Deadman's Key

Deadman's Key
Start date:	April 13th, 1987
End date:	September 5th, 1987
# of strips:	126 (21 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Return of the Tinies"
Followed by:	"The Executioner from 8"

"Deadman's Key" is the 196th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

A group of terrorists kidnap General Marsh to Deadman Key to get him to reveal important defense plans.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• The Police Chief
• Jed

One-time characters

• Chief of Staff General Marsh,
• Marian Marsh, wife of Mr. Marsh.
• Major Smith.
• Jake, a FBI agent.
• Colonel patrick, of the military intelligence.
• Mik, terrorist and killer for hire.
• Mak, terrorist and killer for hire.

Locations

• New York
• Xanadu, the gate only.
• Deadman's Key, a small tropical island of the southern coast.

Organizations

• FBI
• Inter-Intel

Behind the scenes

Title

• The story title is lifted from the plot.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "A Ilha do Morto", Mandrake Especial #20 (1988)

India

• "The Cunning Conjurer" Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 21 (1988)
• "On the Deadman's Key" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #8 (1992)
• "On the Deadman's Key" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #55 (1997)
• "?" Diamond Comics Digest (free issue) (19??)

Italy

• "Deadman's Key", Mandrake - New Comics Now #262 (1991)

Spain

• "El Secuestro del General Marsh", Mandrake #51 (2002 ?)

USA

• "no title", Classic Comics & Crosswords, only the first 2 weeks. (1992)
• "no title", Classic Comics & Crosswords (1992)