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{{Newspaperbox 
|Title= The Search for the Cobra
|image= [[Image:md-1974-11-04.png|400 px]]
|Start= November 4th, 1974
|End= January 18th, 1975
|Strips= 66 (11 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Fred Fredericks]]
|Preceded= "[[The Cobra and the Cube]]"
|Followed= "[[The Thieves]]"
|}}
'''"The Search for the Cobra"''' is the 159th Mandrake [[daily story]]. 
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Fred Fredericks]].

== Plot Summary ==
In a distant dark place the Cobra trying to make a crystal cube, a mental-power amplifier. The Cobra and his home-made crystal cube becomes more and more powerful.

Using his own cube Mandrake manages to trace the Cobra and destroy his secret hideout. Did the Cobra survived the attack?

===Appearances===
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'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]], at Xanadu only.
*[[Karma]], at Xanadu only.
*[[Luciphor|The Cobra]]
*[[Udd|Ud]]
*[[Jed]]

'''One-time characters'''

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'''Locations'''
*New York
*[[Xanadu]]
*[[Collegium Magikos|College of Magic]]
*Koqania, tiny nation.

'''Objects'''
*[[The Crystal Cube]]
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==Behind the scenes==
===Title===
*The story title is taken from the strip of November 2, 1974 (Beginning next week: The Search for the Cobra!).

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"L'épuisante lutte", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 433|''Mandrake'' #433]] (1977)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*"The Nightmares", [[Indrajal Comics 253|''Indrajal Comics'' #253]] (1976)
*"The Horror of Cobra" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 6|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #6]] (1992)
*"The Horror of Cobra" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 53|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #53]] (1997)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Lotta spietata", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 78|''Mandrake'' #78]] (1977)

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"Luta Contra o Cobra", [[Jornal do Cuto 112|''Jornal do Cuto'' #112]] (1975)
*"O Cubo Que Amplifica o Poder Mental Até Ao Infinito", [[O Grilo 38|''O Grilo'' #38]], [[O Grilo 39|#39]], [[O Grilo 58|#58]], [[O Grilo 59|#59]] and [[O Grilo 60|#60]] (1976)
*"O Cubo Que Amplifica o Poder Mental Até Ao Infinito", [[O Grilo Colecção Completa|''O Grilo Colecção Completa'']] (1976)

=== [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El Origen de el Cobra", [[Comics-Art - Mandrake (Merlin el Mago) 5|''Mandrake - Merlin el Mago'' #5]] and [[Comics-Art - Mandrake (Merlin el Mago) 6| #6]] (1980/1981)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Kâbus", [[Mandrake 63 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #63]] and [[Mandrake 64 (Tay)| #64]] (1975)
*"Kâbus", [[Mandrake Albüm 21 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #21]] and [[Mandrake Albüm 22 (Tay)| #22]] 
*"Kâbus", [[Mandrake Albüm 96 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #96]]
*"Kâbus", [[Mandrake Albüm 226 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #226]]
*"Kâbus", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 21 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #21]]
*"Kâbus", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 78 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #78]]

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"The Search for the Cobra", [[The Menomonee Falls Gazette 153|''The Menomonee Falls Gazette'' from #153]] to [[The Menomonee Falls Gazette 163| #163]] (1974/1975)

=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia===
*"Gospodar tuđih snova", [[Super EKS Almanah 19|''Super EKS Almanah'' #19]] (1981)

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