Old Folks

Old Folks
Start date:	April 10th, 1977
End date:	July 17th, 1977
# of strips:	15 (15 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Mysterious Bigfoot"
Followed by:	"The Three Brothers"

"Old Folks" is the 134th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Mandrake and Lothar have reached a small town and doing a magic show at the senior citizens' center. But the town has a problem with muggers, terrorizing the old folks.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar

One-time characters

• Lily Tremont, an old-time singer.
• The Great Basil, Mandrakes father - mentioned only.

Locations

• The mountains
• A Senior Citizens' Center

Behind the scenes

Title

• The story title is taken from the strip of April 10, 1977 (Beginning: Old Folks).

Easter Eggs

• In the shop, a Phantom comic book.

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  26 Jun, 1977

Signifiant covers

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  Italy

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  Portugal

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "Show Magico Para Maleantes", Super Sandokan #1 (1983)

Brazil

• "Os Anciões", Mandrake #260 (1977)

France

• "Troisième age", Mandrake #442 (1978)
• "La dame mystérieuse", Le Journal de Mickey #1392-#1397 (1979)
• "La dame mystérieuse", Mandrake (Les récits du Journal de Mickey) Volume 1 (2015)
• "La dame mystérieuse", Mandrake, intégrale du journal Mickey (Volume 1) (2016 or 2017)

India

• "The Dragnet", Indrajal Comics #348 (1980)

Italy

• "Il vecchio e i teppistri", Mandrake #87 (1978)
• "Centro anziani", Mandrake - New Comics Now #376 (1997)

Portugal

• "O Mistério dos Anciãos", Êxitos da TV #4 (1979)
• "O Mistério dos Anciãos", Êxitos da TV (ca 1979)

Turkey

• "Gençlik İksiri", Mandrake #210 & #211 (1978)
• "Gençlik İksiri", Mandrake Albüm #68 (1978)
• "Gençlik İksiri", Mandrake Albüm #167 & #168
• "Gençlik İksiri", Mandrake Süper Albüm #59

Yugoslavia

• (no given title), Super EKS Almanah #4 (1980)