The Fisherman (1998 story)

The Fisherman
(Re-released in 2016)
Start date:	December 14th, 1998
End date:	February 13th, 1999
# of strips:	54 (9 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Aliens"
Followed by:	"The Secret Mission"

"The Fisherman" is the 230th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Do cloud people fish? A case for Mandrake.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda, at Xanadu only
• Karma, on phone only
• Lothar
• The Police Chief, as Chief Brand

One-time characters

• Mr. Clem, a fisherman
• Kathy Clem, Clem's wife
• Policeman
• Farmer
• The farmers son
• The Cloud People, creatures of pure energy, children of lightning.

Locations

• New York
  • Xanadu
• C.S. Department

Behind the scenes

Title

• The title for the story is taken from the strip of December 12, 1998 (Beginning: The Fisherman).

Re-released story in 2016

• Start date: 23 May 2016 / End date: 23 July 2016

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Turkey

• "Şimşeğin çocukları", Sihirbaz Mandrake ve Abdullah (2009)