The Cobra Strikes (The College of Magic)

The Cobra Strikes (The College of Magic)
Start date:	November 17th, 1969
End date:	March 7th, 1970
# of strips:	96 (16 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Bribe"
Followed by:	"Karma's Adventure"

"The Cobra Strikes (The College of Magic)" is the 142th 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
• Hojo, at Xanadu only
• Theron
• The Cobra
• Udd

One-time characters

Locations

• Xanadu
• College of Magic

Objects

• The Crystal Cube

Behind the scenes

• When Mandrake and Derek was twelv they went to the College of Magic.
• Next to the master Theron the most brilliant teacher was Luciphor.
• Luciphor was dissatisfied and longed to go into the outside world and use his great powers. He emptided the treasure chest and tried to take the Crystal Cube. To obtain the amazing cube Luciphor tried to kill the 16 years old Mandrake, but Derek saved Mandrake from Luciphor.
• The Cobra have a shark-like super sonic copter.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "El Cubo de Cristal", Fantasía #225 (1973)

Brazil

• "O Colégio Secreto de Mágica", Almanaque do Mandrake (1971)

Finland

• "Ajatuskristalli", Mustanaamio #19 and #20 (1984)

France

• "Le collège de magie", Spécial Mandrake #2 (1974)
• "Le cube de cristal", Le Journal de Mickey #1649 to #1660 (1984)
• "Le cube de cristal", Donald Magazine #84-06 to #84-17 (1984)

India

• "Cobra's Trap" Indrajal Comics #180 (1973)

Italy

• "Il collegio della magia", Mandrake #183 and #184 (1970)
• "Il collegio della magia", Mandrake Selezione #1 (1976)
• "Il cubo di cristallo", Superfumetti in Film #10 (1978)

Netherlands

• "Mandrake contra de Cobra", Mandrake #1 (1972)

Norway

• "Tankekrystallet", Fantomet #25 and #26 (1990)

Portugal

• "Aventura no Tibete", Mundo de Aventuras #1142 (1971)

Spain

• "El Colegio de la Magia", Pocket de Ases #33 (1983)

Sweden

• "Tankekristallen", Fantomen #9 and #10 (1984)

Turkey

• "Kristal Küp", Mandrake #22 #23 #24 (1974)
• "Kristal Küp", Mandrake Albüm #8
• "Kristal Küp", Mandrake Albüm #213
• "Kristal Küp", Mandrake #30 #31
• "Kristal Küp", Mandrake Süper Albüm #8 #9
• "Kristal Küp", Mandrake Süper Albüm #47 #48

Yugoslavia

• "Napad na koledž mađije", Super EKS Almanah #10 (1980)