La strega del villaggio (Spada)
| La strega del villaggio | |
 French version | |
| 1st publication: | Mandrake #13/1967 |
|---|---|
| # of pages: | 24 pgs |
| Writer: | Giovanni Fiorentini |
| Artist: | Domenico Mirabella |
| Producer: | Fratelli Spada |
"La strega del villaggio" is an Italian made Mandrake story from 1967.
Plot summary
Narda, Lothar and Mandrake visit Witchtown, a village where a witch was burned alive in the past centuries. Now two thugs made people believe that an old woman, Sophy, is the reincarnation of this ancient witch. After having kinapped her they want to attack the village bank. Fortunately Mandrake will deliver Sophy and successfully oppose the thieves. The thugs are arrested by the police and our friends leave a town in which the inhabitants will no longer believe in the existence of witches.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Sophy, an old woman dressed like an ancient witch
- Cholly and Bolly, two thugs
- A Judge of Peace
- A policeman and a sherif
- The inhabitants of the town
Locations
- Witchtown, a small village in the country
Objects
- A pyre where witches were burned
Behind the scenes
"The village witch" is a cut and past story. Mandrake, Narda and Lothar are lifted from art by Phil Davis and Italian artists. One villain is lifted from Dell's Four Color #1024 "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" adapted by Alex Toth from the 1959 Walt Disney film "Darby O'Gill and the Little People". While others figures and panels are taken from other various sources. This collage story was added extra ink and became a new Mandrake story.
The story is signed OMRI, probably an anagram of Domenico Mirabella.
Samples
Darby O'Gill
signed OMRI
Original art
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
France
- "La sorcière du village", Mandrake #119 (1967)
Italy
- "La strega del villaggio", Mandrake #13 (1967)