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Issue Details

Issue #752
Published November 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN, No. 752." Code number is MANDRAKE O.S. #752-5611. Copyright 1956 by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Based on the King Features newspaper strip "Mandrake the Magician."

Cover Details

Characters Mandrake
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Letters typeset

1 page Mandrake the Magician foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Mandrake's Magic"

Characters Mandrake
Synopsis A simplified explanation of Mandrake's hypnotic magic.
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Stan Campbell
Inks Stan Campbell
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Illustrations and text on a gray background. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

17 page Mandrake the Magician story "The Magic Maker"

Characters Mandrake the Magician; Narda; Dr. Phantasmo (villain, intro)
Synopsis Mayoral candidate Burke Cavan hires rogue magician Dr. Phantasmo to use his hypnotic powers to disrupt the campaign of this opponent, incumbent Mayor Hillford.
Script Lee Falk (plot); Paul S. Newman; Marshall McClintock
Pencils Stan Campbell
Inks Stan Campbell
Letters Ben Oda
Notes The villain Dr. Phantasmo has the same name as an old Dell super-hero. Script, plot, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

17 page Mandrake the Magician story "Tide of Treachery"

Characters Mandrake; Lothar; Narda
Synopsis While on a vacation cruise along the North Atlantic coast of Canada, Mandrake, Lothar, and Narda become involved in a plot to force fishermen out of business in order to buy their property on Bundy Bay, a place of extreme high and low tides.
Script Lee Falk (plot); Paul S. Newman; Marshall McClintock
Pencils Stan Campbell
Inks Stan Campbell
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." The location of the story is based on the Bay of Fundy, in between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Canada. Script, plot, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)