The Underworld vs. Inter-Intel

The Underworld vs. Inter-Intel
Start date:	April 10th, 1966
End date:	August 7th, 1966
# of strips:	18 (18 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Cobra Returns"
Followed by:	"The Astro Pirates"

"The Underworld vs. Inter-Intel" is the 98th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Some gangster chiefs wants to destroy Inter-Intel.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda
• Lothar
• Jed, new bureau head of Inter-Intel

• The Police Chief

One-time characters

• Muggs, a gang overlord.
• Pete, a gangster.
• Ed, a gangster.

Locations

• Xanadu

Organizations

• Inter-Intel, a world-wide organization that pools criminal information for many nations.

Behind the scenes

• The story title is from the strip of May 29, 1966 (Continued: Underworld vs. Inter-Intel!).
• At Xanadu there is a striped phone, a direct line to Inter-Intel.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "Caçada sem Trégua", Mandrake #318 (1982)

France

• "L'Inter-Intel", Mandrake #413 (1973)

Italy

• "L'inter intel", I Giganti #4 (1967)
• "L'inter intel", Mandrake #59 (1973)

Portugal

• "Guerra ao Crime", Condor #3 (1972) note: starts with the last strip of previous story.

Turkey

• "Büyük Savaş", Mandrake #52 #53 #54 (1975)
• "Büyük Savaş", Mandrake Albüm #18
• "Büyük Savaş", Mandrake #14 #15
• "Büyük Savaş", Mandrake Süper Albüm #4
• "Büyük Savaş", Mandrake Süper Albüm #36

Yugoslavia

• "Podzemlje ne miruje", Super EKS Almanah #38 (1983)