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== Plot Summary == | == Plot Summary == | ||
Police in a dozen countries have sent queries to Inter-Intel about Baron Chance, but Inter-Intel has no records on him. Mandrake and Narda went to the casino and discovered that Chance tried to bribe a federal judge, later he also kidnapped Narda. | |||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
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*[[Jed]] | *[[Jed]] | ||
'''One-time characters''' | '''One-time characters''' | ||
*[[Baron Chance]], | *[[Baron Chance]], number one jet-set playboy. | ||
*Ember, a cigarette girl eg. Baron Chance's girlfriend. | |||
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==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
*The story title is from the strip of October 1st, 1967 (Beginning: The Game of Chance). | *The story title is from the strip of October 1st, 1967 (Beginning: The Game of Chance). | ||
*At Xanadu there is a red phone, a direct line to Inter-Intel. | |||
*A service station, the new secret entrance to Inter-Intel. | *A service station, the new secret entrance to Inter-Intel. | ||
Revision as of 11:44, 19 May 2013
| The Game of Chance | |
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| Start date: | October 1st, 1967 |
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| End date: | February 11th, 1968 |
| # of strips: | 20 (20 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Fred Fredericks |
| Preceded by: | "The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar" |
| Followed by: | "Invasion of the Babu" |
"The Game of Chance" is the 102nd Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.
Plot Summary
Police in a dozen countries have sent queries to Inter-Intel about Baron Chance, but Inter-Intel has no records on him. Mandrake and Narda went to the casino and discovered that Chance tried to bribe a federal judge, later he also kidnapped Narda.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Baron Chance, number one jet-set playboy.
- Ember, a cigarette girl eg. Baron Chance's girlfriend.
Behind the scenes
- The story title is from the strip of October 1st, 1967 (Beginning: The Game of Chance).
- At Xanadu there is a red phone, a direct line to Inter-Intel.
- A service station, the new secret entrance to Inter-Intel.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "??", Fantasía Suplemento #127 (1970 ?)
Brazil
- "O Barão Bandido", Mandrake #324 (1983)
- "A Vingança do Barão Chance", Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake #3 (1989)
- "A Vingança do Barão Chance", Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake (Minissérie Encadernada) (1989)
Israel
Sweden
- "Baron Chance", Blixt Gordon #4/1969
Turkey
- "Hırsız Baron", Mandrake #74 – #75 (1975)
- "Hırsız Baron", Mandrake Albüm #25
- "Hırsız Baron", Mandrake Albüm #98 – #99
- "Hırsız Baron", Mandrake #23 – #24
- "Hırsız Baron", Mandrake Süper Albüm #6 – #7
- "Hırsız Baron", Mandrake Süper Albüm #43
Yugoslavia
- "Игра случаја"/"Igra slučaja", Politikin Zabavnik #1376 (1978)
- "Život na kredit", Super EKS Almanah #25 (1981)
- "Život na kredit", Mandrak magazin #7 (1989)