The Cruise Ship Mystery

The Cruise Ship Mystery
Start date:	August 15th, 1983
End date:	November 12th, 1983
# of strips:	78 (13 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Gangster Ship"
Followed by:	"Little Man"

"The Cruise Ship Mystery" is the 183rd Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Lothar is back in town, but the plane is canselled due airline strike. They book tickets on a world cruise ship, but onbord the ship there are some cabin thieves.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar, prince of the Federated Nations.

One-time characters

Locations

• Onboard a Cruise Ship.

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is lifted from the plot, partly from the last strip of the previous story (Next Week: Cruise Ship).
• Mandrake use telekinesis to win at the roulette.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "Aventuras no Mar", Mandrake Especial #13 (1988)

Finland

• "Rikosten risteily", Mustanaamio #15 (1989)

Italy

• "La crociera", Mandrake - New Comics Now #134 (1985)

India

• "Outlaws at Sea", Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 17 (1985)

Spain

• "El Crucero de los Millonarios", Mandrake #35 (1998)

Sweden

• "Kriminell kryssning", Fantomen #7 (1989)

Turkey

• "Gemide Soygun", Mandrake #4 #5 #6
• "Gemide Soygun", Mandrake Süper Albüm #1 #2
• "Gemide Soygun", Mandrake Süper Albüm #27

Yugoslavia

• "Uzbudljivo krstarenje", Super EKS Almanah #71 (1985)