Super Shark

Super Shark
Start date:	August 18th, 1975
End date:	November 15th, 1975
# of strips:	78 (13 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Thieves"
Followed by:	"The Frame-Up"

"Super Shark" is the 161st Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

The two gangsters Muscies and Brains planning to build a casino and wants to buy Raoul's hotel by the beach. When he refuses to sell, the gangsters became inspired by the scary movie "Super-Shark". They build a mechanical shark and with a remote control they starts to terrorize the beach with numerous shark attacks.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• Karma
• Hojo, at Xanadu only

One-time characters

• Raoul, old friend of Mandrake.
• Muscies, a gangster-gambler.
• Brains, a notorious con man.
• Super-Shark, a movie.

Locations

• Xanadu

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is taken from the strip of August 18th, 1975 (Beginning: Super-Shark).
• The movie "Super-Shark"; inspired by "Jaws" - the 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg.
• This story do not end with "Next Week: New Adventure".

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "O Tubarão", Mandrake #242 (1976)
• "O Tubarão", Mandrake #281 (1979)

Finland

• "Hai näkyvissä", Mustanaamio #15 (1987)

France

• "Le grand requin", Spécial Mandrake #11 (1978)
• "Le super-requin", Janus Stark #128 and #129 (1989)

India

• "The Haunted Beach", Indrajal Comics #274 (1977)
• "குறும்புக்கார சுறாமீன்", Mutu Comics #77 (1978)

Italy

• "Il super squalo", Mandrake Selezione #8 (1977)

Portugal

• "O Tubarão Infernal", Comix #6 (1976)

Spain

• "El Tiburón de Acero", Mandrake - Merlin el Mago #7 and #8 (1981)

Sweden

• "Haj i sikte", Fantomen #1 (1987)

Turkey

• "Tehlikeli Oyuncak", Mandrake #84 #85 #86 (1976)
• "Tehlikeli Oyuncak", Mandrake Albüm #28 #29
• "Tehlikeli Oyuncak", Mandrake Albüm #103
• "Tehlikeli Oyuncak", Mandrake #24 #25
• "Tehlikeli Oyuncak", Mandrake Süper Albüm #7
• "Tehlikeli Oyuncak", Mandrake Süper Albüm #44

USA

• "Super Shark", The Menomonee Falls Gazette from #194 to #204 (?) (1975)

Yugoslavia

• "Na leđima ajkule", Super EKS Almanah #22 (1981)