The Game of Chance

The Game of Chance

Start date:	October 1st, 1967
End date:	February 11th, 1968
# of strips:	20 (20 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar"
Followed by:	"Invasion of the Babu"

"The Game of Chance" is the 102nd Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

This story exist in three variations. Fredericks drew the strips with three rows in landscape format which scaled down to fit half a newspaper page. By cutting the top row, the strip fills a third of a newspaper page. By rearranging the panels to portrait format, the strip fit a tabloid page.

Plot Summary

Police in a dozen countries have sent queries to Inter-Intel about Baron Chance, but Inter-Intel has no records on him. Mandrake and Narda went to the casino and discovered that Chance tried to bribe a federal judge, later he also kidnapped Narda.

Appearances

Recurring characters

Mandrake
Lothar
Narda
Hojo
Jed
Baron Chance, number one jet-set playboy.

One-time characters

Ember, a cigarette girl eg. Baron Chance's girlfriend.

Locations

New York City
- Xanadu

Organizations

Inter-Intel

Behind the scenes

The story title is from the strip of October 1st, 1967 (Beginning: The Game of Chance).
At Xanadu there is a red phone, a direct line to Inter-Intel.
A service station, the new secret entrance to Inter-Intel.