Lee Falk's comic strip hero Mandrake the M♎agician is returning to comics this October, making the stor🍰y a generational one with the next Mandrake: Mandy.

King Features has partnered with Red 5 Comics and StoneBot Studios for a modern continuation of the franchise with writer Erica Schulz and artists Diego Giribaldi, Juan Pablo Massa, and Moncho Bunge🤪.

"Mandrake the Magician: Mandrake's Legacy follo꧅ws 17-year-old Mandy Paz, a magician-in-training who aspires to someday be just like the l꧙egendary Mandrake," reads the press announcement. "She suspects her inborn magical powers must have something to do with her mysterious parentage, but so far, her mom's lips are zipped, and she has to work out the whole magician thing with the help of her BFF, LJ."

Mandrake is one of the earliest comic book superheroes, and the second-most-famous creation of Lee Falk after the Phantom. Created for a newspaper comic strip series, the original Mandrake dressed like a stage magician but used real-life magic powers such as hypnosis, levitation, and teleꦍporting to fight crime. Fans will remember that Mandꦏrake himself was a second-generation hero, taking after his father Theron.

"Mandrake the Magician was one of the most influential comic strips of its time, so what better way to pay that legacy homage than to breathe new life into the property with a fresh twist that targets a new generation of young readers," King Features licensing director Christina Nix Lynch says. "Both Red 5 and StoneBot have track records of incredible𒊎 success and their imaginative approach to the next chapter in M♏andrake's magical saga is sure to win the hearts of new fans."

Mandrake the Magician: Mandrake's Legacy #1 is scheduled𝄹 to go on sale October 28ꦍ.