The Supercomputer

The Supercomputer
Start date:	February 4, 1985
End date:	May 11, 1985
# of strips:	84 (14 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Behind Death's Door"
Followed by:	"Island of the Mad Count"

"The Supercomputer" is the 188th 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
• Hojo
• Jed

One-time characters

• Gritz, a controller (killer) - to hold down the population.

Locations

• Xanadu
• Nu Yuk, New York 49 152 years in the furure.

Organizations

• Inter-Intel

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is lifted from the plot.
• For those who came in late; Princess Narda of Cockaigne, Theron (age 308) grandmaster of College of Magic, sister Elinora, twin Derek, half-brother Luciphor (the Cobra), Lothar, Karma, Chief Bradley, Hojo secret chief of Inter-Intel, Jed.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Spellbound", Mandrake the Magician #1 (1987)

Brazil

• "Os Visitantes", Mandrake Extra #3 (1987)

India

• "The Killer Breed", Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 29 and Vol. 23 No. 30 (1986)
• "The Death Squad" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #7 (1992)
• "The Death Squad" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #54 (1997)

Italy

• "Il supercomputer", Mandrake - New Comics Now #186 (1986)

Spain

• "El Controlador del Futuro", Mandrake #46 (2000)

Turkey

• "Süper Beyin", Mandrake Süper Albüm #34

Yugoslavia

• "Čovek koji lebdi", Super EKS Almanah #83 (1987)