The Inventor

The Inventor
Start date:	April 4, 1955
End date:	May 21, 1955
# of strips:	42 (7 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Tourist"
Followed by:	"Return of the Clay Camel"

"The Inventor" is the 81st Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

An inventor selling a electronic marvel for two million in cash, a prototype of a very human-like robot secretary. When the buyers want to try the robot themselves the next day they found that they have bought a dummy.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• The Police Chief

One-time characters

• Alf Cog, an inventor.
• Mr. Vip, a businessman.
• Mr. George, Mr. Vip's assistant.
• Ruth Robot, the world's first true eletronic robot.
• Mr. Rocks, a businessman.
• Ruth, Mr. Cog's assistant.

Locations

• New York

Behind the scenes

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of April 4, 1955 (Beginning: The Inventor).

Signifiant covers

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  New Zealand

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "El inventor", Mandrake el Mago #78 (1966)

Australia

• "The Inventor", Mandrake Comic #21 (1956)

Brazil

• "no title", Mandrake #17 (1955)
• "O Inventor", Mandrake #205 (1973)
• "O Inventor", Mandrake #290 (1980)

Finland

• "Mandrake ja Petollinen Keksijä", Sarjakuvalehti #12 (1961)
• "Täydellinen sihteeri", Sarjakirja #1/1988 (1988)

France

• "Le robot électronique", Mandrake #9 (1963)
• "Le robot électronique", Spécial Mandrake #25 (1965)
• "Le robot électronique", Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 3 (Soleil) (1993)
• "L'inventeur", Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 2 - 1953 à 1957 (2012)

Italy

• "Il robot elettronico", Il Vascello #9 (1959)
• "Il robot elettronico", Super Albo #130 (1964)
• "Il robot elettronico", Mandrake - New Comics Now #331 (1994)

New Zealand

• "The Inventor", Mandrake the Magician #139 and Mandrake the Magician #140 (1957)

Norway

• "En perfekt sekretær", Fantomet #25 (1982)
• "En perfekt sekretær", Serie-pocket #138 (1988)

Portugal

• "O Segredo do Inventor", Colecção Condor #56 (1955)

Sweden

• "En perfekt sekreterare", Fantomen #15 (1977)

Yugoslavia

• "Савршен робот" (romanized as "Savršen robot"), Politikin Zabavnik #978 (1970)