The Blackout Caper
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| The Blackout Caper | |
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| Start date: | January 1st, 1967 |
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| End date: | April 23rd, 1967 |
| # of strips: | 17 (17 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Fred Fredericks |
| Preceded by: | "The Astro Pirates" |
| Followed by: | "The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar" |
"The Blackout Caper" is the 100th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.
Plot Summary
A mysterious doctor gather gangster chiefs from several cities, offering them two hours complete darkness for 500 miles in every direction -if they pay him 2 millions in cash.
During the two hours blackout it was chaos and crimes. But strangly during the blackout the generators kept working. Was the blackout a cover for stealing the power, if so - why ?
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Doctor Zed, inventor of a thermonuclar reactor. And a mad scientist.
- Dudley, works for dr. Zed.
- Scar, a gangster chief.
- Finger, a gangster chief.
- Helmsman, a police man.
Locations
- New York City
- Goat Island, formerly state hospital, now hide out for dr. Zed.
Behind the scenes
Title
- The story title is from the strip of January 1st, 1967 (Continued: The Blackout Caper).
Easter Eggs
- On tv, a Phantom movie.
15 Jan, 1967
Signifiant covers
Argentina
Brazil
Brazil
India
Italy
Portugal
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "??", Fantasía Suplemento #118 (197?)
Brazil
- "O Roubo da Luz Elétrica", Mandrake #133 (1967)
- "O Roubo de Energia Elétrica", Mandrake #319 (1982)
- "O Apagão", Coleção King Komix #3 (2001)
Finland
- "Tohtori varastaa sähköä", Taika-Jim #5 (1971)
France
- "Le secret du docteur Zède", Mandrake #415 (1974)
- "La grande panne", Le Journal de Mickey #1174 to #1180
India
- "இருளின் விலை இரண்டு கோடி", Mutu Comics #63 (1977)
- "இருளின் விலை இரண்டு கோடி", Mutu Comics #466 (2022)
Italy
- "Il segreto del dottor Zeta", Mandrake #33 (1967)
- "Il segreto del dottor Zeta", Mandrake #61 (1974)
- "Il colpo del blackout", Tavole domenicali 1965–1969 (2022)
Portugal
- "Um Génio Diabólico", Ciclone #415 (196?)
Spain
- "El golpe del Apagón", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1965–1968 (Dolmen Editorial) (2018)
Sweden
- "D:r Zeds hemlighet", Blixt Gordon #2/1969
Turkey
- "Karartma Harekâtı", Mandrake #65 #66 (1975)
- "Karartma Harekâtı", Mandrake Albüm #22
- "Karartma Harekâtı", Mandrake Albüm #97 #98
- "Karartma Harekâtı", Mandrake #18 #19
- "Karartma Harekâtı", Mandrake Süper Albüm #5
- "Karartma Harekâtı", Mandrake Süper Albüm #41 #42
- "Karartma Harekâtı", Mandrake Süper Albüm #19 #20
- "Şehir Karanlıkta", Yeni Mandrake #2 (2011)
United Kingdom
- "The Blackout Caper", Mandrake the Magician - The Sundays Volume 1: The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar (2018)
Yugoslavia
- "Tajni projekt", Plavi Vjesnik #702 - #718 (1968)
- "Grad u tami", Super EKS Almanah #40 (1983)