Derek (Daily story 1980)

Derek
Start date:	January 21st, 1980
End date:	April 26th, 1980
# of strips:	84 (14 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Mandrake's Gangster Gallery"
Followed by:	"Aleena the Enchantress"

"Derek" is the 173rd Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Aleena, flashback only.
• Theron, flashback only.
• Derek
• Luciphor, flashback only.

One-time characters

Locations

• College of Magic, flashback only.

Objects

• The Crystal Cube, flashback only.

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is lifted from the plot.
• Luciphor left the CM after he tried to steal the treasury and the Crystal Cube.
• Mandrake and Derek left CM when they were 18 years old, Mandrake entrusted as guardian of one of the Crystal Cubes.
• Theron succeded his father as grandmaster when he was 25 years old, 308 years ago.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "Irmão Contra Irmão", Mandrake Extra #1 (1987)

India

• "Aleena the Enchantress", Indrajal Comics #397 (1982)

Italy

• "Aleena, l’incantatrice", Mandrake - New Comics Now #68 (1982)

Norway

• "Derek", Fantomet #24 (1987)

Spain

• "El Poder del Cubo Magico", Mandrake #20 (1997)

Turkey

• "Güzel Büyücü", Mandrake Süper Albüm #68

Yugoslavia

• "U svetu čarolija", Super EKS Almanah #28 (1982)