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Second Chance

Start date:	July 28th, 1968
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
- Xanadu
Joe's Bar and Grill, in the Caribbean
Chance Cay, Baron Chance's private island in the Caribbean.

Organizations

Inter-Intel

Behind the scenes

The story title is from the strip of July 28th, 1968 (Beginning: Second Chance!).

Signifiant covers

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)

Yugoslavia

"Svi su oni ubice", Super EKS Almanah #42 (1983)

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 '''"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===
-<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
+<div style="float:left; width:30%;">
 '''Recurring characters'''
 *[[Mandrake]]
 *[[Lothar]]
 *[[Jed]]
+*[[Baron Chance]]
 '''One-time characters'''
-*[[Baron Chance]]
+*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.
-</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
+</div><div style="float:right; width:30%;">
 '''Locations'''
+*New York City
+**[[Xanadu]]
+*Joe's Bar and Grill, in the Caribbean
+*Chance Cay, Baron Chance's private island in the Caribbean.
+'''Organizations'''
+*[[Inter-Intel]]
+</div><br clear="all">
-</div><br clear="all">
+==Behind the scenes==
+*The story title is from the strip of July 28th, 1968 (Beginning: Second Chance!).
 ==Related stories==
 ===Follows===
+*[[The Game of Chance]]
-===Referenced in===
+== Signifiant covers ==
+<gallery>
+Mandrake153rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Condor Popular-7407.jpg|[[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal
+</gallery>
 == Reprints ==
 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 ===
+*"A Ilha do Barão Chance", [[Mandrake 153 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #153]]  (1969)
+*"A Volta do Barão Chance", [[Mandrake 316 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #316]]  (1982)
+=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
+*"பழி வாங்கும் பிரபு!",  [[Muthu Comics 466|''Mutu Comics'' #466]] (2022)
+=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
+*"L'isola azzardo", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 140|''Mandrake'' #137]] (1969)
+=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
+*"A Ilha Misteriosa", [[Condor Popular Vol. 74 N.° 7|''Condor Popular'' #7, volum 74]] (1969)
+=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
+*"La isla de azar", [[Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1965–1968 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2018)
+=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
+*"Baron Chance igjen", [[Blixt Gordon 5/1969|''Blixt Gordon'' #5/1969]]
 === [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
-*"Gizli takip", [[Mandrake 83 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #83]] [[Mandrake 84 (Tay)| #84]] (1976)
+*"Gizli Takip", [[Mandrake 83 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #83]] & [[Mandrake 84 (Tay)| #84]] (1976)
+*"Gizli Takip", [[Mandrake Albüm 28 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #28]]
+*"Gizli Takip, [[Mandrake Albüm 115 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #115]]
+*"Takip", [[Mandrake 36 (Tay second series)|''Mandrake'' #36]]
+*"Takip", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 10 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #10]]
+*"Takip", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 49 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #49]]
+*"Takip", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 28 (Tay 33 issues)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #28]]
+=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
+*"Second Chance", ''[[Mandrake the Magician - The Sundays Volume 1: The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar]]'' (2018)
+=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
+*"Svi su oni ubice", [[Super EKS Almanah 42|''Super EKS Almanah'' #42]] (1983)
 [[Category:Sunday stories|Second Chance]]