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'''"The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar"''' is the 101st Mandrake [[Sunday story]].  
'''"The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar"''' is the 101st Mandrake [[Sunday story]].  
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Fred Fredericks]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Fred Fredericks]].
This story exist in three variations. Fredericks drew the strips with three rows in landscape format which scaled down to fit half a newspaper page. By cutting the top row, the strip fills a third of a newspaper page. By rearranging the panels to portrait format, the strip fit a tabloid page.


== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
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*[[Jed]]
*[[Jed]]
*[[Hojo]], chef extraordinaire also tenth degree black belt judo and karate expert.
*[[Hojo]], chef extraordinaire also tenth degree black belt judo and karate expert.
*[[Baron Chance]], mentioned only.
'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
*"Mad Dog" Dill, a cold blooded killer and public enemy number one.
*"Mad Dog" Dill, a cold blooded killer and public enemy number one.
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'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
*[[Xanadu]]
*New York City
**[[Xanadu]]
*[[The Twelve Nations]], governed by a king. Father of the mighty Prince Lothar.
*[[The Twelve Nations]], governed by a king. Father of the mighty Prince Lothar.
*Zodum, the city of sin. The most evil city on Earth. Founded by pirates in the 17th century as a smugglers' haven and killers hideout.
**Zodum, the city of sin. The most evil city on Earth. Founded by pirates in the 17th century as a smugglers' haven and killers hideout.
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==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
*The story title is from the strip of May 21st, 1967 (Beginning next week: Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar!).  
===Title===
*The story title is from the strip of May 21st, 1967 (Beginning next week: "Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar!"). As a result, the first four Sunday pages can be considered as forming a separate story (or at least a presentation part), only the protagonists being finally common to the two parts of the complete story.  
*The story ending with the strip of September 24th, 1967 (Next week: New adventures). The next three pages introduce the next story, but also ends Lothar's decision as to whether he will become the first president of the Twelve Nations.
*The story ending with the strip of September 24th, 1967 (Next week: New adventures). The next three pages introduce the next story, but also ends Lothar's decision as to whether he will become the first president of the Twelve Nations.
<gallery>
Image:1967 05 21 last panel.jpg|''Next story mention / last panel of May 21, 1967 Sunday page.''
</gallery>
===Mandrake Lore===
*Mandrake's rogues' gallery: ''Mad Dog'' Dill
*Lothar mentions Baron Chance, the Cobra, the Mole, Saki
== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Fantasia-suplemento-120.jpg|[[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina
Mandrake150rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Indrajal138.jpg|[[Image:mini_india.gif]] India
Bucky 26.jpg|[[Image:mini_israel.gif]] Israel
Ilvascellomandrake-02-059.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Mundodeav-01-1068.jpg|[[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal
Mandrake-el-mago-dolmen-01.jpg[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain
</gallery>


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
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=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*"??", [[Fantasía Suplemento 120|''Fantasía Suplemento'' #120]] (1969)
*"??", [[Fantasía Suplemento 120|''Fantasía Suplemento'' #120]] (1969)
*"Lothar super atleta", [[Fantasía Suplemento 122|''Fantasía Suplemento'' #122]] (part) (1969)


=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
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*"A Vingança do Barão Chance", [[Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake 3|''Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake'' #3]] (1989)
*"A Vingança do Barão Chance", [[Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake 3|''Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake'' #3]] (1989)
*"A Vingança do Barão Chance", [[Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake (Minissérie Encadernada)|''Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake (Minissérie Encadernada)'']] (1989)
*"A Vingança do Barão Chance", [[Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake (Minissérie Encadernada)|''Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake (Minissérie Encadernada)'']] (1989)
=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Chasse aux gangsters", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 239|''Mandrake'' #239]] and [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 240| #240]] (1969)
*"Mandrake rencontre Lothar", [[Le Journal de Mickey|''Le Journal de Mickey'' #1182 to #1193]]


=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*"The Famous Friendship" [[Indrajal Comics 138|''Indrajal Comics'' #138]] (1971)
*"The Famous Friendship" [[Indrajal Comics 138|''Indrajal Comics'' #138]] (1971)
*"நட்பே நிரந்தரம்!",  [[Muthu Comics 466|''Mutu Comics'' #466]] (2022)
=== [[Image:mini_israel.gif]] Israel ===
*"פגישה עם לותר", [[Bucky #26]] (1967)


=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Caccia al gangster", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 59|''Mandrake'' #59]] and [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 60| #60]] (1968)
*"Caccia al gangster", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 59|''Mandrake'' #59]] and [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 60| #60]] (1968)
*"L'incontro tra Mandrake e Lothar", [[Quando Mandrake conobbe Lothar: Tavole domenicali 1965–1969|Tavole domenicali  1965–1969]] (2022)


=== [[Image:mini_israel.gif]] Israel ===
=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"פגישה עם לותר", [[Bucky #26]] (1967)
*"A Força de Lotário" & "Cão Raivoso Dill", [[Mundo de Aventuras 1000|''Mundo de Aventuras'' #1000]] and [[Mundo de Aventuras 1068| #1068]] (1970)
*"Presidente Lotário", [[Selecções 106|''Selecções'' #106]] (1970)
 
=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El primer encuentrode Mandrake y Lothar", [[Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1965–1968 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2018)


=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
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=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Abdullah'ın Öyküsü", [[Mandrake 67 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #67]] [[Mandrake 68 (Tay)| #68]] [[Mandrake 69 (Tay)| #69]] (1975)
*"Abdullah'ın Öyküsü", [[Mandrake 67 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #67]], [[Mandrake 68 (Tay)| #68]] & [[Mandrake 69 (Tay)| #69]] (1975)
*"Abdullah'ın Öyküsü", [[Mandrake Albüm 23 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #23]]  
*"Abdullah'ın Öyküsü", [[Mandrake Albüm 23 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #23]]  
*"Abdullah'ın Öyküsü", [[Mandrake 64 (Tay second series)|''Mandrake'' #64]] [[Mandrake 65 (Tay second series)| #65]]
*"Abdullah'ın Öyküsü", [[Mandrake Albüm 94 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #94]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 95 (Tay)| #95]]
*"Abdullah'ın Öyküsü", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 19 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #19]] [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 20 (Tay)| #20]]
*"Abdullah'ın Öyküsü", [[Mandrake Albüm 227 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #227]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 228 (Tay)| #228]]
*"Abdullah'ın Öyküsü", [[Mandrake 64 (Tay second series)|''Mandrake'' #64]] & [[Mandrake 65 (Tay second series)| #65]]
*"Abdullah'ın Öyküsü", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 19 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #19]] & [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 20 (Tay)| #20]]
*"Abdullah'ın Öyküsü", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 73 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #73]]
 
=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
*"The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar", ''[[Mandrake the Magician - The Sundays Volume 1: The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar]]'' (2018)


=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia ===
=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia ===
*"(no given title)", [[Plavi Vjesnik specijal 3|''Plavi Vjesnik specijal'' #3]] (1969)
*"(no given title)", [[Plavi Vjesnik specijal 3|''Plavi Vjesnik specijal'' #3]] (1969)
*"Slucaj ludog psa", [[Politikin Zabavnik 1370|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #1370]] (197?)
*"Prvi put sa Lotarom", [[Super EKS Almanah 35|''Super EKS Almanah'' #35]] (1982)
*"Prvi put sa Lotarom", [[Super EKS Almanah 35|''Super EKS Almanah'' #35]] (1982)


[[Category:Sunday stories|Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar, The]]
[[Category:Sunday stories|Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar, The]]

Latest revision as of 17:52, 26 January 2025

The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar
Start date: April 30th, 1967
End date: September 24th, 1967
# of strips: 22 (22 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Fred Fredericks
Preceded by: "The Blackout Caper"
Followed by: "The Game of Chance"

"The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar" is the 101st Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

This story exist in three variations. Fredericks drew the strips with three rows in landscape format which scaled down to fit half a newspaper page. By cutting the top row, the strip fills a third of a newspaper page. By rearranging the panels to portrait format, the strip fit a tabloid page.

Plot Summary

Lothar is a natural athlete, the strongest and most modest man on Earth. Each year chiefs of the "Twelve Nations" come to ask King Lothar to return. Although Lothar said he gave up the throne he is the true King, because the chiefs newer accepted that he gave up the throne. Now the chiefs said they are creating a new nation and asking him to become their first president. While thinking, Mandrake and Lothar telling Jed about how they met.

It all started when Mandrake chased "Mad Dog" Dill across the atlantic and ended in the "Twelve Nations", nearby Algiers. The king of the "Twelve Nations" sent his son, the mighty Prince Lothar, on a mission; to find a dangerious killer, a foreigner with black hair and black moustache. Lothar soon found Mandrake, mistaken him for "Mad Dog" Dill, and almost killed him. Together they captured "Mad Dog" Dill in Zodum. Compared with the excitement of Mandrake's life, his magic - Lothar's life seemed dull and boring. And he decided to join Mandrake on his new adventures.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • "Mad Dog" Dill, a cold blooded killer and public enemy number one.
  • Tom, an agent and friend of Mandrake. Killed by "Mad Dog" Dill.
  • King Zoon, king of Zodum and old friend of "Mad Dog" Dill.
  • Tamur, a killer in Zodum.

Locations

  • New York City
  • The Twelve Nations, governed by a king. Father of the mighty Prince Lothar.
    • Zodum, the city of sin. The most evil city on Earth. Founded by pirates in the 17th century as a smugglers' haven and killers hideout.


Behind the scenes

Title

  • The story title is from the strip of May 21st, 1967 (Beginning next week: "Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar!"). As a result, the first four Sunday pages can be considered as forming a separate story (or at least a presentation part), only the protagonists being finally common to the two parts of the complete story.
  • The story ending with the strip of September 24th, 1967 (Next week: New adventures). The next three pages introduce the next story, but also ends Lothar's decision as to whether he will become the first president of the Twelve Nations.
  • Next story mention / last panel of May 21, 1967 Sunday page.
    Next story mention / last panel of May 21, 1967 Sunday page.

Mandrake Lore

  • Mandrake's rogues' gallery: Mad Dog Dill
  • Lothar mentions Baron Chance, the Cobra, the Mole, Saki

Signifiant covers

  • Argentina
    Argentina
  • Brazil
    Brazil
  • India
    India
  • Israel
    Israel
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Portugal
    Portugal

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

Brazil

France

India

Israel

Italy

Portugal

Spain

Sweden

Turkey

United Kingdom

Yugoslavia

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