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MANDRAKE BELLAMY SOLOMON PAN was born fully bearded on the back of a cabbage barrow on CHRISTMAS DAY, 1855…

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Mandrake Aged 1 & 4/5

His parents, CRESSIDA POTTS & PLUTO PAN were the renowned music hall artistes, POTTS & PAN, introducing the young MANDRAKE to an exciting world of bright lights & larger than life characters.

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Cressida Potss & Pluto Pan as 'Potts & Pan'

However, the stage wasn't for him, & after a small stint as a TOFFEE TASTER for NANNY WILLOUGHBY'S NAUGHTY TREATS at the age of ten…

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…YOUNG MANDRAKE took a job as an ink runner for the now defunct WINCHELL'S GUIDE TO GHOST'S & GOBLINS…

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Winchell's Guide to Ghosts & Goblins, Easter Edition

He quickly progressed, moving out of the INK ROOM the following year, paying his dues as a PENCIL SHARPENER & learning the trade as a CUB REPORTER under TINKY WILSON, the Fortune Tellers' Favourite.

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Tinky Wilson

Until, by 1875, PAN decided to strike out on his own, taking offices on DARK HOUSE LANE, where he founded the modest publication, ELDRITCH MONTHLY!

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Eldritch Monthly

Since that day, the periodical has gone from strength to strength, soon establishing itself as LONDON'S FOREMOST publication detailing the STRANGE & UNUSUAL, with especial interest in the investigations of WILFRED WOOLFITT!