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STEAL MY GIRL, WILL HE?? = rs eee ALE rare Ate eee BOUNCE GLOVES?YOU (WE HA (0, Ey iE ciaa SHOULD Use B16 ONES-~/ TOUSE THEM Aut Ries SIXTEEN OUNCES~ FOR AN EXHIBITIONS -— ee HM~YES, | SUPPOSE YOU CANT HIDE BEHIND THAT FENCING MASK, TAKE IT OFF. AFRAID TO TAKE OFF THAT FENCING MASK AND UNCOVER YOUR JAW? TU TAKE:IM GOING TOSTOP ) WE CANT HIG? HE WANTS To { DISAPPOINT HURT YOU SEEN) NOT MUCH OFA ] [I'M S0 GLAD HE DIDNT i |THAT FIGHT. THE \ FIGHT» JUST AN | | HURT YOU!+THUS THE |ROCKS DARE NOT ADIT TO WHAT THEY. | KNOW (5 TRUE...AND ON2 WEEK LATER A-AW INTRUDER...) ut HOW COULD | ON OuR TERRACE!) HE GET THERE? | 7 WE'RE ON THE | x TWENTY- F/RST FLOOR! Ay YOUR MONEY AND YOUR JEWELS, IF YOU PLEASE! -- AND L THINK TL TAKE MOVES QUICKLY.. OG | ANOTHEN Stees OFF THE LEDGE TO A WAITING Fue Cage HOW ARE WE GOING TO - EXPLAIN THIS ? C2 — t | 2k AA\ REDIBLE CRIME /S LAUGHS IMANORARE THE MAGICIAN SO THAT'S THE STORY, MANOS I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE Ciy's | CHIEF, LET BEING SWEPT WITH MASS INSANITY OR WHAT! BOTH COUPLES VOW THEY HAVE SEEN THIS FLYING: CARPET THEF! 3] ! A | || MANORAKE SPEAKS WiTH Me. ROCKS... ANO GESTURES. REALLY DID SEE TH FLYING CARPE | Nes, culer HEY THuNceesTION! THs is HAVE SEEN THE ] IMPOSSIBLE! IF THEY AGREE SAME THING! ;/ IT'S BECAUSE THEYRE ALL 4YING ABOUT THE SAMET-ILL SUB THE cry! DON'T YOU REALIZE tM A RESPECTABLE BANKER! TX anne —Now wary, ASSUMING THEIR STORIES ARE TRUE, WOULD THEY ALL Say’ THE THIEF PUT BARPLUGS IN THEIR EARS ? LET'S STOP THiS NONSENSE! ) JUST WHAT OTHER COUPLE SAID THEY SAW ONE! YOU JUST WANT PUBLICITY! [NER MANDRARE WEcnesme | NARDAAND PY THOSE PEOPLE ALL CAN SUCH A RIDICULOUS | 8 IT! PERHAPS STORY ACTUALLY BE _) SOME SORT OF TRUE, MANORAKE 2 HYPNOTIC PROVECTION --~ a. a ail EA ie i \ x BOTHERS ME! PERHAPS A WELL WEVER KNOW WHAT ACTUALLY fhMINUTES LATER, THE FLYING FIGURE LANDS... THEN | PENTHOUSE THIER... WO MORE BECOME VICTIMS OF THE FLYING DO NOT BE FRIGHTENED, DEAR ES, ..I. ONLY WANT TO TAKE ELS! HA, HA! YOU SEE, I a MANDRAKE DISCUSSES THE PROBLEM WITH THE CHIER oy THIS IS LiKE “\ I HAVE A THOUGHT, A MGHTMARE! We MUST \ CHIEF! IT MAY HELP. HAVE SOME SORT OF MASS } BUT IT WILL TAKE A MAONESS ON OUR HANDS! | FEW DAYS TO FIND I...dUST DON'T KNOW HOW Z—— {TO HANDLE IT! HEY, |NE GOT A CRAZY BLIP HERE! SEVERAL DAYS LATER, ON THE ROOF OF ONE OF THE CITY'S HIGHEST BUILDINGS... GOSH, MANDRAKE, THE ARMY'S ALWAYS GLAD TO HELP YOU...BUT SCANNING IS PRETTY WILD! ROOF TOPS FOR TWO DAYS AND SO Is OUR reWWNoeAe oo ROC ASPeCAENeemRED| | Yes! weve HiT THE TELESCOPE THAT PIERCES THE DARKNESS... PO is WACKPOT! THERE'S. OUR MYSTERY ROER! pees F sucael ne = i eI NOW Mays PENTHOUSE... YOU Jl ‘ie 1] FIND OUT W \ HAVE TROUBLE UPSTAIRS!— OR PERHAPS | AWE ARE NOT! RATHER INGENIOUS EH) MANDRAKE ? YES, AND YOU PLACED EARPLUGS IN YOUR VICTIMS EARS SO THEY COULDN'T HEAR THE SOUND AS YOU ESCAPED] 400k OUT! -- V HORSE FLYING A FAKE...A PA\ HORSE! AND A ABOY: YOU SEEM ATA DI HERE WE ARE, IMANDRAKE- MY HEADQUARTERS |ANXIOUS! WE WILL TAKE THE GENTLEMEN OUT AND DROP THEM IN THE OCEAN IN QUE TIME! FigsT, I Must SHOW THEM MORE OF MY TALENT: THIS SHOULD MAKE A MOST UNUSUAL EFFECT, DON'T YOU THINK? HOW PEOPLE WILL SHUDDER WHEN MY FLAMING DRAGON ROBS THEM! — v/ 7 ZOE OS I EXPECT TO PUT THAT IN USE VERY SHORTLY! AND OVER HERE IS MY WEAPON...A SPACE SHIP! IM, ER, NOT QUITE SURE HOW I SHALL UTIUZE IT YET... BUT /LL FINO AWAY! Z AS YOU CAN SEE, MANDRAKE., MY WORK |S QUITE PROFITABLE ! REALLY DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO suRVIVE! WE SHALL MAKE THAT REMARK THE SIGNAL FOR, YOUR END! TAKE THEM OVER THE OCEAN AND GET RID OF THEM!MIGHTY HYPNOTIC Ma HORSE TO LIFE. WH-WHAT'S HAPPENING ? { _A-AND THE FLYING CARPET 1S MOVING! H-HOW CAN IT BE??? RAGON |S AFTER US! ING TO BURN US UP!TOP. THEI, MANDRAKE...O-DON'T ) PERHAPS IT IS THE EVIL OF GET 1 ILL SURRENDER! / YOUR OWN IMAGINATION THAT FRIGHTENS YOU! SOMETIMES IT IS WISE HE | DON'T BE TOO SURE, TD INVESTIGATE THE L LL i HAT THe CLAREDS WEVER OOUBT A WILD SOQUNONG STORY AGAIN