The Impostor

The Impostor
Start date:	October 6, 1952
End date:	December 27, 1952
# of strips:	72 (12 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Out of Nowhere"
Followed by:	"The Jungle Witch"

"The Impostor" is the 70th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar

One-time characters

• Sam,
• Socky, an escaped prisoner

Locations

• New York
• Federated Tribes
• Nargda, a town in central Africa

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "no title", Mandrake el Mago #14 (1960 or 1961)

Australia

• "The Impostor", Mandrake Comic #15 (1955)

Brazil

• "O rei Lotar", Mandrake #1 (1953)
• "O rei Lothar", Almanaque do Mandrake #1 (1979)

Finland

• "Mandrake ja Lotharin Kaksoisolento", Sarjakuvalehti #7 (1960)

France

• "Le roi fantoche", Mandrake #11 (1963)
• "Le roi fantoche",Spécial Mandrake #42 (1967)
• "L'imposteur", Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 1 - 1950 à 1953 (2012)

Indonesia

• "Pseudo Lothar Kontra King Lothar", Mandrake (1953 ?)

Italy

• "Il re fantoccio", Albo Furore #5, #6, #7, #8 and #9 (1953)
• "Il re fantoccio", Il Vascello #35 (1960)
• "Il re fantoccio", I Classici dell'Avventura #7 (1962)
• "Il re fantoccio", Super Albo #132 (1965)
• "Il re fantoccio", Mandrake - New Comics Now #305 (1993)
• "Il re fantoccio", Mandrake 53 (Comic Art) (1997)

Mexico

• "El falso del Lotario", Paquito #11016 (1953)