简介：Columbia's7thserial(betweenFlyingG-MenandOverlandWithKitCarson)wasbasedontheKingFeaturesnewspapercomicstripcreatedbyLeeFalkandPhilDavis,MandraketheMagician,theworld'sforemostexponentofmindovermatter,althoughmostofuswhoreadthestripovertheyearswereneverreallycertainwhetherMandrakewasreallyamagician,orjusthadevenmoreabilitytocloudmen'smindsthantheShadow.TheserialdoesallowMandraketodiscardhistieandtailswhenheisn'tperformingprofessionally,butoutofhistophatandcloak,heismainlyafist-sluggingdetectiveinthisserial.MandrakeandLuthorareworkingthecruiselinesandmeetProfessorHudsonwhohasdevelopedaradiumenergymachine,whichismuchcovetedby"TheWasp",whosendshishordesofhenchmeninwavestostealtheinvention,andtheyblowuparadiostation,apowerplantandadampdqjusttoshowtheymeanbusiness.Mandrake,after11chapters,finallycatchesupto"TheWasp"inchapter12,"TheRewardofTrachery",anddiscoversthevillainisactuallyascientistwhohasposedasaclosefriendofHudson's.MandrakeisreunitedwithHudson'sdaughterBetty,whileLuthor,asusual,issaddledwithputtinguptheprops.…