The Bribe

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The Bribe
 
Start date: July 14, 1969
End date: November 15, 1969
# of strips: 108 (18 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Fred Fredericks
Preceded by: "The Connoisseur"
Followed by: "The Cobra Strikes (The College of Magic)"

"The Bribe" is the 141st Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

The Octon have ordered the council of the 5th arm of 8 to break up the Mandrake - Lothar team.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Uncle Tabor, Lothar's horse when he was a boy.
  • Fixer of 8.
  • Butch, member of 8.
  • Pete, member of 8.

Locations

  • New York
  • Xanadu
  • 712 Pamet Street, in NY.
  • Balston Beach.

Organizations


Behind the scenes

  • Lothar saying that his father is alive.
  • 712 Pamet Street, refering to Lee Falk's summer house near Truro at Cape Cod.
  • Narda do not have a cat, but she used to have one, named Pam.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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