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Tale of Detru

Start date:	July 28th, 1958
End date:	September 20th, 1958
# of strips:	48 (8 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Narda's Adventure"
Followed by:	"The Invisible Bandit"

"Tale of Detru" is the 98th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mr. James bought an old genuine Detru idol in an island shop. On the ship a man tried to steal the idol, and thrown Detru's curse on Mr. James house: "You will know no peace or rest -- Only death". Then, from the first moment James brought the idol into his house - trouble started....

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Detru, jungle god of doom.
John James, Banker and art collector.
Gussie, the cook.
Oscar, the butler.
Willy, the handyman.

Locations

A tropical island.
New York

Behind the scenes

The title for this story is lifted from the plot. (The strip of July 26, 1958 indicate the title; Next Week: "Detru").

Signifiant covers

Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Italy
Italy
Spain
United Kingdom

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

"El idolo Detru", Mandrake el Mago #77 (1966)

Brazil

"Detru, o Ídolo Sinistro", Mandrake #37 (1959)
"Maldição do Ídolo", Mandrake #164 (1970)
"Detru, O Ídolo Maldito", Mandrake #297 (1980)
"Detru, o Ídolo Sinistro", Mandrake Coleção #23 – #24 (1991)
"O Ídolo Maldito", Coleção King Komix #3 (2001)

France

"La légende de Destru", Les héros du mystère #19 (1968)
"La légende de Destru", Les héros du mystère Album #7 (1969)
"La légende de Destru", Mandrake #350 (1972)
"La légende de Detru", Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 3 - 1957 à 1961 (2012)

Italy

"La leggenda di Destrù", Il Vascello #34 (1960)
"La leggenda di Destrù", I Classici dell'Avventura #15 (1961)
"La leggenda di Destrù", I Classici dell'Avventura #37 (1963)
"La leggenda di Destrù", Mandrake #28 (1972)
"La leggenda di Destrù", Mandrake - New Comics Now #347 (1995)

Sweden

"Detrus hämnd", Serie-pressen #14 (1972)

United Kingdom

"Mandrake the Magician in.... The tale of Detru", Mandrake the Magician #13 (1961)

Yugoslavia

"Тајна дрвеног идола" (romanized as "Tajna drvenog idola"), Politikin Zabavnik #1125 (1974)

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 == Reprints ==
 This story has been published in the following publications:
+=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
+*"El idolo Detru", [[Mandrake el mago 77 (Impacto)|''Mandrake el Mago'' #77]] (1966)
 === [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
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 *"La leggenda di Destrù", [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 28|''Mandrake'' #28]] (1972)
 *"La leggenda di Destrù", [[New Comics Now 347|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #347]] (1995)
+=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
+*"Tale of Detru", [[Mandrake the Magician 204 (Feature Productions)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #204]] and [[Mandrake the Magician 205 (Feature Productions)| #205]] (1959)
 === [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
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 *"El idolo", [[Coleccion Héroes Modernos presenta: Merlin el Mago Moderno 10|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #10]] (1959)
 *"El idolo", [[Coleccion Héroes Modernos presenta: Merlin el Mago Moderno - Album de Lujo 2|''Merlin el Mago Moderno - Album de Lujo'' #2]] (1959)
+*"La Historia de Detru", [[Mandrake 43 (Euroclub Magerit)|''Mandrake'' #43]] (1998)
 === [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===

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