Pursuit of the Cobra
| Pursuit of the Cobra | |
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| Start date: | October 30th, 1995 |
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| End date: | February 10th, 1996 |
| # of strips: | 90 (15 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Fred Fredericks |
| Preceded by: | "General Buffo - Druglord" |
| Followed by: | "The S. S. Div." |
"Pursuit of the Cobra" is the 220th Mandrake daily story.
The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.
Plot Summary
Mandrake telling the story of his childhood at the College of Magic, and his final battle with his half brother Luciphor - aka The Cobra - aka Octon the secret leader of the crime gang "8". At the end Mandrake knocked him down and squeezed out his mental powers, like water from a sponge. Luciphor ended up in yail and now two years have gone.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- "Groucho", Luciphor in disguise.
Behind the scenes
- The story title is taken from the strip of January 22, 1996 (Beginning: "Pursuit of Cobra").
- For those who came in late, two strips. Then 19 strips retelling the story of Luciphor:
- Luciphor are 10 years older than Mandrake.
- When Luciphor did try to steal the the treasure at CM, he almost killed Mandrake, Theron blazed with fire, hurls a mental blow, and told Luciphor to leave the CM.
- At CM there is a diamond mine.
- Theron is 408 years old.
- Mandrake left CM when he was 19 years old.
- A Phantom mask in a toy shop (January 27, 1996).
- Man in the barber chair read the newspaper Jimmi Wells Found (January 29, 1996).
Notes
- Luciphor leaves the sign of 8 at the scene of the crime.
- The story ending with Monday: Answer, indicating a new story with the Cobra ?
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Finland
- "Luciphor", Mustanaamio #4 (2002)
Norway
- "Luciphor", Fantomet #4 (2002)
Sweden
- "Luciphor", Fantomen #4 (2002)