The Monster Thief

The Monster Thief
Norwegian text
Start date:	January 9th, 1995
End date:	March 25th, 1995
# of strips:	66 (11 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Secret Place"
Followed by:	"General Buffo - Druglord"

"The Monster Thief" is the 218th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

A villain escapes from prison, and shortly after there is a series of mysterious robberies. The robberies have one thing in common, the victims claim that they are robbed by monster thieves like: a vampire, a wolfman and a Frankenstein's monster. A case for the Silly-Stuff Department and Mandrake.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda, one picture only
• The Police Chief

One-time characters

• A butler
• Miss Molly, at a bank.
• Foxy, a thief using a mask.
• General Iskander, mentioned only.
• Mr. Mayor, of NYC.
• Allinson, the Mayor's driver.

Locations

• New York
  • Silly-Stuff Department

Behind the scenes

Title

• The title for the story is lifted from the plot.

Easter Eggs

• Foxy has prison number 39013.
• A Phantom mask in a toy shop (February 22, 1995).

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  9 Jan, 1995

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  22 Feb, 1995

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Finland

• "Hirviö-varas", Mustanaamio #23 (1995)

Sweden

• "Monstertjuven", Fantomen #23 (1995)