The Hijacking

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The Hijacking
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Start date: September 23, 1985
End date: December 14, 1985
# of strips: 72 (12 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Fred Fredericks
Preceded by: "Island of the Mad Count"
Followed by: "Lothar’s Afternoon"

"The Hijacking" is the 190th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

FBI are on the trial of a gang of vicious killer terrorists. They plan to board a loaded passenger plane, flight XV69, and FBI want to catch them in act. A case for Mandrake..

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Vicky, a hijacker.
  • Rudy, a hijacker.

Locations

Organizations

  • FBI


Behind the scenes

  • The title for the story is lifted from the plot.
  • The Phantom on a comic book cover.
  • Real magic; Mandrake use kinetic magic to play with the phone.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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