The Aftermath

The Aftermath
Start date:	November 26, 1962
End date:	Mars 9, 1963
# of strips:	90 (15 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The First Visitors"
Followed by:	"Smuggler's Luck"

"The Aftermath" is the 119th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mandrake, and Lothar Narda driving through the desert, passing a closed bomb test area. Something strange has happened inside the radioactive area, and soon Mandrake and Lothar fights strange snapping plants and deadly giant termites.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda

One-time characters

• Abner, a farmer.

Locations

• Nevada (?)

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story taken from the strip of November 26, 1962 (Beginning: The Aftermath).
• Abner, might refering to Al Capp's "Li'l Abner".
• Mandrake is driving a 1962 Lincoln Continental.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• no title, Mandrake the Magician #33 (1964 (?))

Brazil

• "A Ameaca dos Cupins", Mandrake #83 (1963)

France

• "Menace sans fin",Spécial Mandrake #52 (1967)

India

• "The Giant Termites" Indrajal Comics #92 (1969)

Italy

• "Minaccia senza fine", ("Super Albo #50") (1963)
• "Minaccia senza fine", ("Mandrake #160") (1970)
• "Minaccia senza fine", Mandrake - New Comics Now #164 (1986)

Portugal

• "O Inimigo Invisível", Mundo de Aventuras #800 & #801 & #802 & #803 (1965)
• "O Inimigo Invisível", Mundo de Aventuras Album Especial #3 (19??)

Spain

• "Las hormigas" and "Fenomeno radioactivo", Coleccion Héroes Modernos #44c and #45c (1964)
• "Las hormigas" and "Fenomeno radioactivo", Coleccion Héroes Modernos Album de Rip Kirby (1964)
• "Las hormigas" and "Fenomeno radioactivo", Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos #9C (1970)
• "Amenaza sin Fin", Mandrake #27 (1998)

Turkey

• "Radyoaktif Canavarlar", Mandrake #187 & #188 & #189 (1978)
• "Radyoaktif Canavarlar", Mandrake Albüm #60 & #61 (1978)

United Kingdom

• "Mandrake the Magician in.... The Aftermath", Mandrake the Magician #24 (1963)
• "The Aftermath", World Adventure Libraries - Mandrake the Magician #1 (1967)

USA

• "The Aftermath", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Butterfly Man" (Pacific Comics Club) (2020)

Yugoslavia

• "У царству џиновских термита"/"U carstvu džinovnskih termita", Politikin Zabavnik #1018 (1971)