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{{Newspaperbox 
|Title= Mandrake and Ali-Petro
|image= [[Image:ms-19781001.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= October 1st, 1978
|End= February 4th, 1979
|Strips= 19 (19 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Fred Fredericks]]
|Preceded= "[[Narq's Conquest]]"
|Followed= "[[The Mysterious Birds]]"
|}}
'''"Mandrake and Ali-Petro"''' is the 138th Mandrake [[Sunday story]]. 
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Fred Fredericks]].

== Plot Summary ==
Sheik Ali-Petro, world's richest man, have arrived New York. He came especially to see Disneyland and magic of Mandrake. Fascinated by Mandrake's magic he want Mandrake to work for him, but Mandrake refused. Then Ali-Petro drugged Mandrake, flew him half-way around the world and wanted him to entertain his friends. And the angry magician did..

===Appearances===
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'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Narda]], at Xanadu only.
*[[Lothar]], at Xanadu only.
*[[Hojo]], at Xanadu only.
*[[Jed]], on phone only.
'''One-time characters'''
*Sheik Ali-Petro, world's richest man. 
*Omar, works for Sheik Ali-Petro.
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'''Locations'''
*New York City
**[[Xanadu]]
*Unknown country in the middle east.
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==Behind the scenes==
*The story title is taken from the strip of October 1, 1978 (Beginning: Mandrake and Ali-Petro).

== Signifiant covers ==
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Muthu-comics-108.jpg|[[Image:mini_india.gif]] India
Ilvascello-04-94.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Ncn-mandrake-399.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
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== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*"Lección Para un Jeque", [[Sandokan 18|''Sandokan'' #18]] (1983)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"L'homme qui avait trop d'or", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 449|''Mandrake'' #449]] (1979)
*"Le cheik Ali", [[Le Journal de Mickey|''Le Journal de Mickey'' #1419-#1425]] (1979)
*"Le cheik Ali", [[Mandrake (Les récits du Journal de Mickey) Volume 1|''Mandrake (Les récits du Journal de Mickey) Volume 1'']] (2015)
*"Le cheik Ali", [[Mandrake, intégrale du journal Mickey (Volume 2)|''Mandrake, intégrale du journal Mickey (Volume 2)'']] (2017)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*"The Curse of Gold", [[Indrajal Comics 340|''Indrajal Comics'' #340]] (1979)
*"உலகே உன் விலை என்ன?", [[Muthu Comics 108|''Mutu Comics'' #108]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Il tocco di Mida", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 94|''Mandrake'' #94]] (1979)
*"Il tocco di Mida", [[New Comics Now 399|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #399]] (1997)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Petrol Kralı", [[Mandrake Albüm 84 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #84]]
*"Petrol Kralı", [[Mandrake Albüm 203 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #203]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 204 (Tay)| #204]]
*"Petrol Kralı", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 60 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #60]]

[[Category:Sunday stories|Mandrake and Ali-Petro]]