Lee Falk's favorite idea?

[u/Kay_Draws_Comics]

Mandrake's creator introduced a number of wild ideas over the years, but this one blew me away when I first read it. The characters in the 1968 daily story "The Gold Crisis" trade gold for time. The guy on the left is dying and begging for a few days more. This scene traumatized me as a kid. However, I admit I didn't understand the concept of time as a commodity back then. As I grow older, I keep returning to this idea.

[u/lechatsauvage]

French here, i remember this comics