Comic-Book Time: In all the decades of the strip's run, the characters never aged. When he realizes that this means he cannot go on adventures with Mandrake and friends any longer, he decides to abandon it all and rejoin his old friend. Celebrity Is Overrated: Lothar becomes a champion wrestler in one story, surrounded with riches and glory. Catchphrase: In this case, a catchphrase for the narrative captions rather than any of the characters "Mandrake gestures hypnotically!". His daughter, The Brass Monkey, did a similar thing. Calling Card: The Clay Camel would always leave a small clay camel figurine at the scene of a crime, and whenever he escaped capture. Black Sheep: Mandrake's reprobate twin brother Derek and evil half-brother Cobra. Mandrake decides not to say anything about what he learned. Mandrake wants them to interact with the Earthlings further to help them in human progress, but they have to leave to the stars, not bothering to eliminate/brainwash Mandrake because they know nobody would believe him, especially after they destroyed all remnants of their own civilisation behind. He finds out they are actually technologically-advanced Human Aliens in disguise who lived for millenia hidden from humans, but secretly influenced their advancement of science, while also posing as gods to them. Bigfoot, Sasquatch and Yeti: Mandrake discovers the Yeti creatures in the Himalaya. Beta Couple: Lothar and Karma, to Mandrake and Narda's alpha. Bash Brothers: Lothar and Mandrake are inseparable crime fighters. He "just thought it sounded like a good African name". As Long as It Sounds Foreign: Lee Falk was once asked if he knew that Lothar is in fact a German name. He co-starred with other King Features characters in all these projects. Mandrake el mago series#
Animated Adaptation: Mandrake has made two official animated appearances, in the 1972 special The Man Who Hated Laughter and the 1986 series Defenders of the Earth, as well as a Lawyer-Friendly Cameo in Phantom 2040.Mandrake's adventures provide examples of: Naturally, his illusion-casting powers make him the world's greatest stage magician, and that is how he earns his living when he's not busy fighting the forces of evil. After sixty years they finally married in 1998.Įducated in the mysterious Collegium Magikos in the Himalayas, Mandrake's main ability is the power to create any illusion he can think of in a target's mind, just by "gesturing hypnotically." He also has some telepathic abilities. The second story The Hawk introduced Narda, who would become Mandrake's romantic interest. And perhaps the earliest black character portrayed seriously in comics. The first story The Cobra introduced Mandrake's bash brother, Lothar, an African prince who preferred fighting evil to his princely duties. King Features Syndicate started publishing Mandrake in 1934. It all depends on if you want to count a tuxedo, with top hat and cape no less, as a costume. Lee Falk's ( The Phantom) first comic series, Mandrake the Magician is his other contender for "first costumed superhero in the comics".
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