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|Title= The Mystery of Hojo
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|Start= January 10th, 1971
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'''"The Mystery of Hojo"''' is the 111th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].  
'''"The Mystery of Hojo"''' is the 111th 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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=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"O Segredo de Hojo", [[Mandrake 207 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #207]] (1973)
*"O Segredo de Hojo", [[Mandrake 207 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #207]] (1973)
=== [[Image:mini_greece.png]] Greece ===
*"Το Μυστικο Του Χοτζο", [[ΦΑΝΤΟΜ 8 (Kαβανας Hελλας)|''ΦΑΝΤΟΜ'' #8]] (1977)


=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
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=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"Segredo de Jojo", [[A Capital|''A Capital'' - Quadradinhos]] (1971)
*"Segredo de Jojo", [[A Capital|''A Capital'' - Quadradinhos]] (1971)
*"Segredo de Jojo", [[Mundo de Aventuras 1233|''Mundo de Aventuras'' #1233]] (1973)
*(no title), [[Mundo de Aventuras 1233|''Mundo de Aventuras'' #1233]] (1973)


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

Latest revision as of 17:19, 31 January 2025

The Mystery of Hojo

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Start date: January 10th, 1971
End date: February 21th, 1971
# of strips: 7 (7 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Fred Fredericks
Preceded by: "The Mystery"
Followed by: "The Shark"

"The Mystery of Hojo" is the 111th 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

Each day after prepairing breakfast Hojo take off at precisely 9:00 A.M. and returns precisely at 17:30 to prepare dinner. No one knows what he does in between and Narda and Karma are intrigued by the secret life of Hojo.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Locations


Behind the scenes

  • The story title is from the strip of January 10th, 1971 (Beginning: The Mystery of Hojo).
    Note: At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "Hojo's Secret".
  • Hojo, the 10th degree black-belt judo and karate expert. Fluent in 12 languages, can read 8 more. Student of philosophy and history.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

Brazil

Greece

India

Italy

Portugal

Spain

Turkey

Yugoslavia

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