The Blackout Caper

The Blackout Caper
Start date:	January 1, 1967
End date:	April 23, 1967
# of strips:	17 weeks
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Original colorist:	unknown
Preceded by:	The Astro Pirates
Followed by:	The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar

"The Blackout Caper" is a Mandrake the Magician Sunday story, featuring The Phantom cameo appearance on television. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot synopsis

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake the Magician
• Lothar
• The Phantom (cameo, on tv)
• Narda

One-time characters

• Scar
• Doctor Zed

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "O Rubo de Energia Elétrica", Mandrake (RGE) #319 (1982)
• "O Apagão", Coleção King Comix #3 (2001)

France

• "La grande panne", Journal de Mickey #1174 – #1182
• "Le secret du docteur Zède", Mandrake (Remparts) #415 (1974)

Italy

• "Il segreto del dottor Zeta", Mandrake (Fratelli Spada - serie 2) #33 (1967)
• "Il segreto del dottor Zeta", Albi di Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica – Mandrake #61 (1974)

Portugal

• "Um Génio Diabólico", Ciclone #415

Sweden

• "D:r Zeds hemlighet", Blixt Gordon 2/1969
• "D:r Zeds hemlighet", Allers ?

Turkey

• "Karartma harekâtı", Mandrake (First series) #65 – #66 (1975)
• "Karartma harekâtı", Mandrake Albüm #96 – #97
• "Karartma harekâtı", Mandrake (Second series) #18
• "Karartma harekâtı", Mandrake Süper Albüm #5
• "Karartma harekâtı", Mandrake Süper Albüm #41 – #42

Yugoslavia

• "Tajni projekt", Plavi Vjesnik #702 – 718 (1968)
• "Grad u tami", Super EKS Almanah #40 (1983)