The Murder Contract

The Murder Contract
Italian text
Start date:	February 24, 1986
End date:	May 31, 1986
# of strips:	84 (14 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Lothar’s Afternoon"
Followed by:	"The Case of the Headless Man"

"The Murder Contract" is the 192nd Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Two contract killers tried to kill Mandrake, hired by Octon.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• The Police Chief

One-time characters

Locations

• New York
• Xanadu

Organizations

• 8

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is lifted from the plot.
• The Police Chief have a picture of a woman on his desk, his wife ?
• Narda do not know of the League of 8 ??
• The Octon said that Mandrake have destroyed 4 arms of 8 !

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "A Quadrilha do 8", Mandrake Especial #14 (1988)

Finland

• "8, merkitsee kuolemaa!", Mustanaamio #18 (1990)

India

• "The Sinister Bait", Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 15 (1987)

Italy

• "Contratto per uccidere", Mandrake - New Comics Now #218 (1988)

Spain

• "El 5º Tentáculo del Ocho", Mandrake #48 (2002)

Sweden

• "8 betyder döden", Fantomen #7 (1990)