Jam Session

"Jam Session"
Start date:	January 14th, 1940
End date:	January 14th, 1940
# of strips:	1 (1 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Lothar's Visit to the Dentist"
Followed by:	"Mandrake and the Burglar"

"Jam Session" is the 13th Mandrake filler page, the 3rd in between the 12th and 13th Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mandrake can't sleep with all the music played upstairs by a group of musicians in rehearsal. Thanks to its powers of suggestion, they going tired of playing, and he will be able to enjoy peaceful sleep again.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar

One-time characters

• A trumpet player
• A piano player
• A drummer

Locations

• US ?

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is taken from the strip of January 14, 1940 (Mandrake and the "Jam Session").

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

France

• "L'orchestre de jazz", L'âge d'or Mandrake #3 (1980)

Italy

• "Il concertino", L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake #3 (1980)
• "Mandrake e i musicanti", Eureka #2 (212) (1981)

Norway

• "Jam session", Fantomet #26 (1990)

Spain

• no title, Mandrake #5 (1999)

USA

• "(no title)", King Comics #58 (1941)

Yugoslavia

• (no title given), Majin Strip #16 (1961)
• (no title given), Stripoteka #402 (1976)