Kolosso

Kolosso
Start date:	May 31th, 1971
End date:	September 11th, 1971
# of strips:	90 (15 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Narda and the Cats"
Followed by:	"Magic Man"

"Kolosso" is the 147th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda, at Xanadu only.
• Karma, at Xanadu only.

One-time characters

• Kasper, or kooky Kasper - oldest member of Explorers Club.
• Kolosso, a giant man.
• Janna, girlfriend og Kolosso.

Locations

• New York
• Xanadu
• Explorers Club.
• A remote part of the southern Andes.

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story taken from the strip of May 31th, 1971 (Beginning: Kolosso!).
• At the www.deepwoods.org index the title for this story was "The Wonder that Amazed the World".

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

France

• "Kolosso, le géant",Spécial Mandrake (mondes mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série #4 (1974)

India

• "The Giant Man" Indrajal Comics #176 (1973)
• "Kolosso" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #39 and #40 (1996)
• "Kolosso" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #77 (1999)

Italy

• "Kolosso, il gigante", I Quaderni del Fumetto #14 (1974)

Spain

• "El coloso", Supercomics Garbo #20 and #23 (1976)

Turkey

• "Kolosso", Mandrake #6 #7 #8 (1974)
• "Kolosso", Mandrake Albüm #2 #3
• "Kolosso", Mandrake Albüm #216 #217
• "Kolosso", Mandrake #39
• "Kolosso", Mandrake Süper Albüm #11
• "Kolosso", Mandrake Süper Albüm #52

Yugoslavia

• "Nova rasa", Super EKS Almanah #12 (1980)
• "Nova rasa", Mandrak magazin #10 (1990)