The Prison Break

The Prison Break
Start date:	August 9th, 1992
End date:	January 24th, 1993
# of strips:	25
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Capt. C.C.'s Crazy Circus"
Followed by:	"The Bikers of Ghost Town"

"The Prison Break" is the 168th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Mandrake and Lothar passing a maximum security prison. Then a spectacular prison break.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake the Magician
• Lothar

One-time characters

• Gus, a guard.
• Mac, a convict
• Joe, a convict

Locations

• Route 6.
  • Goodfleet, a small town.
    • Goodfleet Bank.

Behind the scenes

Title

• At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Prison Break", which is lifted from the plot.

Easter Eggs

• The Phantom, on a t-shirt.
• Prison number 39013.

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  27 Sep, 1992

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  15 Nov, 1992

Signifiant cover

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  Italy

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Italy

• "Ora d’aria", Mandrake - New Comics Now #363 (1996)