The Game of Chance

The Game of Chance
Start date:	October 1st, 1967
End date:	February 11th, 1968
# of strips:	20 (20 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar"
Followed by:	"Invasion of the Babu"

"The Game of Chance" is the 102nd Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• Hojo
• Jed

One-time characters

• Baron Chance, the most glamorous man in the world.

Locations

• Xanadu

Organizations

• Inter-Intel

Behind the scenes

• The story title is from the strip of October 1st, 1967 (Beginning: The Game of Chance).
• A service station, the new secret entrance to Inter-Intel.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "??", Fantasía Suplemento #127 (1970 ?)

Brazil

• "O Barão Bandido", Mandrake #324 (1983)
• "A Vingança do Barão Chance", Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake #3 (1989)
• "A Vingança do Barão Chance", Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake (Minissérie Encadernada) (1989)

Israel

• "עושה נפלאות", Bucky #39 – #42 (1968)

Sweden

• "Baron Chance", Blixt Gordon #4/1969

Turkey

• "Hırsız Baron", Mandrake #74 – #75 (1975)
• "Hırsız Baron", Mandrake Albüm #25
• "Hırsız Baron", Mandrake Albüm #98 – #99
• "Hırsız Baron", Mandrake #23 – #24
• "Hırsız Baron", Mandrake Süper Albüm #6 – #7
• "Hırsız Baron", Mandrake Süper Albüm #43

Yugoslavia

• "Игра случаја"/"Igra slučaja", Politikin Zabavnik #1376 (1978)
• "Život na kredit", Super EKS Almanah #25 (1981)
• "Život na kredit", Mandrak magazin #7 (1989)