"at Inter-Intel is Jed. Hojo knows 6 languages. The Police Chief is named Bradley but mostly called ""Chief."" He has been aided by Mandrake on several occasions. The Police Chief created the ""S.S.D."" (Silly Stuff Dept.) for absurd and unbelievable cases that only Mandrake could solve. He has a son, Chris. Magnon is Mandrake's most powerful friend and is the emperor of the galaxy. Magnon and his wife Carola have a daughter, Nardraka, who is named after Mandrake and Narda and is their godchild. Lenore is Mandrake's younger half-sister. She is a world-renowned explorer. Karma is Lothar's girlfriend, an African"
"well over ten years before creator Lee Falk introduced the comic strip character, and today, most people acknowledge the striking physical resemblance between them. Many sources assert that the comic strip character was drawn to resemble Leon. Phil Davis, the strip's artist, did meet Leon Mandrake and they became good friends and corresponded for years. Falk was said to have invented the name Mandrake the Magician coincidentally; though there is no written contract, both parties verbally agreed to cross-promote each other, with the result that Mandrake the Magician became recognized throughout North America. Mandrake was married twice, both times to"
"the issue included an interview with him as well. An early black character to be incorporated into a syndicated comic strip was Lothar, who appeared in Mandrake the Magician in the 1930s. He was Mandrake's sidekick: the circus strongman, who wore a Tarzan-style costume, was drawn in the Sambo-style of the time (see below) and was poor, and uneducated. Since the introduction of Lothar, black characters have received a variety of treatments in comics, and not all of them positive. Early graphic art of all kinds often depicted Black characters in a stylized fashion, emphasizing certain physical features to form"
"his chief on-stage assistants. In 1939, he married Narda (""Princess Narda""). Princess Narda also appeared in the Mandrake the Magician comics of the time. When his first marriage ended in 1946, Leon also lost his main assistant. In December 1946, Leon Mandrake's manager, Bernard Abrams, paired him with Louise Salerno, who was an actress, line-dancer and former assistant to well-known magician Blackstone. Leon gave her the stage name Velvet and she became his new assistant. Having grown up on the road with her parents, Vaudeville musicians Betty and Frank Salerno, this was a lifestyle familiar to Leon's new 20-year-old assistant."
"Mandrake the Magician Mandrake the Magician was a syndicated newspaper comic strip, created by Lee Falk (before he created ""The Phantom""). ""Mandrake"" began publication on June 11, 1934. Phil Davis soon took over as the strip's illustrator, while Falk continued to script. The strip is distributed by King Features Syndicate. Mandrake, along with the Phantom Magician in Mel Graff's ""The Adventures of Patsy"", are regarded by comics historians as the first superheroes of comics. Comics historian Don Markstein writes, ""Some people say Mandrake the Magician, who started in 1934, was comics' first superhero."" Davis worked on the strip until his"
"whom he met while both were students at The Kubert School. Their wedding was held on the school's grounds. The couple have a son, Jack Moses Mandrake, and a daughter, Sian Mandrake, who is also a Kubert School-trained comics illustrator. Tom Mandrake Tom Mandrake (born May 26, 1956) is an American comics artist, perhaps best known for his collaborations with writer John Ostrander on several series, including ""Grimjack"" (from First Comics) and ""Firestorm"", ""The Spectre"", and ""Martian Manhunter"" from DC Comics.<ref name=""John/Tom"">John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake collaborations at the Grand Comics Database</ref> Mandrake grew up as a fan of Marvel"
"situated in Hollywood, Uncle Phil worked as a screenwriter and Patsy was a young movie actress for producer J. P. Panberg. After Phil was eventually written out of the strip, Patsy's new sidekick was Hollywood agent Skidd Higgins. An early supporting character, the swashbuckling Phantom Magician, introduced a fantasy element. Some comics historians regard this character and Lee Falk's Mandrake the Magician as among the first superheroes of comics. Don Markstein writes, ""Depending on how you define the term, Patsy's recurring rescuer, The Phantom Magician, may have been the first superhero in comics... Some people say Mandrake the Magician, who"
"Leon Mandrake Leon Giglio (April 11, 1911 – January 27, 1993), better known by his stage name Leon Mandrake, was an Italian-Canadian magician, mentalist, illusionist, escapologist, ventriloquist and stunt performer known worldwide as ""Mandrake the Magician"", albeit simultaneously and unrelatedly to the comic strip character Mandrake the Magician. Born April 11, 1911 in Washington state, Mandrake was very young when his mother brought him to New Westminster, British Columbia on the West Coast of Canada to live with his aunt Mildred. As a child, he watched magicians at the local Edison Theatre and attended circus shows at the Pacific National"
"Ken Kling's comic strip ""Joe and Asbestos"" (1924-1925) featured a black sidekick named Asbestos. The first black character to be incorporated into a syndicated comic strip was Lothar who appeared in Mandrake the Magician in the 1930s. He was Mandrake's sidekick: the circus strongman, who wore a Tarzan-style costume, was drawn in the Sambo-style of the time (see below) and was poor, and uneducated. Since the introduction of Lothar, Black characters have received a variety of treatments in comics, not all of them positive. William H. Foster III, associate professor of English at Naugatuck Valley Community College said, ""they were"
"travels, fighting crime. He is often referred to as the strongest man in the world. Initially an illiterate exotic dressed in animal skins who provided brawn to complement Mandrake's brain on their adventures, he was modernized in 1965 to dress in suits and speak standard English. The publisher All-Negro Comics, Inc. published a single issue of ""All-Negro Comics"" (June 1947), a 15-cent omnibus, at a time when comics generally cost a dime, starring characters that included Lion Man. Lion Man is a young African scientist sent by the United Nations to oversee a massive uranium deposit at the African Gold"
"and characters from other dimensions. At various times in the comic strip, Mandrake has also demonstrated other powers, including turning invisible, shapeshifting, levitation, and teleportation. His hat, cloak and wand, passed down from his father Theron, possess great magical properties which in time Mandrake learns how to use. Although Mandrake publicly works as a stage magician, he spends much of his time fighting criminals and combatting supernatural entities. Mandrake lives in ""Xanadu"", a high-tech mansion atop a mountain in New York State. Xanadu's features include closed circuit TV; a sectional road which divides in half; and vertical iron gates. Leon"
"Tom Mandrake Tom Mandrake (born May 26, 1956) is an American comics artist, perhaps best known for his collaborations with writer John Ostrander on several series, including ""Grimjack"" (from First Comics) and ""Firestorm"", ""The Spectre"", and ""Martian Manhunter"" from DC Comics.<ref name=""John/Tom"">John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake collaborations at the Grand Comics Database</ref> Mandrake grew up as a fan of Marvel Comics of the 1960s, as well as painters of the Brandywine School, particularly Maxfield Parrish and Howard Pyle. Together with his friend L.B. Kellogg, he created a fanzine titled ""First Flight"" while in high school. Mandrake spent two years at"
"in 2006 on the children's book ""The Forest King: Woodlark's Shadow"". In 2007, a story-arc titled ""Grotesk"" reuniting Ostrander and Mandrake appeared in ""Batman"" issues 659-662. An ""X-Files/30 Days of Night"" crossover in 2010 was drawn by Mandrake and co-written by ""30 Days"" creator Steve Niles and Adam Jones, the guitarist for the band Tool. Mandrake drew the ""DC Retroactive: Batman - The '70s"" one-shot (Sept. 2011) and a revival of Marv Wolfman's ""Night Force"" series (May–Nov. 2012). He collaborated with J. Michael Straczynski on the ""Sidekick"" series in 2013–2014. Mandrake is married to fellow comic book artist Jan Duursema,"
"is a biography written in 1998. Mandrake, A Magical Life is a 2001 documentary. Leon Mandrake Leon Giglio (April 11, 1911 – January 27, 1993), better known by his stage name Leon Mandrake, was an Italian-Canadian magician, mentalist, illusionist, escapologist, ventriloquist and stunt performer known worldwide as ""Mandrake the Magician"", albeit simultaneously and unrelatedly to the comic strip character Mandrake the Magician. Born April 11, 1911 in Washington state, Mandrake was very young when his mother brought him to New Westminster, British Columbia on the West Coast of Canada to live with his aunt Mildred. As a child, he watched"
"at 14 years old, he performed at the Moyer's Carnival for the Pacific National Exhibition. By this time, he learned fire-eating, mind-reading and ventriloquism. In 1927, at 16 years old, he joined the Ralph Richards touring magic show for 6 months, traveling across North America until the tour ended in Winnipeg, Manitoba. By the 1930s, he traveled with his own magic show. Mandrake, the stage magician, known for his black top hat, black cape, and thin handlebar mustache, bears a strong resemblance to the central character in the ""Mandrake the Magician"" comic strip. In fact, Leon Mandrake had been performing"
"to my brother [Joe Sulman], and he began to draw the strip; but he had to imitate Fred Guardineer's drawing style, because the character had to look [the same], and it worked out fine."" John Zatara is introduced as a magician in various publications of DC Comics, beginning with 1938's ""Action Comics"" # 1, which also contains the first appearance of Superman. Like the very similar Mandrake the Magician, Zatara had a large East Indian as a friend/bodyguard, called Tong, to share his early adventures. As well as being an illusionist, Zatara also had genuine magical powers (decades later ascribed"
"a clever reference to the explosive's blast. Mandrake had a prominent role in ""Magic Comics"" and Big Little Books (published by Whitman) of the 1930s and 1940s. Dell Comics published a ""Mandrake the Magician"" issue in their ""Four Color"" comic book series with various main characters. The ""Mandrake"" issue was #752 and featured original stories by Stan Campell and written by Paul Newman. In 1966–67, King Comics published ten issues of a ""Mandrake the Magician"" comic book. Most of the stories were remakes of past newspaper strip stories and featured art by André LeBlanc, and others. ""Mandrake"" stories also ran"
"Abnett and drawn by Lee Sullivan and Mark Farmer. Frost was working undercover and investigating Stranks, the owner of a night club suspected of selling a potent street drug called Mandrake. At the same time, the Seventh Doctor and Ace had been drawn to Earth at the close of the 20th century by the alien energy structure known as the Mandragora Helix, which the Doctor had last encountered 500 years before. When told of Frost's investigation, the Doctor pointed out that another name for Mandrake was Mandragora. The similarity in names was no coincidence — the Mandragora Helix had contacted"
"upset, Amanda shrugs off any discomforts which they might bring into her relationship with Kurt, and she continues to date him. Amanda Sefton Amanda Sefton (real name Jimaine Szardos) (also known as Daytripper and the second Magik) is a fictional character, a witch appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is the foster sister and lover of Kurt Wagner, Nightcrawler of the X-Men. Amanda Sefton first appeared in ""Uncanny X-Men"" #98 (April 1976), created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum. She has appeared occasionally in X-Men titles, probably most often in ""Uncanny X-Men"" and ""Excalibur"". As Magik,"
"Moondark Moondark is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Moondark first appeared in ""Marvel Team-Up"" #12 (August 1973), and was created by Gerry Conway, Len Wein, and Ross Andru. The character subsequently appears in ""Marvel Team-Up"" #91 (March 1980), ""Ghost Rider"" #56 (May 1981), #59 (August 1981), and ""Web of Spider-Man Annual"" #3 (1987). Moondark received an entry in the ""All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z: Update"" #2 (2007). Moondark operated as a stage magician in San Francisco, and when Spider-Man came to town he feared that Spider-Man would interfere"
"princess who works as a model. The Cobra is Mandrake's most evil and dangerous foe, apparent from the start of the story. In 1937, the Cobra was apparently defeated; but returned in 1965, wearing a menacing silver mask. The Cobra's main goal is to acquire one of the two powerful ""Crystal Cubes"" which increase mental energy. These are guarded by Mandrake and his father Theron. Mandrake learned that The Cobra was secretly Luciphor, Theron's oldest son and thus Mandrake's half-brother. In later years, the Cobra abandoned his silver mask as his face had been reconstructed through surgery. He is sometimes"
"Lenox Arts Festival in Massachusetts. The script is by Falk and Thayer Burch, with music by George Quincy and lyrics by Burch. Mandrake is a character in the play ""King Kong Palace"", written by Chilean playwright Marco Antonio de la Parra. In the play, Mandrake is now a performer in birthday parties and attempts to seduce Jane, the ambitious wife of Tarzan, in order to satisfy his lust for power. Mandrake the Magician inspired several other comic characters with magic powers, including Zatara, Kardak the Mystic Magician, Monako, Dakor the Magician, Ibis the Invincible, Mantor the Magician, Sargon the Sorcerer,"
"Mandrake, a real-life stage magician who had been performing for well over ten years before Lee Falk introduced the comic strip character, and who was likewise known for his top hat, pencil line mustache and scarlet-lined cape, is sometimes thought to have been the basis for the origin of the strip. In actuality, he had changed his stage name to Mandrake to match the popular strip, and then legally changed his surname from Giglio to Mandrake later. The resemblance between the comic strip hero and the real life magician was close enough to allow Leon to at least passively allow"
"accompanied by his assistant Ud. Derek is Mandrake's twin brother who was similar to Mandrake in appearance, used his magical powers (nearly the equal of Mandrake's) to achieve short-term personal satisfactions. Mandrake has tried to remove Derek's knowledge of magic; but has never entirely succeeded. Derek has a son, Eric (mother unknown), who has shown no signs of following in his father's footsteps. The Clay Camel, real name Saki, is a master of disguise, able to mimic anyone and change his appearance in seconds. His name comes from the symbol he leaves at the scenes of his crimes, a small"
"Amanda Sefton Amanda Sefton (real name Jimaine Szardos) (also known as Daytripper and the second Magik) is a fictional character, a witch appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is the foster sister and lover of Kurt Wagner, Nightcrawler of the X-Men. Amanda Sefton first appeared in ""Uncanny X-Men"" #98 (April 1976), created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum. She has appeared occasionally in X-Men titles, probably most often in ""Uncanny X-Men"" and ""Excalibur"". As Magik, Amanda had her own eponymous, four-issue mini-series in 2000–2001 from writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, with artist Liam Sharp. The"
"Angelo, while Henry Souvaine acted as producer. The serial aimed at a young audience. Just like the comic strip it invoked mystery, adventure and suspense. Every episode opened with Mandrake invoking his chant ""Invoco legem magicarum"" (""I invoke the laws of magic""). Mandrake the Magician (radio) Mandrake the Magician was an American radio show, broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System from November 11, 1940 until February 6, 1942. It was based on the popular comic strip ""Mandrake the Magician"" by Lee Falk and Phil Davis. ""Mandrake the Magician"" was originally a three-day-a-week radio serial broadcast on the New York City"
"mentor to She-Ra), and her allies Glimmer (magically inclined onetime leader of the rebellion), Bow (skilled archer and the main male protagonist of the series), (Bow's owl-like, rainbow-eared companion), Madame Razz (absent minded witch with her sarcastic sentient ), and Queen Angella (Glimmer's mother and angel-winged queen of the Bright Moon); along with Hordak's spellcasting witch , shape-shifting spy , bumbling bug-eyed henchman Mantenna, Force Squad captain Catra, evil scientist Modulok, beastly warrior Grizzlor, energy draining and thuggish henchwoman . Various children's books, magazines, comics, read-along records/cassette tapes and other merchandise were also released worldwide around this time, with much"
"but ""Lee"" had been his nickname since childhood, so he took that name also. His brother, Leslie, also took the name ""Falk"". When Falk began his comic strip and comic book writing and drawing career, his official biography claimed that he was an experienced world traveler who had studied with Eastern mystics. In fact, Falk had simply made it up in order to seem more like the right kind of person to be writing about globe-trotting heroes like Mandrake the Magician and The Phantom. His trip to New York City to pitch ""Mandrake the Magician"" for publication by the King"
"Created through a partnership between ""Wired"" magazine, YouTube and Stan Winston School, the robot was built by Legacy over a period of 24 days and interacted with Comic-Con attendees throughout the four-day event, operated by a combination of suit performer and radio controlled animatronics. For Comic-Con 2014, Legacy designed and built a 13'6"" (4.11m) tall animatronic creature called Bodock the Giant Creature. Created through a partnership with Stan Winston School, Stratasys, and ""Wired"" magazine, the Giant Creature involved two separate animatronic characters and nine puppeteers. A majority of the hard surfaces were 3D printed by Stratasys. The goal of both"
"This story was reprinted in ""The Brothers Mad"" (ibooks, New York, 2002, ). Lamont Shadowskeedeeboomboom returned in ""Mad"" #14 (August 1954) to guest-star in ""Manduck the Magician"", a spoof by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder of the ""Mandrake the Magician"" comic strip. In this story, Lamont Shadowskeedeeboomboom lures Manduck and Loathar to his home on the pretense of wanting to buy 100 cases of Manduck's snake oil; in reality, he has learned that Manduck also has ""the secret power to cloud men's minds, and so in order to keep [his] secret exclusive"", he intends to destroy Manduck. A battle of"
"and the Mandrill, and escaped again. The scythe was fused to his arm by Ultron, and he formed an alliance with Ultron. The Grim Reaper was later restored to life by the Scarlet Witch's magic. When Ultron attempted to create a new ""family"" for himself, Grim Reaper was abducted as one of the six individuals that came closest to being Ultron's ""family"" - the others being Hank Pym, Wasp, Vision, Scarlet Witch, and Wonder Man. Ultron regarded Grim Reaper as the first human connection made apart from Pym, as well as the connections to Wonder Man and Vision. While Vision"
"a member of the Injustice League. During the ""Salvation Run"" storyline, Manticore is among the villains that are exiled to an alien planet. In ""The New 52,"" a reboot of the DC Comics universe, Manticore appears as a member of Leviathan. The Manticore is a villain from the ""Books of Magic"" series released by DC Comics. He features prominently in the first few issues collected in the Bindings trade paperback, making a full debut in ""Books of Magic"" #2 (June 1994). The character is based on the mythical creature Manticore, with the uncommon addition that he is also able to"
"kid sidekick named Mickey O’Toole who first called himself ""Mercury"" but quickly changed it to ""Meteor."" In ""Silver Streak Comics"" #5 (June, 1940), Jack Cole, who by this time was writing and drawing the character's adventures, directly addressed the readers and explained the hero’s motivations: At some point after World War II, Silver Streak and other heroes were imprisoned in the mystical Urn of Pandora by the misguided Fighting Yank. Decades later the Urn was broken and the heroes released; Silver Streak emerged (wearing a red and silver costume similar to his original one) just in time to aid his"