The Connoisseur

The Connoisseur
Start date:	March 24, 1969
End date:	July 12, 1969
# of strips:	96 (16 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Battle of Xanadu"
Followed by:	"The Bribe"

"The Connoisseur" is the 140th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• Jed
• Hojo, at Xanadu only
• The Police Chief, at the phone only.

One-time characters

• Count Lode, one of the world's ten richest men.
• Grischa, Count Lode servant.
• Vivari, the world's greatest violinist.
• Piotre, the world's greatest pianist.
• Caretta, the world's greatest tenor.
• Cy, the world's best pole-vaulter.
• Orsella, the world's greatest ballerina.
• Mrs. Vanderbuck, chief of United Charity.
• Mrs. G, working for Count Lode.

Locations

• Metcalf's ltd, an exclusive London shop.
• Xanadu
• Count Lode's private island just of Africa's east coast.

Organizations

• Inter-Intel

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story taken from the strip of March 24, 1969 (Beginning: The Connoisseur).
• A new way to Inter-Intel, through a butcher shop, down a long slide, on a speeding sidewalk, then up a high escalator.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "O Colecionador", Mandrake #159 (1969)

Finland

• "Taiteen tuntija", Mustanaamio #10 and #11 (1984)

France

• (no title given),Spécial Mandrake (mondes mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série #2 (1974)
• "Le collectionneur", Le Journal de Mickey #1623 to #1635

India

• "The Missing Celebrities" Indrajal Comics #132 (1971)
• "The Island of No Return", Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 2 (1987)

Italy

• "L'intenditore", Mandrake #175, #176 and #177 (1970)
• "L'intenditore", I Quaderni del Fumetto #7 (1974)

Norway

• "Mannen som samlet på verdens beste", Fantomet #3 and #4 (1990)

Portugal

• "O Misterioso Conde Lode", Mundo de Aventuras #1076 (1970)

Sweden

• "Konnässören", Fantomen #27 and ' #1 (1983/1984)

Turkey

• "Çılgın Milyarder", Mandrake #38 #39 (1975)
• "Çılgın Milyarder", Mandrake Albüm #13
• "Çılgın Milyarder", Mandrake Albüm #217 #218
• "Çılgın Milyarder", Mandrake #38
• "Çılgın Milyarder", Mandrake Süper Albüm #11
• "Çılgın Milyarder", Mandrake Süper Albüm #49 #50

Yugoslavia

• "Otmičar iz dosade", Super EKS Almanah #9 (1980)