Heavy

Heavy
Start date:	January 4th, 1976
End date:	March 14th, 1976
# of strips:	11 (11 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Plane Hijackers"
Followed by:	"The Giant Head"

"Heavy" is the 129th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Mandrake have phoned the president of Moxley U to tell he they have been delayed. On the road the meet a strange man who has lost his fuel and glasses.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar

One-time characters

• Heavy, a man from Europe.
• Man on a gas station.

Locations

• The Desert
  • Moxley U, mentioned only.

Behind the scenes

• The story title is lifted from the strip of January 4, 1976 (Beginning: "Heavy" ).
• Note: At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Man from Europa".
• Moxley U, a university named after Lee Falk's wife.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "Un Extraño Visitante", Sandokan #6 (1982)

France

• "Monsieur Lourd", Mandrake #440 (1978)
• "L'homme lourd", Le Journal de Mickey #1370-#1373 (1978)
• "L'homme lourd", Mandrake (Les récits du Journal de Mickey) Volume 1 (2015)

Italy

• "Monsieur Lourd", Mandrake # 85 (1978)
• "La seconda luna di Giove", Mandrake - New Comics Now #376 (1997)

Portugal

• "O Misterioso Homem Pesado", Jornal do Cuto #150 (1976)

Turkey

• "Olaylı Yolculuk", Mandrake #152 & #153 (1977)
• "Olaylı Yolculuk", Mandrake Albüm #51
• "Olaylı Yolculuk", Mandrake Süper Albüm #31

Yugoslavia

• (no given title), Super EKS Almanah #5 (1980)