AUTHOR, ARCANOLOGIST, MAN-ABOUT-TOWN
MANDRAKE BELLAMY SOLOMON PAN was born fully bearded on the back of a cabbage barrow on CHRISTMAS DAY, 1855.
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...
...YOUNG MANDRAKE took a job as an ink runner for the now defunct WINCHELL'S GUIDE TO GHOST'S & GOBLINS.
AN AURASCOPE.
AS THE NAME SUGGESTS, THIS DEVICE CAN MAGNIFY A PERSONS' AURA - A USUALLY IMPERCEPTIBLE HALO OF COLOURS THAT SURROUNDS EVERY LIVING SOUL - & ILLUMINATE THE TRUTH OF THEIR CHARACTER!
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.
CRESSIDA POTTS & PLUTO PAN AS 'POTTS & PAN'
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.
TINKY WILSON
Until, by 1875, PAN decided to strike out on his own, taking offices on DARK HOUSE LANE where he founded a modest publication...
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!
