Codice albumGBB-F-001268

Image IDGBB-F-001268-0000

1953, USA : The celebrated american magician LEON MANDRAKE (born Leon Giglio, 1911 - 1993), was an Italian-American magician, mentalist, illusionist, escapologist, ventriloquist and stunt performer known worldwide as Mandrake the Magician. Leon Mandrake, the stage magician, who was known for his top hat, pencil line moustache and scarlet-lined cape, was the basis for the comics strip cartoon. Leon Mandrake, was accompanied at the time the strip began by Narda, his first wife and stage assistant who appears in the strip. Velvet, his life-time partner would also later make appearances in the strip along with his real-life side-kick, Lothar. In fact, Leon Mandrake had been performing for well over ten years before the cartoonst Lee Falk introduced the comic strip character.

Fotografo: Romaine

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