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|Title= Alibi Algie
|image= [[Image:md-1996-07-29.png|400 px]]<br>[[Image:md-2014-04-07.png|400 px]]<br>''(Re-released in 2014)''
|Start= July 29th, 1996
|End= September 28th, 1996
|Strips= 54 (9 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Fred Fredericks]]
|Preceded= "[[Clay Camel and the Ganglords]]"
|Followed= "[[Scary Aliens]]"
|}}
 
'''"Alibi Algie"''' is the 223rd Mandrake [[daily story]]. 
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Fred Fredericks]].

== Plot Summary ==
Inspector Brett from Scotland Yard asking Mandrake for help. He chasing the criminal "Alibi Algie". A man who always has eyewitnesses proving he was someplace else, and not at the crime. 

===Appearances===
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'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]]
*[[Brett]], inspector from Scotland Yard.

'''One-time characters'''
*Rathbone, Chief inspector at Scotland Yard.
*Alibi Algie, a criminal.
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'''Locations'''
*New York
**[[Xanadu]]

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==Behind the scenes==
===Title===
*The story title is liftet from the plot.

===Easter Eggs – Cameos===
*[[The Phantom|Slam Evil]] poster, the Phantom movie ''(strip of September 6, 9, 12 and 13, 1996)''.
<gallery>
Image:MD-1996-09-06-p.jpg|6 Sep, 1996
Image:MD-1996-09-09-p.jpg|9 Sep, 1996
</gallery>

== Re-released story in 2014 ==
[[Image:md-2014-04-07.png|400 px]]
*Start date: 7 April 2014 / End date: 7 June 2014

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

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Saken med det vanntette alibiet", [[Fantomet 5/2003|''Fantomet'' #5]] (2003)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Alibin tapaus", [[Mustanaamio 5/2003|''Mustanaamio'' #5]] (2003)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*"Strange Criminal" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 63|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #63]] (1998)
*"Strange Criminal" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 79|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #79]] (1999)
*"Alibi Algie" [[Mandrake the Magician 11 (Shakti Comics)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #11]] (2023)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Fallet med det vattentäta alibit", [[Fantomen 5/2003|''Fantomen'' #5]] (2003)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA === 
*"Alibi Algie", [[The Daily Strips Mandrake Series / Episodes: "Clay Camel and the Ganglords + Alibi Algie" (Pacific Comics Club)|''The Daily Strips Mandrake Series / Episodes: "Clay Camel and the Ganglords + Alibi Algie" (Pacific Comics Club)'']] (2020)


[[Category:Daily stories|Alibi Algie]]