 (1964)
"Sauterelles sur la vallée", Mandrake #320 (1971)

Italy

"Cavallette nella valle", L'Avventura (1947)
"Locuste a Vallegaia", Mandrake #52 (1963)
"Locuste a Vallegaia", I Classici dell'Avventura #107 (1966)
"Cavallette nella valle", Mandrake - New Comics Now #215 (1988)
"Cavallette nella valle", Mandrake 32 (Comic Art) (1994)

New Zealand

"Pleasant Valley", Mandrake the Magician #6 and Mandrake the Magician #7 (1950)

Portugal

"A Flauta de Prata", Mandrake #2 (197?)

Spain

"El Valle Alegre", Mandrake #6 (1997)

Sweden

"Gräshoppsdalen", Mandrake #1 (1963)

Turkey

"Kanatlı Canavarlara Karșı", 1001 Özel #118 (1954)

USA

"Pleasant Valley", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "Pleasant Valley" (Pacific Comics Club) (2019)

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 '''"Pleasant Valley"''' is the 38th Mandrake [[daily story]].
 The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].
+This story exists in two variants, one made to span four newspaper columns, the other to span five. The five-column variant is cropped in the lower part.
 == Plot Summary ==
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 *The title for the story is taken from the strips of January 12 and 14, 1946 (Next Week = Pleasant Valley & Beginning: Pleasant Valley).
 *Mystery: Narda speaking to Lothar in the end of the fifth week, and he is active in the story from the seventh week. Oddly enough he was not in the car with Mandrake and Nards at the beginning of the story. So how did he get to Pleasant Valley ?
+== Signifiant covers ==
+<gallery>
+Super-comics-series-06.jpg|[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia
+Gibi1130.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Mandrake260rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Ilvascello mandrake-052.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Icda-m-107.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Comart32.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Mandrake FP 006.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
+Mandrake FP 007.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
+Mandrake he 02-02.jpg|[[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal
+Mandrake formatic-02.jpg|[[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal
+Mandrake formatic-02.jpg[[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden
+ClassMandSeries2pleasantvalley.jpg|[[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA
+</gallery>
 == Reprints ==
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 === [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
+*"Sauterelles sur la vallée", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 31|''Mandrake'' #31]] (1964)
 *"Sauterelles sur la vallée", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 320|''Mandrake'' #320]] (1971)
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 *"Cavallette nella valle", [[New Comics Now 215|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #215]] (1988)
 *"Cavallette nella valle", [[Mandrake 32 (Comic Art)]] (1994)
+=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
+*"Pleasant Valley", [[Mandrake the Magician 6 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #6'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 7 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #7'']] (1950)
 === [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
 *"A Flauta de Prata", [[Mandrake 2 (Hiquafi-Editora)|''Mandrake'' #2]] (197?)
+=== [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
+*"El Valle Alegre", [[Mandrake 6 (Euroclub Magerit)|''Mandrake'' #6]] (1997)
 === [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
 *"Gräshoppsdalen", [[Mandrake 1/1963 (Formatic Press)|''Mandrake'' #1]] (1963)
+=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
+*"Kanatlı Canavarlara Karșı", [[1001 Özel 118|''1001 Özel'' #118]] (1954)
+=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
+*"Pleasant Valley", [[The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "Pleasant Valley" (Pacific Comics Club)|''The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)''/ Episode: "Pleasant Valley" (Pacific Comics Club)'']] (2019)
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