The Werewolf

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The Werewolf
Start date: November 4th, 1935
End date: February 29th, 1936
# of strips: 102 (17 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: "Saki, the Clay Camel"
Followed by: "The Return of the Clay Camel"

"The Werewolf" is the 5th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis. This story exists in two variants, one made to span six newspaper columns, the other to span five. In this story one find a special made "Merry Christmas" strip for December the 25th of 1935.

Plot Summary

Mandrake chases a werewolf.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Boris
  • Vasil, son of Boris
  • Lora Gates, nieces of Boris.
  • Emil Jacques, a circus man.
  • Bo-Bo, the dog-faced boy.

Locations

  • Europe


Behind the scenes

Title

  • The title for the story is lifted from the plot.

Special strip

  • In this story one find a special made "Merry Christmas" strip for December the 25th of 1935.

Signifiant covers

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

France

French Polynesia

  • "Il lupo mannaro" & "L'orrore del circo", Mandrake #31 & #32 (Comics Stars in the World 1977 or 1978) note: Italian text.

Italy

Mexico

Spain

Turkey

United Kingdom

USA

Yugoslavia

  • Jutarnji list February 21, 1937 – April 27, 1937
  • "Мандрак у борби против вукодлака", (romanized as "Mandrak u borbi protiv vukodlaka"), Mika Miš #172#209 (1938)
  • "Мандрак у борби против вукодлака", (romanized as "Mandrak u borbi protiv vukodlaka"), Zabavnik #53 and #56 (1939)