Number 1244: Mandrake and the Blue Bandit

Mandrake the Magician fans (“Fandrakes”?), face forward! Here's a classy continuity of the stage mage reprinted from his one appearance in Harvey Comic Hits. Lothar fans should not be as happy. Mandrake's giant friend is missing from this sequence.

The story is by Lee Falk, with artwork by Phil Davis.

From Harvey Comic Hits #53 (1951):

Here’s a two-page sequence from the inside covers of the comic, explaining Mandrake’s early years: