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== Plot Summary == | == Plot Summary == | ||
Once a week Lothar drives to the city slums, trying to help the kids living there. One day he found a pusher with the sign of "8" on his chest. | |||
Mandrake and Lothar found themself in a fight with the third arm of 8. | |||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
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*[[Mandrake]] | *[[Mandrake]] | ||
*[[Lothar]] | *[[Lothar]] | ||
*[[Narda]] | *[[Narda]], at Xanadu. | ||
*[[Karma]], at Xanadu. | |||
*[[Hojo]], at Xanadu. | |||
*[[Chief Bradley|The police chief]] | |||
'''One-time characters''' | '''One-time characters''' | ||
*Rico, the leader of the Mighty Brutes. | |||
*Johnny, Rico's kid brother. | |||
*Eddie, leader of Three Scarlet Demons. | |||
*Twisty, member of Three Scarlet Demons. | |||
*Shorty, member of Three Scarlet Demons. | |||
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;"> | </div><div style="float:right; width:50%;"> | ||
'''Locations''' | '''Locations''' | ||
*New York | |||
*[[Xanadu]] | |||
*12-A Pamet street, a hideout of 8. | |||
*10 Dopott road five minutes north at Collins, 8's drug storehouse. | |||
'''Organizations''' | '''Organizations''' | ||
*The Mighty Brutes, used to be the toughest gang in town. | |||
*Three Scarlet Demons, a gang. | |||
*[[Octon]] | *[[Octon]] | ||
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== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
*The title for the story taken from the strip of July 3, 1972 (Beginning: Trail of the Pusher!). | |||
*"8" have hidden bases all over the world. Each secret base is called an "arm", a governing board is called "the masters". Somewhere is the head, "Octon". They are specialized as a hospital. A "quizzer of 8" asks the questions while X of 8 means the executioner. | |||
*The fifth and seventh arm was destroyed by Mandrake and Lothar. | |||
*12-A Pamet street, refering to Lee Falk's summer house near Truro at Cape Cod. | |||
*10 Dopott road five minutes north at Collins, refering to Lee Falk's summer house near Truro at Cape Cod. | |||
== Reprints == | == Reprints == | ||
Revision as of 09:53, 20 February 2013
| Trail of the Pusher | |
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| Start date: | July 03, 1972 |
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| End date: | October 21, 1972 |
| # of strips: | 96 (16 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Fred Fredericks |
| Preceded by: | "The Mission" |
| Followed by: | "Dr Xoz Prof. of Smells" |
"Trail of the Pusher" is the 151th Mandrake daily story.
The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.
Plot Summary
Once a week Lothar drives to the city slums, trying to help the kids living there. One day he found a pusher with the sign of "8" on his chest. Mandrake and Lothar found themself in a fight with the third arm of 8.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Rico, the leader of the Mighty Brutes.
- Johnny, Rico's kid brother.
- Eddie, leader of Three Scarlet Demons.
- Twisty, member of Three Scarlet Demons.
- Shorty, member of Three Scarlet Demons.
Locations
- New York
- Xanadu
- 12-A Pamet street, a hideout of 8.
- 10 Dopott road five minutes north at Collins, 8's drug storehouse.
Organizations
- The Mighty Brutes, used to be the toughest gang in town.
- Three Scarlet Demons, a gang.
- Octon
Behind the scenes
- The title for the story taken from the strip of July 3, 1972 (Beginning: Trail of the Pusher!).
- "8" have hidden bases all over the world. Each secret base is called an "arm", a governing board is called "the masters". Somewhere is the head, "Octon". They are specialized as a hospital. A "quizzer of 8" asks the questions while X of 8 means the executioner.
- The fifth and seventh arm was destroyed by Mandrake and Lothar.
- 12-A Pamet street, refering to Lee Falk's summer house near Truro at Cape Cod.
- 10 Dopott road five minutes north at Collins, refering to Lee Falk's summer house near Truro at Cape Cod.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
India
- "Messengers of Death" Indrajal Comics #195 (1973)
- "The Secret Crime Ring", Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 42 (1987)
Italy
- "Gli spacciatori", I Quaderni del Fumetto #14 (1974)
Norway
- "Langeren", Mandrake Spesial (1997)
Spain
- "La banda del Ocho", Supercomics Garbo #8 (1976)
Turkey
- "Serseriler", Mandrake #34 #35 #36 (1975)
- "Serseriler", Mandrake Albüm #12
- "Serseriler", Mandrake #51 #52 #53
- "Serseriler", Mandrake Süper Albüm #15 #16
- "Serseriler", Mandrake Süper Albüm #71
Yugoslavia
- "Na tragu 'Osmice", EKS Almanah #265/1 (1981)
- "Nameštena igra", Mandrak magazin #5 (1989)