Super Shark

Super Shark

Start date:	August 18th, 1975
End date:	November 15th, 1975
# of strips:	78 (13 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Thieves"
Followed by:	"The Frame-Up"

"Super Shark" is the 161st Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

The two gangsters Muscies and Brains planning to build a casino and wants to buy Raoul's hotel by the beach. When he refuses to sell, the gangsters became inspired by the scary movie "Super-Shark". They build a mechanical shark and with a remote control they starts to terrorize the beach with numerous shark attacks.

Appearances

Recurring characters

Mandrake
Lothar
Narda
Karma
Hojo, at Xanadu only

One-time characters

Raoul, old friend of Mandrake.
Muscies, a gangster-gambler.
Brains, a notorious con man.
Super-Shark, a movie.

Locations

Xanadu

Behind the scenes

The title for the story is taken from the strip of August 18th, 1975 (Beginning: Super-Shark).
The movie "Super-Shark"; inspired by "Jaws" - the 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg.