The Game of Chance

The Game of Chance
Start date:	October 1st, 1967
End date:	February 11th, 1968
# of strips:	20 (20 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar"
Followed by:	"Invasion of the Babu"

"The Game of Chance" is the 102nd Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Police in a dozen countries have sent queries to Inter-Intel about Baron Chance, but Inter-Intel has no records on him. Mandrake and Narda went to the casino and discovered that Chance tried to bribe a federal judge, later he also kidnapped Narda.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• Hojo
• Jed
• Baron Chance, number one jet-set playboy.

One-time characters

• Ember, a cigarette girl eg. Baron Chance's girlfriend.

Locations

• New York City
  • Xanadu

Organizations

• Inter-Intel

Behind the scenes

• The story title is from the strip of October 1st, 1967 (Beginning: The Game of Chance).
• At Xanadu there is a red phone, a direct line to Inter-Intel.
• A service station, the new secret entrance to Inter-Intel.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "Ruleta sangrienta", Fantasía Suplemento #127 (1970 ?)

Brazil

• "O Barão Chance", Mandrake #151 (1969)
• "O Barão Bandido", Mandrake #324 (1983)
• "A Vingança do Barão Chance", Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake #3 (1989)
• "A Vingança do Barão Chance", Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake (Minissérie Encadernada) (1989)

Israel

• "עושה נפלאות", Bucky #39 – #42 (1968)

France

• "Jeu de hasard", Mandrake #237 and #238 (1969)

Italy

• "Gioco d'azzardo", Mandrake #88 and #89 (1968)

Spain

• "El juego de azar", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1965–1968 (Dolmen Editorial) (2018)

Sweden

• "Baron Chance", Blixt Gordon #4/1969

Turkey

• "Hırsız Baron", Mandrake #74 – #75 (1975)
• "Hırsız Baron", Mandrake Albüm #25
• "Hırsız Baron", Mandrake Albüm #98 – #99
• "Hırsız Baron", Mandrake #23 – #24
• "Hırsız Baron", Mandrake Süper Albüm #6 – #7
• "Hırsız Baron", Mandrake Süper Albüm #43
• "Hırsız Baron", Mandrake Süper Albüm #21

United Kingdom

• "The Game of Chance", Mandrake the Magician - The Sundays Volume 1: The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar (2018)

Yugoslavia

• "Игра случаја"/"Igra slučaja", Politikin Zabavnik #1376 (1978)
• "Život na kredit", Super EKS Almanah #25 (1981)
• "Život na kredit", Mandrak magazin #7 (1989)