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== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
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At the top of a telephon pole a strange man with a butterfly net appear out of the air. When Mandrake following the strange man, he vanished into an invisible ''hole'' in the air. And found himself in a weird landscape of violet light. A parallel world where giant praying mantis are the masters and human look alike ''baghs'' are similar as insects, while mekax are human look alike robots.


===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Narda]], two pictures only.
 
*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]]
'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
 
*Bud, a telephon lineman.
*Clem, a farmer.
*Min, Clem's wife.
*Mac, works at the police station.
*Mekax, the Butterfly man - a robot.
*Baghs, tiny man alike ants.
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'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
 
*New York
*[[S.S. Dept.|S.S. Div.]]
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==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
*The title for the story taken from the strip of February 24, 1964 (Beginning: The Butterfly Man).
*The title for the story taken from the strip of February 24, 1964 (Beginning: The Butterfly Man).
*This is the last daily story one can see Mandrake lights a cigarette.


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==

Revision as of 23:37, 2 December 2013

The Butterfly Man
Start date: February 24, 1964
End date: June 13, 1964
# of strips: 96 (16 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: "The Disturber"
Followed by: "The Chief"

"The Butterfly Man" is the 124th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

At the top of a telephon pole a strange man with a butterfly net appear out of the air. When Mandrake following the strange man, he vanished into an invisible hole in the air. And found himself in a weird landscape of violet light. A parallel world where giant praying mantis are the masters and human look alike baghs are similar as insects, while mekax are human look alike robots.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Bud, a telephon lineman.
  • Clem, a farmer.
  • Min, Clem's wife.
  • Mac, works at the police station.
  • Mekax, the Butterfly man - a robot.
  • Baghs, tiny man alike ants.

Locations


Behind the scenes

  • The title for the story taken from the strip of February 24, 1964 (Beginning: The Butterfly Man).
  • This is the last daily story one can see Mandrake lights a cigarette.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

Brazil

Finland

France

West Germany

India

Italy

Norway

Spain

Sweden

Turkey

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