The Flying Pass By

"The Flying Pass By"
Start date:	January 22, 1939
End date:	January 22, 1939
# of strips:	1 (1 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Annoying"
Followed by:	"The Clairvoyant"

"The Flying Pass By" is the 4th Mandrake filler page in between the 10th and 11th Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mandrake goes for a walk and is almost hit by a recklessly, and the driver offers Mandrake ride. The speed increases and the car ends up in orbit around the earth. Towards comes a car, his own car. Just before the crash the driver comes out of the hypnosis and the terrified man offering his car in exchange for a horse-drawn carriage.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake

One-time characters

Locations

• US

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is taken from the plot. (a better title would be "The Reckless Driver")

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Belgium

• "(no title given)", Story # 2 (1945)

France

• "(no title given)", Robinson #170 (1939)
• "Le fou volant", L'âge d'or Mandrake #2 (1980)

Italy

• "Mandrake e il pazzo volante", L'Avventura (1948)
• "Il pazzo del volante", Super Albo #14 (1961)
• no title, Eureka #4 (190) (1979)
• "Il pazzo volante", L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake #2 (1980)

Portugal

• no title, Mundo de Aventuras #483 (1983)

Spain

• "El monstruo de las dos cabezas", Merlin el Mago Moderno #7 (1943)
• no title, Mandrake #4 (1999)

USA

• "(no title)", King Comics #45 (1940)