The Supercomputer

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The Supercomputer
(original art)
Start date:	February 4, 1985
End date:	May 11, 1985
# of strips:	84 (14 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Behind Death's Door"
Followed by:	"Reni's Place"

"The Supercomputer" is the 188th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

A late night at Inter-Intel Jed saw a strange man who materialized. When the stranger looked at the world's most advanced computer at Inter-Intel, he laughed. Hojo asked Mandrake to spend the night in the area of the giant computer, to try to figure out what's going on.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Gritz, a controller (killer) - to hold down the population.

Locations

Xanadu
Nu Yuk, New York 49 152 years in the furure.

Organizations

Inter-Intel

Behind the scenes

Title

The story title is lifted from the plot.

For those who came in late

Princess Narda of Cockaigne, Theron (age 308) grandmaster of College of Magic, sister Elinora, twin Derek, half-brother Luciphor (the Cobra), Lothar, Karma, Chief Bradley, Hojo secret chief of Inter-Intel, Jed.