Mandrake the Magician: The Complete Series: The King Years #2

([December] 2016)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Letters

typeset

Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Mandrake - A Magician for the Ages (Table of Contents: 3)

Mandrake the Magician / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Tim Lasiuta

Pencils

Phil Davis; Andre LeBlanc

Inks

Phil Davis; Andre LeBlanc

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mandrake; Lothar

Indexer Notes

Includes Original art page for daily and Sunday comic strip for August 3, 1952, October 11, 1936, February 11 1949, and December 26, 1965.
Cover reprints for Magic Comics (David McKay, 1939 Series) #10 and #15.
Original cover artwork for Mandrake the Magician #3.
Inside front cover to Four Color #752 illustrating Mandrake's powers.

[Mandrake the Magician #6] (Table of Contents: 4)

Mandrake the Magician / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Ray Bailey; Fred Fredericks

Inks

Ray Bailey; Fred Fredericks

Colors

?

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mandrake; Lothar; Professor Beldon

Reprints

• from Mandrake the Magician (King Features, 1966 series) #6 (July 1967)

Keywords

a UFO; the Statue of Liberty

The Incredible Space Menace (Table of Contents: 5)

Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Gary Poole

Pencils

Ray Bailey

Inks

Ray Bailey

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Bill Harris (original editor)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; science fiction

Characters

Mandrake; Lothar; Narda; Dargo; Felix; Ralph; Professor Beldon

Synopsis

Using hurricanes as a cover for their landings, 4 aliens come to Earth and infiltrate humanity. One alien, who has befriended Mandrake, realizes their conquest plans will succeed only if Mandrake is eliminated. They trick Mandrake into using his powers on himself, paralyzing him. Narda and Lothar manage to free Mandrake. Then he and Lothar defeat the aliens, making them forget their alien past.

Reprints

• from Mandrake the Magician (King Features, 1966 series) #6 (July 1967)

[Mandrake the Magician #7] (Table of Contents: 6)

Mandrake the Magician / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fred Fredericks

Inks

Fred Fredericks

Colors

?

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mandrake; Lothar

Reprints

• from Mandrake the Magician (King Features, 1966 series) #7 (August 1967)

Jungle Drums, Part 1 (Table of Contents: 7)

Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Gary Poole

Pencils

Ray Bailey

Inks

Ray Bailey

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Bill Harris (original editor)

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mandrake; Lothar; Narda; Besa

Synopsis

When Lothar hears drums only he can hear, Mandrake tells Narda the story of how Lothar became king of the Wambesi tribe after defeating an evil witch doctor.

Reprints

• from Mandrake the Magician (King Features, 1966 series) #7 (August 1967)

Indexer Notes

Poole script per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol 27, No.2, February 2016.

[Jungle Drums] Part 2: Return of King Lothar (Table of Contents: 8)

Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Gary Poole

Pencils

Ray Bailey

Inks

Ray Bailey

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Bill Harris (original editor)

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mandrake; Lothar; Zamba; Doctor Olaf

Synopsis

Zamba, a boyhood friend of Lothar's, summoned the King via the drums. The Wambesi have been given a memory altering drug by a fake doctor wanting to loot the tribe. Lothar fights for his people's freedom -- with a little help from Mandrake.

Reprints

• from Mandrake the Magician (King Features, 1966 series) #7 (August 1967)

[Mandrake the Magician #8] (Table of Contents: 9)

Mandrake the Magician / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fred Fredericks

Inks

Fred Fredericks

Colors

?

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mandrake; Lothar

Reprints

• from Mandrake the Magician (King Features, 1966 series) #8 (September 1967)

The Telltale Doll (Table of Contents: 10)

Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Giovanni Fiorentini

Pencils

Salvatore Stizza [as S. Totty]

Inks

Salvatore Stizza [as S. Totty]

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Bill Harris (original editor)

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mandrake; Lothar; Narda; Diego Encevarra; Romona; Agnes; Jack Roll

Reprints

• from Mandrake the Magician (King Features, 1966 series) #8 (September 1967)
which is reprinted
• from Mandrake-Bat Star (Fratelli Spada Publishing, ? series) #85 (April 3, 1965) [translated title: La bambola drogata]

[Mandrake the Magician #9] (Table of Contents: 11)

Mandrake the Magician / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fred Fredericks

Inks

Fred Fredericks

Colors

?

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mandrake; Lothar

Reprints

• from Mandrake the Magician (King Features, 1966 series) #9 (October 1967)

Terror from Outer Space (Table of Contents: 12)

Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Giovanni Fiorentini; Gary Poole

Pencils

Domenico Mirabella

Inks

Domenico Mirabella

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Bill Harris (original editor)

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mandrake; Nadra; Monark; Ilym; Magdor

Reprints

• from Mandrake the Magician (King Features, 1966 series) #9 (October 1967)
which is reprinted
• from Mandrake-Bat Star (Fratelli Spada Publishing, ? series) #90 (June 13, 1965) [translated title: Il malvagio venuto dallo spazio]

[Mandrake the Magician #10] (Table of Contents: 13)

Mandrake the Magician / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fred Fredericks

Inks

Fred Fredericks

Colors

?

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mandrake; Lothar; Narda

Reprints

• from Mandrake the Magician (King Features, 1966 series) #10 (November 1967)

The Haunting of Hawk Inn (Table of Contents: 14)

Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Gary Poole

Pencils

Ray Bailey

Inks

Ray Bailey

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Bill Harris (original editor)

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mandrake; Lothar; Narda; Titus

Reprints

• from Mandrake the Magician (King Features, 1966 series) #10 (November 1967)

[Four Color #752 - Mandrake, the Magician] (Table of Contents: 15)

Mandrake the Magician / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

? (painting)

Inks

? (painting)

Colors

? (painting)

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mandrake

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #752 - Mandrake, the Magician (November 1956)

Keywords

doves; stage magic; treasure chests

The Magic Maker (Table of Contents: 16)

Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Lee Falk (plot); Paul S. Newman; Marshall McClintock

Pencils

Stan Campbell

Inks

Stan Campbell

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mandrake; Lothar; Narda; Burke Cavan; Torgel; Doctor Phantasmo

Synopsis

Mayoral candidate Burke Cavan hires rogue magician Dr. Phantasmo to use his hypnotic powers to disrupt the campaign of this opponent, incumbent Mayor Hillford.

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #752 - Mandrake, the Magician (November 1956)

Tide of Treachery (Table of Contents: 17)

Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Lee Falk (plot); Paul S. Newman; Marshall McClintock

Pencils

Stan Campbell

Inks

Stan Campbell

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mandrake; Lothar; Narda; Burke; Craven; Justin Shain

Synopsis

While on a vacation cruise along the North Atlantic coast of Canada, Mandrake, Lothar, and Narda become involved in a plot to force fishermen out of business in order to buy their property on Bundy Bay, a place of extreme high and low tides.

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #752 - Mandrake, the Magician (November 1956)

Focus: Interview with Fred Fredericks (Table of Contents: 18)

text article / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Spike Barkin; Fred Fredericks

Letters

typeset