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*"Striden på Xanadu", [[Fantomet 22/1989|''Fantomet'' #22]] and [[Fantomet 23/1989| #23]] (1989)
*"Striden på Xanadu", [[Fantomet 22/1989|''Fantomet'' #22]] and [[Fantomet 23/1989| #23]] (1989)
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*"O Ataque de Dados", [[Mundo de Aventuras 1104|''Mundo de Aventuras'' #1104]] (1970)


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Revision as of 10:56, 9 June 2022

Battle of Xanadu
Start date: December 9, 1968
End date: March 22, 1969
# of strips: 90 (15 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Fred Fredericks
Preceded by: "The Evil Ones"
Followed by: "The Connoisseur"

"Battle of Xanadu" is the 139th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

The top raceteers lost $10 million when Mandrake revealed the underworld bank of Baron Chance, now they want revenge. Like a battlefield general, the ganglord Dice commands a massive attack on Xanadu.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Dice, a ganglord.
  • Tops, a ganglord from The Secret Weapon Caper mentioned only.
  • Shell, a club dancer.
  • Mike, Dice's gang gunman.
  • World, a magazine.
  • KMP-TV

Locations

  • New York
  • Xanadu
  • The Frolic, a club.


Behind the scenes

  • Xanadu is located on West Pamet Road, refering to Lee Falk's summer house near Truro at Cape Cod.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

Denmark

Finland

France

India

Italy

Norway

Portugal

Sweden

Turkey

Yugoslavia