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== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
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Mandrake and Lothar joins Dr. Cole and his daughter on their search for the legendary City of Gold.


===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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'''Recurring characters'''
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Mandrake]]
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'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
*Dr. Cole, an explorer
*Babs, daughter of Cole
*A pilot
*Chief, a gangster
**Thug #1
**Thug #2
**Thug #3
**Bud, thug #4
*The Old Chief, in an Amazon village
**His wife and granddson
*Tragor, oldes man of the cliff-dwellers


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'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
 
*New York City (?)
**Baden Ferry
***Dr. Cole's private air field
*The Amazon River
**A hostile village
**A cliff city
**The City of Gold
'''Vehicles'''
*Sikorsky S-38 ''(The Explorer's Air Yacht)''
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==Related stories==
==Behind the scenes==
===Follows===
===Title===
*At the [http://www.deepwoods.org deepwoods.org] index the title for this story is '''"City of Gold"''', which is lifted from the plot.
===Real Life References===
*Baden is a neighborhood of [[Spotlight on Lee Falk - St. Louis Addresses|St. Louis]] and in Baden: Halls Ferry Road.
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Image:Stamp-Trinidad-Tobago.jpg|Sikorsky S-38
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===Referenced in===
== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Super-comics-series-16.jpg|[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia
Gibi41.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Gibi74.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandrake-Porte-Dorée-Tome 4.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
Spécial-Mandrake 84.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
Super Albo 020.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Afacan-3-001.jpg|[[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey
</gallery>


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
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=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
*"Mandrake Discovers the City of Gold", [[The Supercomic Series 16|''The Supercomic Series'' #16]] (1949)
*"Mandrake Discovers the City of Gold", [[The Supercomic Series 16|''The Supercomic Series'' #16]] (1949)
=== [[Image:mini_belgium.gif]] Belgium ===
*"(no title given)", [[Story 4|''Story''# 4]] to [[Story 29|''Story''#29]] (1945)


=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"Mandrake no Amazonas", [[Gibi 35|''Gibi'' #35]], [[Gibi 38| #38]], [[Gibi 41| #41]], [[Gibi 47| #47]] and ? (1939)
*"Mandrake no Amazonas", [[Gibi 35|''Gibi'' #35]], [[Gibi 38|38]], [[Gibi 41|41]], [[Gibi 44|44]], [[Gibi 47|47]], [[Gibi 50|50]], [[Gibi 53|53]], [[Gibi 56|56]], [[Gibi 59|59]], [[Gibi 62|62]], [[Gibi 65|65]], [[Gibi 68|68]], [[Gibi 71|71]], [[Gibi 74|74]], [[Gibi 77|77]], [[Gibi 80|80]], [[Gibi 83|83]] (1939)


=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Mandrake dans la ville d'or", [[Robinson|''Robinson'']] (1940)
*"Mandrake dans la ville d'or", [[Robinson 172|''Robinson #172'']] to [[Robinson 197|''Robinson  #197'']]  (1940)
*"La ville d'or", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 84|''Spécial Mandrake'' #84]] (1970)
*"La ville d'or", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 84|''Spécial Mandrake'' #84]] (1970)
*"Mandrake dans la ville d'or", [[L'âge d'or – Mandrake 2|''L'âge d'or Mandrake'' #2]] (1980)
=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*"മാന്‍ഡ്രേക്ക് സ്വർണ്ണ നഗരത്തിൽ" ''(romanized as "Mandrake Swarna Nagarathil")'', [[Mandrake 3 (Regal 2019 Series)|''Mandrake'' (#3)]] (2019)


=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Mandrake nella città d'oro", [[L'Avventura|''L'Avventura'']] (1948-1949)
*"Mandrake nella città d'oro", [[L'Avventura|''L'Avventura'']] (1948-1949)
*"La città d'oro", [[Super Albo 20 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''Super Albo'' # 20]] (1962)
*"Mandrake nella citta' d'oro", [[L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake 2|''L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake'' #2]] (1980)


=== [[Image:mini_poland.gif|border]] Poland ===
=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"??", [[Świat Przygód|''Świat Przygód'' #??-??]] (1937-1939)
*"''Cidade de Ouro''", [[Mundo de Aventuras Especial 19|''Mundo de Aventuras'' Especial #19]] (1977)


=== [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
=== [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
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=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*[[King Comics (magazine)|King Comics]] (1940)
*''"(no title)"'', [[King Comics 45|''King Comics'' #45]], [[King Comics 46|''King Comics'' #46]], [[King Comics 47|''King Comics'' #47]], [[King Comics 48|''King Comics'' #48]], [[King Comics 49|''King Comics'' #49]], [[King Comics 50|''King Comics'' #50]], [[King Comics 51|''King Comics'' #51]] and [[King Comics 52|''King Comics'' #52]] (1940)  
*"no title", [[Feature Book 46|''Feature Book'' #46]] (1946)
*"no title", [[Feature Book 46|''Feature Book'' #46]] (1946)


Latest revision as of 11:07, 30 March 2024

City of Gold
Ms-19390205.jpg
Start date: February 5th, 1939
End date: August 6th, 1939
# of strips: 162 (27 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: "The Clairvoyant"
Followed by: "The Evil Man"

"City of Gold" is the 11th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mandrake and Lothar joins Dr. Cole and his daughter on their search for the legendary City of Gold.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Dr. Cole, an explorer
  • Babs, daughter of Cole
  • A pilot
  • Chief, a gangster
    • Thug #1
    • Thug #2
    • Thug #3
    • Bud, thug #4
  • The Old Chief, in an Amazon village
    • His wife and granddson
  • Tragor, oldes man of the cliff-dwellers

Locations

  • New York City (?)
    • Baden Ferry
      • Dr. Cole's private air field
  • The Amazon River
    • A hostile village
    • A cliff city
    • The City of Gold

Vehicles

  • Sikorsky S-38 (The Explorer's Air Yacht)


Behind the scenes

Title

  • At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "City of Gold", which is lifted from the plot.

Real Life References

  • Baden is a neighborhood of St. Louis and in Baden: Halls Ferry Road.

  • Sikorsky S-38

Signifiant covers

  • Mini australia.gif Australia

  • Mini brazil.gif Brazil

  • Mini brazil.gif Brazil

  • Mini france.gif France

  • Mini france.gif France

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini turkey.gif Turkey

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Mini australia.gif Australia

Mini belgium.gif Belgium

Mini brazil.gif Brazil

Mini france.gif France

Mini india.gif India

  • "മാന്‍ഡ്രേക്ക് സ്വർണ്ണ നഗരത്തിൽ" (romanized as "Mandrake Swarna Nagarathil"), Mandrake (#3) (2019)

Mini italy.gif Italy

Mini portugal.gif Portugal

Mini spain.gif Spain

Mini turkey.gif Turkey

Mini usa.gif USA

Mini kingdomyugoslavia.png Mini yugoslavia.png Yugoslavia

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