Alibi Algie

Alibi Algie
(Re-released in 2014)
Start date:	July 29th, 1996
End date:	September 28th, 1996
# of strips:	54 (9 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Clay Camel and the Ganglords"
Followed by:	"Scary Aliens"

"Alibi Algie" is the 223rd Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Inspector Brett from Scotland Yard asking Mandrake for help. He chasing the criminal "Alibi Algie". A man who always has eyewitnesses proving he was someplace else, and not at the crime.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• The Police Chief

One-time characters

• Brett, inspector from Scotland Yard.
• Rathbone, Chief inspector at Scotland Yard.
• Alibi Algie, a criminal.

Locations

• New York
• Xanadu

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is liftet from the plot.
• Slam Evil poster, the Phantom movie.

Re-released story in 2014

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Norway

• "Saken med det vanntette alibiet", Fantomet #5 (2003)

Finland

• "Alibin tapaus", Mustanaamio #5 (2003)

India

• "Strange Criminal" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #63 (1998)
• "Strange Criminal" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #79 (1999)

Sweden

• "Fallet med det vattentäta alibit", Fantomen #5 (2003)