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|Title= The Doppelganger
|Title= The Doppelganger
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|Start= March 1st, 1993
|Start= March 1st, 1993
|End= July 17th, 1993
|End= July 17th, 1993
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== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
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In New Fredonia the president recieved a letter bomb and was severely injured. Mandrake was friend with the president, when he was at the U.N. Now the secret chief of Inter-Intel wants Mandrake to stand in for a president targeted for death.


===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Jed]]
*[[Hojo]]
*[[Narda]], last picture only.
*[[Karma]], last picture only.


'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
 
*Juan, President of New Fredonia.
*Zenda, wife of president Juan.
*Carmen, Zenda's maid.
*Carlo, Juan's valet.
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'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
*New York.
*New Fredonia, a plesant little democraty sourounded by drug dealers and dictators.
*[[Xanadu]]
'''Organizations'''
*[[Inter-Intel]]
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==Behind the scenes==
*The title for the story is lifted from the plot.
*Each day Hojo parks his motorbike, and speeds into the secret world of Inter-Intel. Known to Inter-Intel as a humble worker, a janitor. But he is their unknown chief acting through a robot. 


==Related stories==
==Related stories==
===Follows===
*Similar story as [[The Double]].
 
===Referenced in===
 


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
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=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*"The Role of Duplicate", [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 33|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #33]] and  
*"The Role of Duplicate" and "The Cruel Traitors", [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 33|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #33]] and [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 34| #34]] (1995)
**"The Cruel Traitors", [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 34|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #34]] (1995)
*"The Role of Duplicate", [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 72|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #72]] (1998)  
*"The Role of Duplicate", [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 72|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #72]] (1998)  


[[Category:Daily stories|Doppelganger, The]]
[[Category:Daily stories|Doppelganger, The]]

Revision as of 13:23, 24 May 2013

The Doppelganger
Md-1993-03-01.jpg
Start date: March 1st, 1993
End date: July 17th, 1993
# of strips: 120 (20 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Fred Fredericks
Preceded by: "Narda's Dream"
Followed by: "The Ears of the Earth"

"The Doppelganger" is the 213th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

In New Fredonia the president recieved a letter bomb and was severely injured. Mandrake was friend with the president, when he was at the U.N. Now the secret chief of Inter-Intel wants Mandrake to stand in for a president targeted for death.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Juan, President of New Fredonia.
  • Zenda, wife of president Juan.
  • Carmen, Zenda's maid.
  • Carlo, Juan's valet.

Locations

  • New York.
  • New Fredonia, a plesant little democraty sourounded by drug dealers and dictators.
  • Xanadu

Organizations


Behind the scenes

  • The title for the story is lifted from the plot.
  • Each day Hojo parks his motorbike, and speeds into the secret world of Inter-Intel. Known to Inter-Intel as a humble worker, a janitor. But he is their unknown chief acting through a robot.

Related stories

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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