The Place Called X

The Place Called X
Start date:	August 11, 1957
End date:	December 29, 1957
# of strips:	21 (21 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Casino"
Followed by:	"The Invaders"

"The Place Called X" is the 73rd Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Original drawing (First Sunday page)

Plot Summary

At a laboratory in the country they are experimenting with new ultra-ultre short waves. The suddenly, people begin to vanish, into a silent whirling green spiral.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• The Police Chief

One-time characters

• Prof Pell /Bell, a electronic expert.
• Steve, Prof Bell's assistant.
• Joe Brown, a farmer.
• Ed, a young man.
• The Greenies, inhabitants of the Green World in the World of XYMX
• The Flamz, inhabitants of the Flaming Red World in the World of XYMX

Locations

• New York City
  • S.S. Division
• The country
  • Lover's Lane
• The World of XYMX
  • The Green World
  • The Flaming Red World

Behind the scenes

• The story title is taken from the strip of August 4 and 11, 1957 (Next Week: The Place Called X & Beginning: The Place Called X).

Signifiant covers

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  Brazil
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  Brazil
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  Italy
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  New Zealand
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  Portugal

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "A Nuvem Verde", Mandrake #33 (1958)
• "A Misteriosa Nuvem Verde", Mandrake #303 (1981)

Finland

• "no given title", Sarjakuvalehti #19 (1963)
• "Paikka Nimeltä Xymx", Taika-Jim ja Jäädemonit (2024)

France

• "La spirale mystérieuse", Mandrake #2 (1962)
• "La spirale mystérieuse", Mandrake #266 (1970)

Italy

• "La spirale misteriosa", Il Vascello #45 (1961)
• "La spirale misteriosa", I Classici dell'Avventura #27 (1963)
• "La spirale misteriosa", Mandrake #151 (1970)
• "La spirale misteriosa", Mandrake - New Comics Now #275 (1991)

India

• "The Place Called X", The Phantom #11 (2001)

New Zealand

• "The Place Called X", Mandrake the Magician #212 and Mandrake the Magician #213 (1959)

Norway

• "Et sted ved navn X", Fantomet #7 (1999)

Portugal

• "O Segredo do Remoinho Verde", Condor Popular Vol. 20 N.° 4 (1959)

Spain

• "Un Lugar Llamado X", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1956–1959 (Dolmen Editorial) (2021)

Sweden

• "En plats kallad X", Fantomen #7 (1999)

Turkey

• "Yeşil Dünya", Mandrake #77 #78 (1975)
• "Yeşil Dünya", Mandrake Albüm #26

USA

• "The Place Called X", The Missing Years #47 (2004)