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The Search for the Cobra

Start date:	November 4th, 1974
End date:	January 18th, 1975
# of strips:	66 (11 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Cobra and the Cube"
Followed by:	"The Thieves"

"The Search for the Cobra" is the 159th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

In a distant dark place the Cobra trying to make a crystal cube, a mental-power amplifier. The Cobra and his home-made crystal cube becomes more and more powerful.

Using his own cube Mandrake manages to trace the Cobra and destroy his secret hideout. Did the Cobra survived the attack?

Appearances

Recurring characters

Mandrake
Lothar
Narda, at Xanadu only.
Karma, at Xanadu only.
The Cobra
Ud
Jed

One-time characters

Locations

New York City
- Xanadu
College of Magic
Koqania, a tiny nation.

Objects

The Crystal Cube

Behind the scenes

Title

The story title is taken from the strip of November 2, 1974 (Beginning next week: The Search for the Cobra!).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

France

"L'épuisante lutte", Mandrake #433 (1977)

India

"The Nightmares", Indrajal Comics #253 (1976)
"The Horror of Cobra" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #6 (1992)
"The Horror of Cobra" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #53 (1997)

Italy

"Lotta spietata", Mandrake #78 (1977)

Portugal

"Luta Contra o Cobra", Jornal do Cuto #112 (1975)
"O Cubo Que Amplifica o Poder Mental Até Ao Infinito", O Grilo #38, #39, #58, #59 and #60 (1976)
"O Cubo Que Amplifica o Poder Mental Até Ao Infinito", O Grilo Colecção Completa (1976)

Spain

"El Origen de el Cobra", Mandrake - Merlin el Mago #5 and #6 (1980/1981)

Turkey

USA

"The Search for the Cobra", The Menomonee Falls Gazette from #153 to #163 (1974/1975)

Yugoslavia

"Gospodar tuđih snova", Super EKS Almanah #19 (1981)

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-*The story title is taken from the strip of November 2, 1974 (Beginning next week: The Search for the Cobra!).
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+*The story title is taken from the strip of November 2, 1974 (Beginning next week: The Search for the Cobra!).
 == Reprints ==
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+*"The Nightmares", [[Indrajal Comics 253|''Indrajal Comics'' #253]] (1976)
 *"The Horror of Cobra" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 6|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #6]] (1992)
 *"The Horror of Cobra" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 53|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #53]] (1997)
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 *"Kâbus", [[Mandrake 63 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #63]] and [[Mandrake 64 (Tay)| #64]] (1975)
 *"Kâbus", [[Mandrake Albüm 21 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #21]] and [[Mandrake Albüm 22 (Tay)| #22]]
+*"Kâbus", [[Mandrake Albüm 96 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #96]]
 *"Kâbus", [[Mandrake Albüm 226 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #226]]
 *"Kâbus", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 21 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #21]]