Q 01/05

Which African prince, called the strongest man in the world, is Mandrake the Magician's sidekick?

A) Zarkov

B) Lothar

C) Tonto

D) Kato

Answer · why

B) Lothar

Lothar gave up a throne to travel with Mandrake, debuting beside him in the very first daily strip in 1934. He is counted among the first African crim...

Q 02/05

Mandrake the Magician's mountaintop mansion shares which name with Kublai Khan's summer capital?

A) Xanadu

B) Shangri-La

C) Camelot

D) Avalon

Answer · why

A) Xanadu

Xanadu sits atop a mountain in New York State and is packed with gadgets, including closed-circuit TV, vertical iron gates and a road that divides in ...

Q 03/05

Some comics historians call Mandrake the Magician, who debuted in 1934, the first of which character type?

A) Antihero

B) Detective

C) Superhero

D) Supervillain

Answer · why

C) Superhero

Superhero is the label historians such as Don Markstein attach to Mandrake, who was using his powers against evil four years before Superman appeared.

Q 04/05

Which Marvel legend wrote the theme lyrics for the 1980s cartoon teaming Mandrake with Flash Gordon?

A) Jack Kirby

B) Steve Ditko

C) Jim Shooter

D) Stan Lee

Answer · why

D) Stan Lee

Stan Lee is named in the closing credits as lyricist of the main title song, written while Marvel Productions was making the 65-episode series.

Q 05/05

Mandrake the Magician creates illusions with a lightning-fast form of which technique, set off by a gesture?

A) Ventriloquism

B) Telekinesis

C) Alchemy

D) Hypnosis

Answer · why

D) Hypnosis

Hypnosis is the secret behind the act: when Mandrake gestures, his targets see whatever illusion he chooses, a trick he has turned on gangsters, alien...