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'''"Second Chance"''' is the 104th Mandrake [[Sunday story]]. | '''"Second Chance"''' is the 104th 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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== Reprints == | == Reprints == | ||
This story has been published in the following publications: | This story has been published in the following publications: | ||
=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina === | |||
*"Dinamita en la Isla", [[Fantasía Suplemento 134|''Fantasía Suplemento'' #134]] (1970) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil === | === [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil === | ||
Latest revision as of 17:53, 26 January 2025
| Second Chance | |
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| Start date: | July 28th, 1968 |
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| End date: | November 3rd, 1968 |
| # of strips: | 15 (15 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Fred Fredericks |
| Preceded by: | "Invasion of the Babu" |
| Followed by: | "The All or Nothing Hunt" |
"Second Chance" is the 104th 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
When the third Inter-Intel agent, Murch, disappeared on the heavily guarded Chance Cay Mandrake and Lothar went to the Caribbean. They discovered that Baron Chance run the bank of the rackets, a underworld bank where the rackets hid their loot. The "hot" money was sent there, divided, exported, invested...
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Murch, an Inter-Intel agent.
- Joe, owner of Joe's Bar and Grill.
- Sergeant Parker, of the local police.
- Fred, one of Baron Chance's men.
- Ed, one of Baron Chance's men.
Locations
- New York City
- Joe's Bar and Grill, in the Caribbean
- Chance Cay, Baron Chance's private island in the Caribbean.
Organizations
Behind the scenes
- The story title is from the strip of July 28th, 1968 (Beginning: Second Chance!).
Related stories
Follows
Signifiant covers
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Brazil -
Portugal
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "Dinamita en la Isla", Fantasía Suplemento #134 (1970)
Brazil
- "A Ilha do Barão Chance", Mandrake #153 (1969)
- "A Volta do Barão Chance", Mandrake #316 (1982)
India
- "பழி வாங்கும் பிரபு!", Mutu Comics #466 (2022)
Italy
- "L'isola azzardo", Mandrake #137 (1969)
Portugal
- "A Ilha Misteriosa", Condor Popular #7, volum 74 (1969)
Spain
- "La isla de azar", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1965–1968 (Dolmen Editorial) (2018)
Sweden
- "Baron Chance igjen", Blixt Gordon #5/1969
Turkey
- "Gizli Takip", Mandrake #83 & #84 (1976)
- "Gizli Takip", Mandrake Albüm #28
- "Gizli Takip, Mandrake Albüm #115
- "Takip", Mandrake #36
- "Takip", Mandrake Süper Albüm #10
- "Takip", Mandrake Süper Albüm #49
- "Takip", Mandrake Süper Albüm #28
United Kingdom
- "Second Chance", Mandrake the Magician - The Sundays Volume 1: The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar (2018)
Yugoslavia
- "Svi su oni ubice", Super EKS Almanah #42 (1983)