Alibi Algie

Alibi Algie
(Re-released in 2014)
Start date:	July 29th, 1996
End date:	September 28th, 1996
# of strips:	54 (9 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Clay Camel and the Ganglords"
Followed by:	"Scary Aliens"

"Alibi Algie" is the 223rd Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Inspector Brett from Scotland Yard asking Mandrake for help. He chasing the criminal "Alibi Algie". A man who always has eyewitnesses proving he was someplace else, and not at the crime.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• The Police Chief
• Brett, inspector from Scotland Yard.

One-time characters

• Rathbone, Chief inspector at Scotland Yard.
• Alibi Algie, a criminal.

Locations

• New York
  • Xanadu

Behind the scenes

Title

• The story title is liftet from the plot.

Easter Eggs – Cameos

• Slam Evil poster, the Phantom movie (strip of September 6, 9, 12 and 13, 1996).

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  6 Sep, 1996

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  9 Sep, 1996

Re-released story in 2014

• Start date: 7 April 2014 / End date: 7 June 2014

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Norway

• "Saken med det vanntette alibiet", Fantomet #5 (2003)

Finland

• "Alibin tapaus", Mustanaamio #5 (2003)

India

• "Strange Criminal" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #63 (1998)
• "Strange Criminal" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #79 (1999)
• "Alibi Algie" Mandrake the Magician #11 (2023)

Sweden

• "Fallet med det vattentäta alibit", Fantomen #5 (2003)

USA

• "Alibi Algie", The Daily Strips Mandrake Series / Episodes: "Clay Camel and the Ganglords + Alibi Algie" (Pacific Comics Club) (2020)