Mandrake Plays Cupid

Mandrake Plays Cupid
Start date:	October 4th, 1953
End date:	November 22nd, 1953
# of strips:	8 (8 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Mandrake's Magic House"
Followed by:	"Rex (The Living Fossil)"

"Mandrake Plays Cupid" is the 59th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Ted, a bashful singer, is in love with Marilyn. But he do not have the enough nerve to do something about it. Mandrake decide to help him...

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda

One-time characters

• Ted, a singer.
• Marilyn, an actress
• Mr. Grant, owner (?) of a theatre.

Locations

• New York City

Behind the scenes

• The story title is from the strip of October 4th, 1953 (Beginning: Mandrake Plays Cupid !).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "El Ratón Contra el León", El Libro de la Historieta #16 (1959)

Brazil

• "A poção mágica", Mandrake #10 (1954)
• "A Poção Mágica", Mandrake #178 (1971)

Finland

• "Ujo laulaja", Mustanaamio #12 (1998)

France

• "Le chanteur timide", Spécial Mandrake #45 (1967)
• "Le chanteur timide", Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 2 (Soleil) (1993)

Italy

• "Il cantante timido", Super Albo #72 (1964)
• "Il cantante timido", Mandrake - New Comics Now #217 (1988)

Norway

• "Den blyge sangeren", Fantomet #15 (1998)

Mexico

• "El Caso del Joven Tímido", Mandrake el mago #12 (1966)

Spain

• "Mandrake Hace de Cupido", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1953–1956 (Dolmen Editorial) (2020)
• "¡ Mandrake Hace de Cupido !", Héroes del Cómic 8 (2021)

Sweden

• "Mandrake som Cupido", Allers Familj-Journal
• "Den blyge sångaren", Fantomen #15 (1998)

Turkey

• "Sihirli Iksir", Mandrake #118 (1976)
• "Sihirli Iksir", Mandrake Albüm #40

USA

• "Mandrake Plays Cupid", Mandrake Sundays #6 (1989)

Yugoslavia

• "Као бог љубави"/"Kao bog ljubavi", Politikin Zabavnik #1151 (1974)