The Mysterious Chief

The Mysterious Chief
Start date:	September 20th, 1976
End date:	December 11th, 1976
# of strips:	72 (12 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Narda and the Sheik"
Followed by:	"The Pacific Circle"

"The Mysterious Chief" is the 165th 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
• Hojo

One-time characters

• Ms. Laurel, Jed's private secetary.

Locations

• Xanadu
• New York, Asian quarter.

Organizations

• Inter-Intel

Behind the scenes

• Hojo is Mandrake's super-chef. He is super-scholar, excels at higher math, fluent in 14 languages and reads 10 more. He is also 10th degree black belt, judo and karate.
• Hojo tells Mandrake that he is the mysterious and secret Chief of Inter-Intel.
• Lothar asking mandrake if Hojo is the mysterious and secret Chief of Inter-Intel, but Mandrake did not reply.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "Uma voz misteriosa", Almanaque do Mandrake #5 (1980)

Finland

• "Pomo", Mustanaamio #3 (1988)

France

• "Le chef mystérieux", Spécial Mandrake #15 (1978)
• "Le secret de Hojo", Le Journal de Mickey #1783 (1986)
• "Le secret de Hojo", Donald Magazine #86-34 (1986)
• "Le mystère d'Hojo", Janus Stark #133 and #134 (1990)

India

• "The Master Criminal", Indrajal Comics #298 (1978)
• "மர்மத் தலைவன்", Mutu Comics #71 (1977)

Italy

• "La fabbrica degli incubi", Mandrake Selezione #12 (1978)

Portugal

• "O Segredo de Jojo", Mundo de Aventuras #211 (1977)

Spain

• "El Secreto de Jojo", Mandrake - Merlin el Mago #11 (1981)

Sweden

• "Chefen", Fantomen #16 (1987)

Turkey

• "Şefin Sırrı", Mandrake #137 – #138 (1977)
• "Şefin Sırrı", Mandrake Süper Albüm #21
• "Şefin Sırrı", Mandrake Süper Albüm #76

Yugoslavia

• "Veliki šef", Super EKS Almanah #1 (1979)