Lothar’s Afternoon

Lothar’s Afternoon
Start date:	December 16, 1985
End date:	February 22, 1986
# of strips:	60 (10 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Hijacking"
Followed by:	"The Murder Contract"

"Lothar’s Afternoon" is the 191st Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

At the www.deepwoods.org index the title for this story was "Lothar's Walk".

Plot Summary

Lothar walking Karma to her modeling job, planing to hang around town until she's finished. During his day in town he; fights a motorcycle gang, fights armed muggers, saved a mother and her baby from fire. While back his reply to Mandrake's "How was your day in Town, Lothar?" was "Nice, Nothing special".

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• Karma

One-time characters

• Mike, member of a motercycle gang.
• Joie, kid brother of Mike.

Locations

• New York

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is taken from the strip of December 16, 1985 (Beginning: Lothar’s Afternoon).
• Number 39013 on a window.

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Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Lothar's Afternoon", Mandrake the Magician #1 (1987)

Brazil

• "Apenas um Passeio", Mandrake Especial #16 (1988)

Finland

• "Lothar jyrää", Mustanaamio #13 (1990)

India

• "The Maze of Hurdles", Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 12 (1987)
• "no title" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #10 (1993)
• "no title" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #57 (1997)

Italy

• "Un pomeriggio di Lothar", Mandrake - New Comics Now #218 (1988)

Spain

• "La Tarde de Lothar", Mandrake #48 (200?)

Sweden

• "Lothars promenad", Fantomen #3 (1990)