The Mole (story)

The Mole
Start date:	August 16th, 1964
End date:	March 14th, 1965
# of strips:	31 (31 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis and Martha Davis
Preceded by:	"The Castaway"
Followed by:	"The Traveller's Tale"

"The Mole" is the 95th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis. Sadly Phil Davis died on December the 16th of 1964. His wife and assistant Martha Davis continued the art as seen from February 1965.

Plot Summary

A series of mysterious and impossible robberies, where it looked like a giant mole had come into the well-guarded vault, awakened Mandrake's interest.

In the gould vault of Fort Knox Mandrake faces one of the strangest and most deadly thief in the history of crime, The Mole.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda
• Lothar
• The Police Chief
• The Mole

One-time characters

• Fluff, a dog.

Locations

• An army camp.
• New York.
• Fort Knox.

Objects

• The green egg, the world's largest emarald.
• The Mogul ruby, a priceless ruby.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Finland

• "Timanttivaras", Taika-Jim #4 (1971)

France

• "L'homme taupe", Mandrake #133 & Mandrake #134 (1967)

Norway

• "Muldvarpen", Serie-pocket #161 (1991)

Spain

• "El topo" and "El rubi mogul", Coleccion Héroes Modernos #74c and #75c (1964)
• "El topo" and "El rubi mogul", Coleccion Héroes Modernos Album de Rip Kirby (1964)
• "El topo" and "El rubi mogul", Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos #15C (1970)

Turkey

• "Köstebek", Mandrake #243 #244 #245 #246 #247 (1979)
• "Köstebek", Mandrake Albüm #198 #199