Land of the Fakirs

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Land of the Fakirs
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Start date: June 2, 1935
End date: October 6, 1935
# of strips: 19 (19 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: "The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers"
Followed by: "Land of the Little People"

"Land of the Fakirs" is the 2nd Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Rajah Indus tried to capture Jehol Kahn's kingdom by kidnaped his beautiful daughter, Jana. Placed in his harem he wanted to force her to marry him. Capitan Jorga, the sweetheart of Jana, attemts to rescue her but fails. Then Mandrake shows up. At the end our friends manage to escape on a flying carpet (!). Jehol Kahn said his daughter Jana could not marry an ordinary commoner as Jorga. He said riches was more importaint than love, and Mandrake decides to teach him a lesson.

Mandrake made a trick, every thing Jehol Kahn touched turns into gold, even the water. Hours later Jehol Kahn found that he could not eat or drink gold. He learned his lesson and gave Jana his blessing for the marriage with Jorga.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Jehol Kahn.
  • Jana, daughter of Jehol Khan.
  • Jorga, Captain and in love with Jana.
  • Indus, Rajah of Lapore.
  • Dupo, a fakire in Lapore.
  • Melior, a girl in the harem of Rajah Indus.

Locations

  • Lapore, walled city of Rajah Indus.


Sweeping

Some of the panels are taken from "Flash Gordon" panels by Alex Raymond.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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  • "No País dos Faquíres", Mandrake (1974)

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  • "Нове авантуре са махараџом од Лапора" (romanized as "Nove avanture sa maharadžom od Lapora"), Mika Miš #33 – #51 (1936)
  • "Краљ мађионичара и махараџа од Лапоре" (romanized as "Kralj mađioničara i maharadža od Lapore"), Zabavnik #4 (1937)
  • Super EKS Almanah #4 (1980)
  • "U zemlji magije", Biblioteka Nostalgija #1 (1981)