The Blue Bandit

The Blue Bandit
Start date:	September 14, 1947
End date:	Februar 1, 1948
# of strips:	21 (21 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Kingdom of Marvel"
Followed by:	"The Prince Who Never Smiled"

"The Blue Bandit" is the 36th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• Chief Bradley

One-time characters

• The Blue Bandit

Locations

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Denmark

• "??", Fantomhefte #13 (1954)

Finland

• "Maaron ja Salaperäinen Jalokivivaras", Kippari Kalle #1 (1954)

France

• "Le bandit ailé", Les héros du mystère #12 (1968)
• "Le bandit ailé", Les héros du mystère Album #4 (1968)
• "Le bandit volant", Mandrake #267 (1970)
• "Le bandit bleu", Mandrake le Magicien #3 (1981)

West Germany

• "Der unheimliche Juwelendieb", Phantom-Heft #13 (1953)
• "Der unheimliche Juwelendieb", Comic Taschen Buch #2 (1976)

Italy

• "L'inafferrabile bandito", L'Avventura (1948)
• "Il bandito alato", Mandrake #3 (1962)
• "Il bandito alato", I Classici dell'Avventura #39 (1963)
• "Il bandito volante", Mandrake #147 (1970)
• "Il bandito volante", Mandrake - New Comics Now #71 and #106 (1982 and 1984)

Norway

• "Den blå banditten", Skippern (1949-1950)
• "Den gåtefulle juveltyven", Fantom-hefte #13 (1953)
• "Den gåtefulle juveltyven", Samlebind Fantom-hefte #1953

Sweden

• "Blå banditen", Stjärnbragder #9 (1953)

USA

• "The Blue Bandit", The Official Mandrake Sundays #3 (1989)