The Bribe

The Bribe
Start date:	July 14, 1969
End date:	November 15, 1969
# of strips:	108 (18 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Connoisseur"
Followed by:	"The Cobra Strikes (The College of Magic)"

"The Bribe" is the 141st Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

The Octon have ordered the council of the 5th arm of 8 to break up the Mandrake - Lothar team.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• Jed
• Hojo, at Xanadu only.
• Octon, his voice only.

One-time characters

• Uncle Tabor, Lothar's horse when he was a boy.
• Fixer of 8.
• Butch, member of 8.
• Pete, member of 8.

Locations

• New York City
  • Xanadu
  • 712 Pamet Street
• Balston Beach, the hq of the 5th arm of 8 on a small island.

Organizations

• 8
• Inter-Intel

Behind the scenes

Title

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of July 14, 1969 (Beginning: The Bribe)

Mandrake Lore

• The members of 8 has a small tattoo of a 8 digits on their right earlobe.
• Lothar saying that his father is alive.
• Narda do not have a cat, but she used to have one, named Pam.

Real Life References

• 712 Pamet Street, refering to Lee Falk's summer house near Truro at Cape Cod.
• Balston Beach, refering to Lee Falk's summer house near Truro at Cape Cod.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "O Suborno", Almanaque do Mandrake (1970)

Finland

• "Lahjus", Mustanaamio #16 (1984)

France

• "Lothar et le gang "8", Spécial Mandrake #1 (1973)
• "Le cinquième bras des 8", Le Journal de Mickey #1635 to #1648 (1983/1984)
• "Le cinquième bras des 8", Donald Magazine #83-44 to #84-05 (1983/1984)

India

• "The False Will", Indrajal Comics #163 (1972)
• "எமதூதர் - "8"!, Mutu Comics #466 (2022)

Italy

• "La setta del terrore", Mandrake #178, #179 and #180 (1970)
• "La setta del terrore", Mandrake Selezione #3 (1977)
• "La setta degli Otto", Superfumetti in Film #10 (1978)

Norway

• "Et fristende tilbud", Fantomet #11 and #12 (1990)

Portugal

• "O Subôrno", Mundo de Aventuras #1119 (1971)

Spain

• "La Secta del Terror", Pocket de Ases #33 (1983)

Sweden

• "Mutan", Fantomen #6 (1984)

Turkey

• "Ölüm Adası", Mandrake #26 & 27 & 28 (1974-1975)
• "Ölüm Adası", Mandrake Albüm #9 & 10
• "Ölüm Adası", Mandrake Albüm #127
• "Ölüm Adası", Mandrake Albüm #212 & 213
• "Ölüm Adası", Mandrake #15 & 16
• "Ölüm Adası", Mandrake Süper Albüm #4
• "Ölüm Adası", Mandrake Süper Albüm #35 & 36
• "Ölüm Adası", Mandrake Süper Albüm #19

Yugoslavia

• "Organizacija 8", Super EKS Almanah #10 (1980)