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'''"The Game of Chance"''' is the 102nd Mandrake [[Sunday story]].  
'''"The Game of Chance"''' is the 102nd Mandrake [[Sunday story]].  
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Fred Fredericks]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Fred Fredericks]].
This story exist in three variations. Fredericks drew the strips with three rows in landscape format which scaled down to fit half a newspaper page. By cutting the top row, the strip fills a third of a newspaper page. By rearranging the panels to portrait format, the strip fit a tabloid page.


== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
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*[[Hojo]]
*[[Hojo]]
*[[Jed]]
*[[Jed]]
*[[Baron Chance]], number one jet-set playboy.
'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
*[[Baron Chance]], number one jet-set playboy.
*Ember, a cigarette girl eg. Baron Chance's girlfriend.
*Ember, a cigarette girl eg. Baron Chance's girlfriend.


</div><div style="float:right; width:30%;">
</div><div style="float:right; width:30%;">
'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
*[[Xanadu]]
*New York City
**[[Xanadu]]
'''Organizations'''
'''Organizations'''
*[[Inter-Intel]]
*[[Inter-Intel]]
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*At Xanadu there is a red phone, a direct line to Inter-Intel.
*At Xanadu there is a red phone, a direct line to Inter-Intel.
*A service station, the new secret entrance to Inter-Intel.
*A service station, the new secret entrance to Inter-Intel.
== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Mandrake151rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandrake324rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Grandesinimigosmandrake3.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Grandesinimigos.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mmm-237.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
Bucky-039.jpg|[[Image:mini_israel.gif]] Israel
Ilvascellomandrake-02-089.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
</gallery>


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
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=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*"??", [[Fantasía Suplemento 127|''Fantasía Suplemento'' #127]] (1970 ?)
*"Ruleta sangrienta", [[Fantasía Suplemento 127|''Fantasía Suplemento'' #127]] (1970 ?)


=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"O Barão Chance", [[Mandrake 151 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #151]] (1969)
*"O Barão Bandido", [[Mandrake 324 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #324]] (1983)
*"O Barão Bandido", [[Mandrake 324 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #324]] (1983)
*"A Vingança do Barão Chance", [[Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake 3|''Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake'' #3]] (1989)
*"A Vingança do Barão Chance", [[Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake 3|''Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake'' #3]] (1989)
*"A Vingança do Barão Chance", [[Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake (Minissérie Encadernada)|''Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake (Minissérie Encadernada)'']] (1989)
*"A Vingança do Barão Chance", [[Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake (Minissérie Encadernada)|''Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake (Minissérie Encadernada)'']] (1989)
=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Jeu de hasard", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 237|''Mandrake'' #237]] and [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 238| #238]] (1969)
=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*"சூதே இது பொய்யடா!",  [[Muthu Comics 466|''Mutu Comics'' #466]] (2022)


=== [[Image:mini_israel.gif|border]] Israel ===
=== [[Image:mini_israel.gif|border]] Israel ===
*"עושה נפלאות", [[Bucky 39|''Bucky'' #39]] &ndash; [[Bucky 42|#42]] (1968)
*"עושה נפלאות", [[Bucky 39|''Bucky'' #39]] &ndash; [[Bucky 42|#42]] (1968)
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Gioco d'azzardo", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 88|''Mandrake'' #88]] and [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 89| #89]] (1968)
*"Il gioco d'azzardo", [[Quando Mandrake conobbe Lothar: Tavole domenicali 1965–1969|Tavole domenicali  1965–1969]] (2022)
*"Il gioco d'azzardo", [[Mandrake – Tutte le Strip 1965 / 1969]] (2025)
=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El juego de azar", [[Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1965–1968 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2018)


=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Baron Chance", [[Blixt Gordon 4/1969|''Blixt Gordon'' #4/1969]]
*"Gangsterbaronen", [[Blixt Gordon 4/1969|''Blixt Gordon'' #4/1969]]


=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
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*"Hırsız Baron", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 6 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #6]] &ndash; [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 7 (Tay)| #7]]
*"Hırsız Baron", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 6 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #6]] &ndash; [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 7 (Tay)| #7]]
*"Hırsız Baron", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 43 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #43]]
*"Hırsız Baron", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 43 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #43]]
*"Hırsız Baron", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 21 (Tay 33 issues)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #21]]
=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
*"The Game of Chance", ''[[Mandrake the Magician - The Sundays Volume 1: The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar]]'' (2018)


=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia===
=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia===

Latest revision as of 11:03, 18 February 2026

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.

This story exist in three variations. Fredericks drew the strips with three rows in landscape format which scaled down to fit half a newspaper page. By cutting the top row, the strip fills a third of a newspaper page. By rearranging the panels to portrait format, the strip fit a tabloid page.

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

One-time characters

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

Locations

Organizations


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.

Signifiant covers

  • Brazil
    Brazil
  • Brazil
    Brazil
  • Brazil
    Brazil
  • Brazil
    Brazil
  • France
    France
  • Israel
    Israel
  • Italy
    Italy

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

Brazil

France

India

Israel

Italy

Spain

Sweden

Turkey

United Kingdom

Yugoslavia

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