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[[File:Mandrake_and_Lothar_3724.jpg|frame|Mandrake and Lothar.]]
Lee Falk's (''[[The Phantom (comic strip)|The Phantom]]'') first comic series, ''[[Mandrake the Magician]]'' is his other contender for "first costumed [[superhero]] in the comics". It all depends on if you want to count a tuxedo, with top hat and cape no less, as a costume.<ref>And why wouldn't you? It was accepted as a costume a half-century later in ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', after all.</ref>
''Mandrake'' started publication in 1934, and continued until 2013. The first story ''The Cobra'' introduced Mandrake's [[Bash Brothers|bash brother]], Lothar, an African prince who preferred fighting evil to his princely duties. Oh, yeah, Lothar is black. And perhaps the earliest black character portrayed seriously in comics. The second story ''The Hawk'' introduced Narda, who would become Mandrake's romantic interest. After [[Comic Book Time|sixty years]] they finally married in 1998.
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