The Return of Evil

The Return of Evil - The Cobra
Start date:	January 16, 1967
End date:	June 3, 1967
# of strips:	120 (20 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Trail of 8"
Followed by:	"The Secret Weapon Caper"

"The Return of Evil - The Cobra" is the 133rd Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• King Segrid
• Luciphor
• Qudd

One-time characters

• Baron Sigmund, president of the "Stat Bank of Cockaigne".
• Sir Alford, Prime Minister of Cockaigne.

Locations

• Cockaigne
• Xanadu

Behind the scenes

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of January 16, 1967 (Beginning: The Return of Evil!)
• Baron Sigmund is Narda's elderly cousin.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "O Retorno do Mal", Mandrake Especial #1 (1987)

Finland

• "Kobran paluu", Mustanaamio #4 and #5 (1983)

France

• "Le chateau hanté" & "Le retour du Cobra" & "Le masque du Cobra" & "Le piège fatal", Mandrake #221, #222, #223 and #224 (1969)
• "Le retour du Cobra", Spécial Mandrake #95 (1971)
• "Le retour du Cobra", Le Journal de Mickey #1539 to #1553

India

• "The Cobra", Indrajal Comics #146 (1971)
• "The Hypnotic Gem", Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 2 (1986)
• "The Return of Evil" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #27 and #28 (1995)
• "The Return of Evil" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #69 (1998)

Italy

• "l castello degli sceietri" & "??" & "Il volto del Cobra" & "Trappola fatale", Mandrake #28, #29, #30 and #31, (1967)
• "Il castello degli scheletri", Mandrake - New Comics Now #381 (1997)

Norway

• "Cobra vender tilbake", Fantomet #26 & Fantomet #1 (1986/1987)

Portugal

• "O Regresso do Cobra", Mundo de Aventuras #1037 (1969)

Spain

• "El Cobra", Héroes Modernos #29 (1966)
• "Cobra: El regreso del mal", Mandrake el mago Cobra: El regreso del mal (2005)

Sweden

• "Cobrans återkomst", Fantomen #21 and #22 (1982)

Turkey

• "Şatonun Sırrı", Mandrake #15 #16 #17 (1974)
• "Şatonun Sırrı", Mandrake Albüm #5 #6
• "Şatonun Sırrı", Mandrake Albüm #205
• "Şatonun Sırrı", Mandrake #5 #6 #7
• "Şatonun Sırrı", Mandrake Süper Albüm #2
• "Şatonun Sırrı", Mandrake Süper Albüm #30 #31
• "Kobra'nin Dönüşü", Yeni Mandrake #1 (2011)

Yugoslavia

• "Ujed Kobre", Stripoteka #403 (1976)
• "Bitka za kraljevstvo", Super EKS Almanah #36 (1982)