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== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
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Lenore came to visit Mandrake, to ask him for help. She recently recieved a prize for her documentary film on Amazon. At the film festival a man stopped her, asking her to marry him. When she rejected his proposal he started to pester her. In an attempt to get him to stop annoying her, she said that she was already married, with Mandrake. Then Lenore's violent suitor suddenly stood outside the gates of Xanadu.


===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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*[[Lothar]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Narda]]
 
*[[Karma]]
*[[Hojo]]
*[[Lenore]]
*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]]
'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
 
*Victor, a ganglord and Lenore's violent suitor
*Jess, member of Victor's gang
*''Big'' Harold, best hit man in town.
*John, a hairdresser.
*The Cooler, a top hit man.
*''The Cooler'''s appointment secretary.
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'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
 
*New York
**[[Xanadu]]
**Collins and Pamet
**Pamet and 8th
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==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
[[Karma|Karma]], hiding behind a newspaper with a [[The Phantom|Phantom]] comic strip !
===Mandrake Lore===
 
*Mandrake has bought a new car, a Rolls-Royce Corniche convertible (North America).
==Related stories==
===Real Life References===
===Follows===
*[[Real_Life_References_-_Locations#Appearances_of_Cape_Cod_Addresses|Collins and Pamet]], refering to Lee Falk's summer house near Truro at Cape Cod.
 
===Easter Eggs===
===Referenced in===
*Karma, hiding behind a newspaper with a [[The Phantom|Phantom]] comic strip !
 
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Image:MD-1977-12-20-p.jpg|20 Dec, 1977
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== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
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=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*""കാമുകൻെറ പൃതികാരം", [[Mandrake (Vidyarthi Mithram) 14|''Mandrake'' #14]] (1980 ?)
*"The Assassinators", [[Indrajal Comics 349|''Indrajal Comics'' #349]], [[Indrajal Comics 350| #350]] and [[Indrajal Comics 351| #351]] (1980)
*"The Assassinators", [[Indrajal Comics 349|''Indrajal Comics'' #349]], [[Indrajal Comics 350| #350]] and [[Indrajal Comics 351| #351]] (1980)
*"கொலைக்கு விலை பேசும் கொடியவன்", [[Muthu Comics 112|''Muthu Comics'' #112]] (1981)
*"no title" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 10|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #10]] (1993)
*"no title" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 10|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #10]] (1993)
*"no title" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 57|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #57]] (1997)
*"no title" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 57|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #57]] (1997)
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=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"Leonor Tem um Pretendente", [[Mundo de Aventuras 277 (second series)|''Mundo de Aventuras'' #277]] (1979)
*"Leonor Tem um Pretendente", [[Mundo de Aventuras 277 (second series)|''Mundo de Aventuras'' #277]] & [[Mundo de Aventuras 315 (second series)| #315]] (1979)


=== [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
=== [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===

Latest revision as of 14:27, 23 January 2022

The Cooler
Start date: December 12th, 1977
End date: July 8th, 1978
# of strips: 180 (30 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Fred Fredericks
Preceded by: "8"
Followed by: "Mu"

"The Cooler" is the 169th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Lenore came to visit Mandrake, to ask him for help. She recently recieved a prize for her documentary film on Amazon. At the film festival a man stopped her, asking her to marry him. When she rejected his proposal he started to pester her. In an attempt to get him to stop annoying her, she said that she was already married, with Mandrake. Then Lenore's violent suitor suddenly stood outside the gates of Xanadu.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Victor, a ganglord and Lenore's violent suitor
  • Jess, member of Victor's gang
  • Big Harold, best hit man in town.
  • John, a hairdresser.
  • The Cooler, a top hit man.
  • The Cooler's appointment secretary.

Locations

  • New York
    • Xanadu
    • Collins and Pamet
    • Pamet and 8th


Behind the scenes

Mandrake Lore

  • Mandrake has bought a new car, a Rolls-Royce Corniche convertible (North America).

Real Life References

Easter Eggs

  • Karma, hiding behind a newspaper with a Phantom comic strip !

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

Finland

France

India

Italy

Portugal

Spain

Sweden

Turkey

Yugoslavia