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*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.
*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.
===Swiping===
===Swiping===
The scene in the strip of June 30 is borrowed from a Secret Agent X-9 strip by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond.
Looking at some panels one can see that elements are swiped, a few from the "Secret Agent X-9" strip by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond.
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Image:md-001-davis_raymond-X9-01.jpg|Sample
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===Censorship===
===Censorship===
*Most reprints are [[Spotlight on Mandrake the Magician - Censorship|censored]] due using the print from [[L'Avventuroso|''L'Avventuroso'' #15 - #43 from 1935]] as source for the reprint.
*Most reprints are [[Spotlight on Mandrake the Magician - Censorship|censored]] due using the print from [[L'Avventuroso|''L'Avventuroso'' #15 - #43 from 1935]] as source for the reprint.

Revision as of 18:01, 25 October 2018

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

Title

  • The title for the story is lifted from the plot.

Artist(s)

  • 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.

Swiping

Looking at some panels one can see that elements are swiped, a few from the "Secret Agent X-9" strip by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond.

Censorship

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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

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