The Blue Bandit
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The Blue Bandit | |
Start date: | September 14, 1947 |
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End date: | February 1, 1948 |
# of strips: | 21 (21 weeks) |
Writer: | Lee Falk |
Artist: | Phil Davis |
Preceded by: | "Kingdom of Marvel" |
Followed by: | "The Prince Who Never Smiled" |
"The Blue Bandit" is the 36th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
A master thief has appeared in New York city. The police are without a trace and the Chief asking Mandrake for help.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Mr Oscar, manager of the jewel mart.
- The Blue Bandit
- Mac, the Blue Bandit's pilote
Locations
- New York
Behind the scenes
- The title for this story is taken from the strip of September 7 and 14, 1947 (Next Week -- The Blue Bandit & Beginning: The Blue Bandit).
Signifiant covers
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- "The Blue Bandit", Mandrake Comic #23 (1957)
Brazil
- "O Bandido Azul", Mandrake #84 (1963)
Denmark
- "Mandrake og den gaadefulle juveltyv", Fantomhefte #13 (1954)
Finland
- "Maaron ja Salaperäinen Jalokivivaras", Kippari Kalle #1 (1954)
France
- "Le bandit ailé", Les héros du mystère #12 (1968)
- "Le bandit ailé", Les héros du mystère Album #4 (1968)
- "Le bandit volant", Mandrake #267 (1970)
- "Le bandit bleu", Mandrake #423 (1974)
- "Le bandit bleu", Mandrake le Magicien #3 (1981)
- "Le lys bleu", Le Journal de Mickey #1882 (1988)
- "Le lys bleu", Donald Magazine #88-29 (1988)
Italy
- "L'inafferrabile bandito", L'Avventura (1948)
- "Il bandito alato", Mandrake #3 (1962)
- "Il bandito alato", I Classici dell'Avventura #39 (1963)
- "Il bandito volante", Mandrake #147 (1970)
- "Il bandito volante", Mandrake #69 (1974)
- "Il bandito volante", Mandrake - New Comics Now #71 and #106 (1982 and 1984)
- "Il bandito volante", Mandrake #2 (1994)
- "no title", Mandrake - La rotta delle meraviglie (2004)
New Zealand
- "The Blue Bandit", Mandrake the Magician #42 and Mandrake the Magician #43 (1953)
Norway
- "Den blå banditten", Skippern (1949-1950)
- "Den gåtefulle juveltyven", Fantom-hefte #13 (1953)
- "Den gåtefulle juveltyven", Samlebind Fantom-hefte #1953
Portugal
- "O Bandido da Máscara Azul", Antologia da BD Clássica #1 (1982)
Serbia
- "Plavi bandit", Biblioteka Nostalgija #1 (2014)
Sweden
- "Blå banditen", Stjärnbragder #9 (1953)
USA
- "The Case of the Phantom Bandit", Harvey Comics Hits #53 (1951)
- "The Blue Bandit", The Official Mandrake Sundays #3 (1989)
West Germany
- "Der unheimliche Juwelendieb", Phantom-Heft #13 (1953)
- "Der unheimliche Juwelendieb", Comic Taschen Buch #2 (1976)