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*"Mandrake - L'uomo del mistero", [[Ristampe di grande successo 1|''Ristampe di grande successo - Mandrake'' #1]] (1949)
*"Mandrake - L'uomo del mistero", [[Ristampe di grande successo 1|''Ristampe di grande successo - Mandrake'' #1]] (1949)
*"Mandrake contro il Cobra" & "La ciurma dei sicari" & "La morte volante", [[Mistero! 4 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #4]], [[Mistero! 5 (nuova serie)| #5]] and [[Mistero! 6 (nuova serie)| #6]] (1948) <small>Note: Only strips to 10 September 1936.</small>
*"Mandrake contro il Cobra" & "La ciurma dei sicari" & "La morte volante", [[Mistero! 4 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #4]], [[Mistero! 5 (nuova serie)| #5]] and [[Mistero! 6 (nuova serie)| #6]] (1948) <small>Note: Only strips to 10 September 1936.</small>
*"Mandrake contro il Cobra", [[Mandrake (Mistero Serie Nouva Raccolta)|''Mandrake'' #3]] (1949)
*"Mandrake contro il Cobra", [[Mistero Raccolta 10|''Mistero Raccolta'' #10]] (1949)
*"L'uomo del mistero", [[Mandrake (Ristampa di Grande Successo)|''Mandrake'' #1]] (1949)
*"Il Cobra si manifesta" & "Gli uomini senza volto", [[Il Vascello 21 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #21]] and [[Il Vascello 22 (second series)| #22]] (1960)
*"Il Cobra si manifesta" & "Gli uomini senza volto", [[Il Vascello 21 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #21]] and [[Il Vascello 22 (second series)| #22]] (1960)
*"Contro il Cobra", [[Il Vascello 43 Supplemento (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #43 supplemento]] (1961)
*"Contro il Cobra", [[Il Vascello 43 Supplemento (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #43 supplemento]] (1961)

Revision as of 18:43, 1 August 2015

The Cobra
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Start date: June 11th, 1934
End date: November 24th, 1934
# of strips: 144 (24 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: none
Followed by: "The Hawk (Mandrake Meets Narda)"

"The Cobra" is the 1st Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mandrake chases the Cobra, a mysterious and powerful black magician. He is the fanatical leader of a powerful secret society of faceless slaves that seeks to control the world.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Inspector Ralph Sheldon of the U.S. Secret Service.
  • Barbara Sheldon, daughter of Ralph Sheldon.
  • Assistant Tommy Lord of the U.S. Secret Service
  • Ambassador VanderGriff
  • Mee-Kee, VanderGriff's Servant.
  • Monsieur Gordini Talon
  • Captain Merriweather
  • Lieutenant Rogers
  • Dr Heath
  • Prince Saud, son of Emir Ibn-Rehr
  • Kâri, High Priest of the Sun (4 800 B.C.)
  • Viscount Largy, chairman of the Council of Nations.
  • General Stuldiloff, commander of a half million troops.

Locations

  • Tejei agless and mysterios walled city, key to the orient. It was one of the only privately owned cities in the world.
  • Kilgar Pass, the old castle - home of the Cobra.


Behind the scenes

  • The title for the story is lifted from the plot.
  • Most reprints are censored due using the print from L'Avventuroso #15 - #43 from 1935 as source for the reprint.
  • In interviews after 1972 Lee Falk says that he himself did all the art work for the two first weeks of this story. It is difficult to find evidence that this is correct, so one has to assume that this statement probably is intended to be an anecdote.

Sweeping

The scene in the strip of June 30 is borrowed from a Secret Agent X-9 strip by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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  • "Mandrake l’uomo del mistero" and "Mandrake contro il Cobra", Mandrake #1" and " Mandrake #2" (Comics Stars in the World 1976) note: Italian text.

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