The Music Lesson

"The Music Lesson"
Start date:	January 28th, 1940
End date:	January 28th, 1940
# of strips:	1 (1 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Mandrake and the Burglar"
Followed by:	"The Theatre Mysteries"

"The Music Lesson" is the 15th Mandrake filler page, the 5th in between the 12th and 13th Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Lothar wants to learn how to play music, but ends up destroying all instruments because he is too strong for them.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar

One-time characters

• The music teacher

Locations

• US ?
  • The instrument room

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is taken from the plot.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "O professor de música", Almanaque do O Globo Juvenil 1941 (1940)

France

• "Lothar veut faire de la musique", L'âge d'or Mandrake #3 (1980)

Italy

• "Lezione di musica", L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake #3 (1980)
• no title, Eureka #2 (212) (1981)

Spain

• no title, Mandrake #5 (1999)

Sweden

• "Musiklektion", Samlade Serierariteter (7) (1986)

USA

• "(no title)", King Comics #58 (1941)