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Mandrake the Magician is a syndicated newspaper comic strip created by Lee Falk (before he created The Phantom). Its publication began 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.Davis worked on the strip until his death in 1964 when Falk recruited current artist Fred Fredericks. With Falk’s death in 1999 Fredericks became both writer and artist.