Hojo's Tale

Hojo's Tale
Start date:	July 27th, 1970
End date:	October 31th, 1970
# of strips:	98 (14 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Karma's Adventure"
Followed by:	"The Clay Camel (plus Women's Lib!)"

"Hojo's Tale" is the 144th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Time travelers from 50 000 years in the future.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• Hojo
• The Police Chief, on phone only
• Jed

One-time characters

• Muller, sergant at the SS Div.
• Fred, a mechanic at Inter-Intel
• Boss child, child of the boss of Noramer gang
• Chief warden of Noramer gang
• two gunmen of Euro gang

Locations

• New York
• Xanadu
• Silly Stuff Division

Organizations

• Inter-Intel

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story taken from the strip of June 27, 1971 (Beginning: Hojo's Tale).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "Mistério em Xanadu", Mandrake #177 (1971)
• "A Filha do Chefe", Mandrake #325 (1983)

Finland

• "Arvoitusten tyttö", Mustanaamio #19 (1985)

France

• "La fillette venue du future", Spécial Mandrake #3 (1974)
• "La fillette", Le Journal de Mickey #1679 to #1683 (1984)
• "La fillette", Donald Magazine #84-36 to #84-40 (1984)

India

• "The Wonder Child" Indrajal Comics #164 (1972)
• "The Maddening Mystery", Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 7 (1987)

Italy

• "La bambina venuta dal futuro", Mandrake #192, #193 and #194 (1970-1971)
• "La bambina venuta dal futuro", I Quaderni del Fumetto #11 (1974)
• "La spia degli abissi", Mandrake Selezione #3 (1977)

Portugal

• "Os Viajantes do Tempos", Mundo de Aventuras #63 (1974)

Sweden

• "Den gåtfulla flickan", Fantomen #6 (1985)

Turkey

• "Esrarengiz Konuk", Mandrake #33 & #34 (1975)
• "Esrarengiz Konuk", Mandrake Albüm #11 & #12
• "Esrarengiz Konuk", Mandrake Albüm #209
• "Esrarengiz Konuk", Mandrake #11 & #12
• "Esrarengiz Konuk", Mandrake Süper Albüm #3
• "Esrarengiz Konuk", Mandrake Süper Albüm #37 & #38

Yugoslavia

• "Tajanstveni gost", Super EKS Almanah #11 (1980)
• "Tajanstveni gost", Mandrakov magazin #20 (1990)