Dr Dell and 8

Dr Dell and 8

Start date:	January 15, 1968
End date:	May 11, 1968
# of strips:	102 (17 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Mysterious Bureau"
Followed by:	"The Gold Crisis"

"Dr Dell and 8" is the 136th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Dr. Dell, a famed crime expert is in US for a lecture tour. She visits Mandrake to see and hear about the criminals in his gangster gallery. In a lecture afterwards she mentions the sign of 8 in a footnote. Soon she was kidnapped, and then Mandrake and Lothar.

They woke up in a strange place: a small island with an 8-shaped castle. In the garden: 8 shaped hedge, a sundial with only 8 numbers, and in the a basement room; an aquarium with a giant ocopus. Inside a room with 8 people around a 8 shaped table, the Masters of the 7th arm, controlled by the voice of their secret leader - the Octon.

Appearances

Recurring characters

Mandrake
Lothar
Narda
Jed
Octon, his voice only.

One-time characters

Dr. Dell, professor of chriminology (her father was head of Scotland Yard)
Dr. Zorb, a history professor and junior member of 8.
The Masters of the 7th arm of 8.

Locations

Kennedy Airport
New York City
- Xanadu

Organizations

Behind the scenes

The title for this story is taken from the strip of January 15, 1968 (Beginning: Dr. Dell & 8)
Mandrake's rogues' gallery: the Cobra, the Mole, Goliath, (the Clay Camel), 8