The Hijacking

The Hijacking
Italian text
Start date:	September 23, 1985
End date:	December 14, 1985
# of strips:	72 (12 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Island of the Mad Count"
Followed by:	"Lothar’s Afternoon"

"The Hijacking" is the 190th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

FBI are on the trial of a gang of vicious killer terrorists. They plan to board a loaded passenger plane, flight XV69, and FBI want to catch them in act. A case for Mandrake..

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Jed, deputy chief of Inter-Intel

One-time characters

• Vicky, a hijacker.
• Rudy, a hijacker.

Locations

• Xanadu

Organizations

• FBI

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is lifted from the plot.
• The Phantom on a comic book cover.
• Real magic; Mandrake use kinetic magic to play with the phone.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "Brincadeira de Criança", Mandrake Extra #5 (1987)

Finland

• "Konekaappaus", Mustanaamio #4 (1990)
• "Lentokonekaappaus", Mustanaamio #2 (1996)

India

• "The Noose of Guilt", Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 40 and Vol. 23 No. 41 (1986)

Italy

• "Pirateria aerea", Mandrake - New Comics Now #186 (1986)

Norway

• "Flygkapningen", Fantomet #2 (1996)

Spain

• "Mandrake, Sheriff del Aire", Mandrake #46 (199?)

Sweden

• "Flygkapningen", Fantomen #20 (1989)
• "Flygkapningen", Fantomen #2 (1996)

Yugoslavia

• "Otmičari aviona vole igru", Super EKS Almanah #81 (1986)