The Gold Crisis

The Gold Crisis
Start date:	May 13, 1968
End date:	August 24, 1968
# of strips:	90 (15 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Dr Dell and 8"
Followed by:	"The Evil Ones"

"The Gold Crisis" is the 137th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Gold bars have been stolen mysteriously from a half dozen national vaults. The first investigations indicate that an amazing gadget first burned throug solid bedrock and steel, then came little things like metal crocodiles taking the gold bars with them.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda, at Xanadu only
• Jed
• Hojo, at Xanadu only

One-time characters

• Meade, agent from Scotland Yard
• Miller, agent from the security bureau
• Captain Gold, a 30 000 years alian gold man and gold thief

Locations

• New York City
  • Xanadu
• Fort Knox
• Dairy Farm, hideout for Captain Gold.

Organizations

• Inter-Intel

Behind the scenes

Title

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of May 13, 1968 (Beginning: The Gold Crisis)

The Writer

• The part that talks about gold man's home planet was reused by Lee Falk in the short story "Time is Money".

Signifiant covers

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  India
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  India
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  Italy

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "El capitán "oro", Fantasía #219 (1973)

Brazil

• "O Homem de Ouro", Mandrake #156 (1969)

Denmark

• "Guldæderen", Fantomet #252 (1985)

Finland

• "Kulta-ahmatti", Mustanaamio #25 (1983)

France

• "Les mangeurs d'or", Mandrake #316, #317 and #318 (1971)
• "Crise de l'or", Le Journal de Mickey #1590 to #1601 (1982/1983)
• "Crise de l'or", Donald Magazine #82-35 to #83-10 (1982/1983)
• "Crise de l'or", Mandrake (Les récits du Journal de Mickey) Volume 4 (2015)

India

• "The Goldman" Indrajal Comics #150 (1972)
• "The Gold Hunting Alien", Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 26 (1986)
• "தங்கத்தை தேடி!" Lion Library #1 (2024)

Italy

• "I divoratori dell'oro", Mandrake #135 and #136 (1969)
• "I divoratori dell'oro", Mandrake - New Comics Now #398 (1997)

Norway

• "Gullspiserne", Fantomet #11 (1989)

Portugal

• "O Capitão Ouro", Mundo de Aventuras #1093 (1970)

Sweden

• "Guldätaren", Fantomen #16 (1983)

Turkey

• "Altın Hiısızları", Mandrake #13 #14 #15 (1974)
• "Altın Hiısızları", Mandrake Albüm #5
• "Altın Hiısızları", Mandrake #22 #23
• "Altın Hiısızları", Mandrake Süper Albüm #6
• "Altın Hiısızları", Mandrake Süper Albüm #40
• "Altın Hiısızları", Mandrake Süper Albüm #16

Yugoslavia

• "Истраживач злата" (romanized as "Istraživač zlata"), Politikin Zabavnik #1361 (1978)
• "Čovek koji je jeo zlato", Super EKS Almanah #39 (1983)