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|Title= The Monster Thief
|Title= The Monster Thief
|image= [[Image:md-1995-01-09-no.jpg|400 px]]<br>Norwegian text
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|Start= January 9th, 1995
|Start= January 9th, 1995
|End= March 25th, 1995
|End= March 25th, 1995
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== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
A villain escapes from prison, and shortly after a mystery with a monster thief. Is there a villainous vampire, a werewolf, Frankenstein's monster or something else ?
A villain escapes from prison, and shortly after there is a series of mysterious robberies. The robberies have one thing in common, the victims claim that they are robbed by monster thieves like: a vampire, a wolfman and a Frankenstein's monster. A case for the Silly-Stuff Department and Mandrake.


===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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'''Recurring characters'''
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Mandrake]]
**[[Chief Bradley1The Police Chief]]
*[[Narda]], one picture only
*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]]
'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
*The Raven,  
*A butler
*Miss Pierce,  
*Miss Molly, at a bank.
*Foxy, a thief using a mask.
*General Iskander, mentioned only.
*Mr. Mayor, of NYC.
*Allinson, the Mayor's driver.
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'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
*New York
*New York
**[[S.S. Dept.|Silly-Stuff Department]]
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==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
*The title for the story taken from the plot ?
===Title===
*Prison number [[39013|'''39013''']].
*The title for the story is lifted from the plot.
===Easter Eggs===
*Foxy has prison number [[39013|'''39013''']].
*A [[The Phantom|Phantom]] mask in a toy shop (February 22, 1995).
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Image:MD-1995-01-09-p.jpg|9 Jan, 1995
Image:MD-1995-02-22-p.jpg|22 Feb, 1995
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== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==

Latest revision as of 16:18, 25 July 2022

The Monster Thief
Md-1995-01-09.jpg
Start date: January 9th, 1995
End date: March 25th, 1995
# of strips: 66 (11 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Fred Fredericks
Preceded by: "The Secret Place"
Followed by: "General Buffo - Druglord"


"The Monster Thief" is the 218th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

A villain escapes from prison, and shortly after there is a series of mysterious robberies. The robberies have one thing in common, the victims claim that they are robbed by monster thieves like: a vampire, a wolfman and a Frankenstein's monster. A case for the Silly-Stuff Department and Mandrake.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • A butler
  • Miss Molly, at a bank.
  • Foxy, a thief using a mask.
  • General Iskander, mentioned only.
  • Mr. Mayor, of NYC.
  • Allinson, the Mayor's driver.

Locations


Behind the scenes

Title

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

Easter Eggs

  • Foxy has prison number 39013.
  • A Phantom mask in a toy shop (February 22, 1995).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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