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The Invisible Bandit

Start date:	September 22th, 1958
End date:	December 6th, 1958
# of strips:	66 (11 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Tale of Detru"
Followed by:	"The Dollmaker"

"The Invisible Bandit" is the 99th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

The editor of the great national magazine, World, wants to do a big story on Mandrake. Reading the article made Big Nico want to learn how Mandrake does it. How to walk through walls, become invisible, fly into the air and other magic that would be a dream for racketeers. Mandrake have a suggestion: He can teach Big Nico how to do magic, in exchange Mandrake wants the secret files of all the gangs operations.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Jack, a reporter.
Ed, a reporter.
Birdy, one of Big Nico's men.
Big Nico, one of the top racketeers.

Locations

New York

Behind the scenes

The title for this story is lifted from the plot. (The strip of September 20, 1958 indicate the title; Next Week: "The Story").
Mandrake to the reporters: "The story of my magic begins when I was a little boy. My father was a famous stage magician. My twin brother Derek and I traveled all over the world with him." Father had a fatal illness. His time was short. He took us to remote Tibet -- And left us with his friend Theron, master of the mysterious College of Magic. There, under masters, I studied for years -- ordinary sleigh-of-hand-- All the secrets of the Orient-- Finaly, under the master Theron, the greatest art -- instant hypnosis. Growing up in the College of Magic in Tibet, I learned the power of telepathy -- and telepathic projection."

Signifiant covers

Australia
Brazil
Italy
Italy
Italy
New Zealand
Spain
Sweden

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

no title, Mandrake the Magician #12 (1962 (?))

Brazil

"(no title)", Mandrake #39 (1959)
"(no title)", Almanaque do Globo Juvenil 1960 (1959)
"Arquivo Secreto", Mandrake #303 (1981)
"O Aprendiz de Mago", Mandrake Coleção #32 – #33 (1992)

France

"Le bandit invisible", Mandrake #347 and #348 (1972)
" no title given, Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 3 - 1957 à 1961 (2012)

Italy

"Il bandito invisibile", Il Vascello #32 (1960)
"Il bandito invisibile", I Classici dell'Avventura #39 (1963)
"Il bandito invisibile", Mandrake #25 and #26 (1971-1972)
"Il bandito invisibile", Mandrake - New Comics Now #347 (1995)

New Zealand

"The Invisible Bandit", Mandrake the Magician #205 and Mandrake the Magician #206 (1959)

Spain

"La magia de Merlin", Merlin el Mago Moderno #11 (1959)
"La magia de Merlin", Merlin el Mago Moderno - Album de Lujo #3 (1959)

Sweden

"Den osynlige banditten", Serie-pressen #18 (1972)

Yugoslavia

"Гангстер-мађионичар" ("romanized as "Gangster-mađioničar"), Politikin Zabavnik #1040 (1971)

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 </div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
 '''Locations'''
-New York
+*New York
 </div><br clear="all">
 ==Behind the scenes==
 *The title for this story is lifted from the plot. (The strip of September 20, 1958 indicate the title; Next Week: "The Story").
-*Mandrake to the reporters: ''"The story of my magic begins when I was a little boy. My father was a famous stage magician. My twin brother [[Derek, Mandrake's twin brother|Derek]] and I traveled all over the world with him."  Father had a fatal illness. His time was short. He took us to remote Tibet -- And left us with his friend [[Theron]], master of the mysterious [[Collegium Magikos|College of Magic]]. There, under masters, I studied for years -- ordinary sleigh-of-hand-- All the secrets of the Orient-- Finaly, under the master Theron, the greatest art -- instant hypnosis. Growing up in the Collegue of Magic in Tibet, I learned the power of telepathy -- and telepathic projection."''
+*Mandrake to the reporters: ''"The story of my magic begins when I was a little boy. My father was a famous stage magician. My twin brother [[Derek, Mandrake's twin brother|Derek]] and I traveled all over the world with him."  Father had a fatal illness. His time was short. He took us to remote Tibet -- And left us with his friend [[Theron]], master of the mysterious [[Collegium Magikos|College of Magic]]. There, under masters, I studied for years -- ordinary sleigh-of-hand-- All the secrets of the Orient-- Finaly, under the master Theron, the greatest art -- instant hypnosis. Growing up in the College of Magic in Tibet, I learned the power of telepathy -- and telepathic projection."''
+== Signifiant covers ==
+<gallery>
+Young-12.jpg|[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia
+Mandrake039rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Il Vascello-02-32.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Ilvascellomandrake-03-25.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Ilvascellomandrake-03-26.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Mandrake FP 206.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
+Chmp Merlin-11.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain
+Serie-pressen-1972-18.jpg|[[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden
+</gallery>
 == Reprints ==
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 === [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
 *"Il bandito invisibile", [[Il Vascello 32 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #32]] (1960)
-*"Il bandito invisibile", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 39 – Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #39]] (1963)
+*"Il bandito invisibile", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 39|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #39]] (1963)
 *"Il bandito invisibile", [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 25|''Mandrake'' #25]] and [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 26| #26]] (1971-1972)
 *"Il bandito invisibile", [[New Comics Now 347|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #347]] (1995)
+=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
+*"The Invisible Bandit", [[Mandrake the Magician 205 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #205'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 206 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #206'']] (1959)
 === [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
 *"La magia de Merlin", [[Coleccion Héroes Modernos presenta: Merlin el Mago Moderno 11|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #11]] (1959)
 *"La magia de Merlin", [[Coleccion Héroes Modernos presenta: Merlin el Mago Moderno - Album de Lujo 3|''Merlin el Mago Moderno - Album de Lujo'' #3]] (1959)
+=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
+*"Den osynlige banditten", [[Serie-pressen 18/1972|''Serie-pressen'' #18]] (1972)
+=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
+*"Гангстер-мађионичар" ("romanized as "Gangster-mađioničar"), [[Politikin Zabavnik 1040|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #1040]] (1971)
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