Witchmen's Peak

Witchmen's Peak
First appearance:	"Dr Axel and the Witchmen"
Created by:	Lee Falk & Wilson McCoy

Witchmen's Peak is a mountain peak in Bangalla where witchmen gather.

History

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Behind the Scenes

The place has had many different names, but is apparently always meant to represent the same location. The first time that the witchmen of the jungle gathered, the place was called Mt. Weerd. Later names have included Doom Peak, Bald Peak and variations of Witchmen's Peak.

The name Doom Peak was translated into Swedish as Ödestoppen, which translated back to English means Destiny Peak or Destiny Top. When it appeared in Team Fantomen stories that were translated into English, the connection to the already existing location was missed and Destiny Top has been used instead, adding yet another name. An incorrect name has even appeared in the Sunday strip. In "Woduro's Secret", written by Swedish writer Claes Reimerthi, it is called Destiny's Peak.

There is also a Mandrake the Magician story called "Witchmen's Peak" from 1956 (before that name hade appeared in Phantom stories). This Mandrake story takes place in Africa near Lothar's home, but the peak has some characteristics that never have appeared in the Phantom strip ,i.e. the top of the peak is always covered in fog and a whole village of witchmen live there. Also, the story ends with Mandrake destroying this peak.

Appearances

Daily / Sunday stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Comments
"Dr Axel and the Witchmen"	Falk	McCoy	first appearance, as Mt. Weerd
"The Flying Horse"	Falk	McCoy	as Doom Peak
"The Epidemic"	Falk	Barry	as Bald Peak
"The Tale of the Gooley-Gooley Witch"	Falk	Barry	as Witchmen's Peak
"The Witchman"	Falk	Barry	as Witchman's Peak
"Attack of the Witchmen"	Falk	Barry	as Witchmen Peak and Witchman's Hill
"The Shaman"	Falk	Olesen, Williams	as Witchmen Hill
"Woduro's Secret"	Reimerthi	Nolan	as Destiny's Peak

Gold Key/King/Charlton stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Comments
"Oogooru"	Harris	Lignante	as Doom Peak

Team Fantomen stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Comments
"Curse of the Medicine Men"	Lundström	Eralp
"The Flute of Death"	Avenell	Leppänen	as Destiny Top in Australian reprint
"Damballa's Verdict"	Worker	Bade	as Fate Mountain in Australian reprint
"Mystery of the Golden Rune, Part 4: Cagliostro Mystery"	Worker	Cruz	as Fateful Mountain in Australian reprint
"Nectar of the Gods"	Goodall	Mitton	as Mountain of Fate in Australian reprint
"Hoogan's Revenge"	Moberg	Mitton	as Pike's Peak in Australian and Indian reprint
"The Ibis Mystery, Part 2: Kazcim Master of the Dumb"	Worker	Leppänen	as Mountain of Fate in Australian reprint
"Election in Bengali, Part 1: The Challenger"	Reimerthi	Lindahl	as Destiny Peak in Australian reprint
"The Evil Game, Part 2"	Reimerthi	Cruz	as Destiny Mountain in Australian reprint
"Duel on Destiny Top, Part 1"	Reimerthi	Cruz	as Destiny Top in Australian reprint
"Duel on Destiny Top, Part 2"	Reimerthi	Cruz	as Destiny Top in Australian reprint
"Fire in the Blood"	De Paul	Felmang, Waldrag	as Destiny Top in Australian reprint
"Death of Lubanga, Part 2: The Last Battle"	Reimerthi	Lindahl	as Destiny Top in Australian reprint
"Wambalu the Witchman"	Schröder	Spadari	as Destiny Top in Australian reprint
"Alliance of the Golden Ox"	Reimerthi	Spadari	as Destiny Top in Australian reprint
"Molok"	Reimerthi	Ryan	as Destiny Top in Australian reprint
"Blood Rain"	Eriksson	Velluto, Bade, Saviuk, Boix, Leppänen, Pedrazzini, Spadari, Ruiz	as Destiny Peak in Australian reprint

RGE stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Comments
"The Revenge of Hoogaan"	Menezes	RGE team	as Pico dos Feticerias (Peak of the Witchmen)

Tay Yayınları stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Comments
"The Witchman"	Eralp	Eralp	as Büyücüler Tepesi (Witchmen Hill)