The Plane Hijackers
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| The Plane Hijackers | |
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| Start date: | November 8th, 1975 |
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| End date: | December 28th, 1975 |
| # of strips: | 8 (8 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Fred Fredericks |
| Preceded by: | "Ghost Town" |
| Followed by: | "Heavy" |
"The Plane Hijackers" is the 128th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.
Plot Summary
Mandrake and Lothar approaching the state prison when a passenger plane lands on the road in front of them.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- A Sheriff
- Ripper White, a convict killer.
- Mugger Smith, a convict killer.
- Slasher Jones, a convict killer.
- A Warden.
- Jud, a plain hijacker.
- Glenda, a plain hijacker.
Locations
- The Desert
- Ghost Town
- The State Prison
Behind the scenes
- At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Plane Hijackers", which is lifted from the plot.
Signifiant covers
Argentina
Portugal
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "Operacion Fuga", Sandokan #7 (1982)
France
- "La ville des fantomes", Mandrake #439 (1978)
India
- "A Strange Barter", Indrajal Comics #277 (1977)
Italy
- "La città dei fantasmi", Mandrake #84 (1978)
- "Terrorismo aereo", Mandrake - New Comics Now #375 (1997)
Portugal
- "Os piratas do ar", Jornal do Cuto #145 (1976)
Turkey
- "Hayaletler Kasabası", Mandrake #151 & #152 (1977)
- "Hayaletler Kasabası", Mandrake Albüm #51
- "Hayaletler Kasabası", Mandrake Albüm #151
- "Hayaletler Kasabası", Mandrake Süper Albüm #29 & #30
- "Hayaletler Kasabası", Mandrake Süper Albüm #4
Yugoslavia
- "(no given title)", Mini EKS Almanah #3 (1980)