Through sheer ingenuity, Mandrake could solve any inscrutable mystery or upend his foes.

Even in the 1930s, superhero comics called for adaptations on the big screen.

Sometimes, less really is more.

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Mandrake the Magician’s limited cultural impact is a result of its prevalence in other forms of media.

In 2016, during perhaps the peak of the superhero boom,theBoratstar signed onto play the character.

Since this announcement, the project has seemingly fizzled out or is stuck at a creative standstill.

Warren Hull as the titular Mandrake the Magician in the 1939 film

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For all we know, Mandrake will emerge out of aportal from a multiversein the next Marvel movie.

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Promotional art for Mandrake the Magician

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