Magic Man
| Magic Man | |
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| Start date: | September 13th, 1971 |
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| End date: | December 18th, 1971 |
| # of strips: | 84 (14 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Fred Fredericks |
| Preceded by: | "Kolosso" |
| Followed by: | "The Rogues" |
"Magic Man" is the 148th Mandrake daily story.
The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.
Plot Summary
Mandrake and Lothar did a show at a large state penitentiary. Suddely a prison break where Kappon and Lou managed to escape. They kidnapp Lothar and forced Mandrake to help them with a bank robbery.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Kappon, ganglord.
- Lou, ganglord.
- Max, member of the gang.
Locations
- New York City
- Xanadu
- South Pamet and Depot Rd.
Behind the scenes
Title
- The title for the story taken from the strip of September 13, 1971 (Beginning: Magic Man).
Real Life References
- A road sign in the strip of November 12, 1971; South Pamet, Depot Rd (refering to Lee Falk's summer house near Truro at Cape Cod).
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "Los prófugos", Fantasía #228 (1973)
Australia
- "Magicians Never Tell", Mandrake the Magician Album Edition (1978)
Brazil
- "Os Dois Fugitivos", Mandrake #196 (1972)
- "Os Fugitivos", Mandrake #321 (1982)
Finland
- "Pankkiryöstö", Mustanaamio #26 (1985)
France
- "Hold-up magique", Spécial Mandrake #5 (1974)
- "Les évadés", Le Journal de Mickey #1751 (1986)
- "Les évadés", Donald Magazine #86-02 (1986)
India
- "Partners in Crime", Indrajal Comics #169 (1972)
Indonesia
- "Merampok Bank", Mandrake (1974)
Italy
- "Rivolta al penitenziario", I Quaderni del Fumetto #19 (1975)
Portugal
- "A Revolta dos Presos", Mundo de Aventuras #1208 (1972)
Spain
- "El mago", Supercomics Garbo #5 (1976)
Sweden
- "Bankkuppen", Fantomen #13 (1985)
Turkey
- "Oyunun Sonu", Mandrake #12 & #13 (1974)
- "Oyunun Sonu", Mandrake Albüm #4 & #5
- "Oyunun Sonu", Mandrake Albüm #126 & #127
- "Oyunun Sonu", Mandrake Albüm #207
- "Oyunun Sonu", Mandrake #10 & #11
- "Oyunun Sonu", Mandrake Süper Albüm #3
- "Oyunun Sonu", Mandrake Süper Albüm #39
USA
- "Magic Man", The Menomonee Falls Gazette #1 and #2 (1971) (note: the two last weeks only)
Yugoslavia
- "Tajna bez tajne", Super EKS Almanah #13 (1980)