Master of Magic

Master of Magic

Start date:	August 5, 1963
End date:	December 7, 1963
# of strips:	108 (18 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Giant Toothache"
Followed by:	"The Disturber"

"Master of Magic" is the 122th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Narda interupt Mandrake's "long-distance call" and Mandrake fainted. When he woke up he telling Narda the secret of the Crystall Ball and the College of Magic. Concentrating on the crystall both Mandrake and Narda went on a mental visit to Theron a distant hidden valley in far-off Tibet. But the country are invaded and enemy plane ataccing. When a bomb hit the temple, the crystall stop glowing, the replica inside was damaged and the contakt broken.

Mandrake and Lothar went aboard a plane and reach the border of Tibet. Wearing parachutes they jump out in the remote mountainous Tibet, landing nearby the pass to the hidden vally.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Mandrake's father

Locations

New York
- College of Magic

Objects

The Crystal Cube

Trivia

The Crystall Ball may be older than the pyramides.
The legend says the Crystall Ball was left by men from the sky (an alian spaceship ?)
"Inside the Crystal Ball there is a tiny modell, it first inspired an ancient architect to build the first Greek temple, later the College of Magic was build as a copy of the modell.
The Crystall Ball was a gift from Theron when Mandrake left the College of Magic
When Mandrake wish to "reach" Theron by telepaty, he focus on the Crystal Ball, and in a sense enter the crystal mentally.
In old times wizards made wondrous magic. They carried on secrets of ancient Egypt, magic of ancient China and others. When the hordes of Genghis Khan swept the eastern world most of the wizards and their lore were destroyed. A few escaped and in the remote Himalayas they build the College of Magic.
Once a decade, out of thousands of applicants, they selected one youth to teach.
Mandrake was twelve and his brother Derek ten when their father took them to the College of Magic.
Mandrake was a student for ten years while Derek only seven.
Mandrake speaking a Tibetian dialect, learned in his childhood.