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|Title= The Abominable Snowman
|image= [[Image:ms-19591122.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= November 22, 1959
|End= May 1, 1960
|Strips= 24 (24 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Horse Thief]]"
|Followed= "[[The Demon Photographer]]"
|}}
'''"The Abominable Snowman"''' is the 81th Mandrake [[Sunday story]]. 
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Mandrake is on an expedition with Captain Pierce, trying to find the abominable snowman. In a cave atop of the mountain Mandrake stumble into the home of the old greece gods.

===Appearances===
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'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]

'''One-time characters'''
*Capt. Pierce, famed mountain climber.
*Sir Harry, a financier.
*Diana, a Greek god.
*Appollo, a Greek god.
*Zeus, a Greek god.
*Mercury, a Greek god.
*Herkules, a Greek god.
*Hera, a Greek god.
*Odin, a Norse god, mentioned only.
*Thor, a Norse god, mentioned only.
*Loki, a Norse god, mentioned only.
*Christopher Columbus, mentioned only.
*Isaac Newton, mentioned only.
*Albert Einstein, mentioned only.

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'''Locations'''
*Himalaya
**Mount Arat
***Olympus
***Valhalla, mentioned only.
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==Behind the scenes==
*The story title is taken from the strip of November 15 and 22, 1959 (Next Week: "Abominable Snowman" & Beginning: The Abominable Snowman).
*The Greek and Norse ''gods'' came originally from a planet that moves about a green sun, far away our solar system. At Earth Olympus and Valhalla was their winter resorts.

== Signifiant covers ==
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Il Vascello-02-60.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Ilvascello-04-54.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Edar mandrake-12.jpg|[[Image:mini_mexico.gif]] Mexico
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== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*"?", [[Libro de Oro - Mandrake el Mago 15|''Libro de Oro - Mandrake el Mago '' #15]] (1965)

=== [[Image:mini_denmark.gif]] Denmark ===
*''"no title"'', [[Comics 2 - Verdens beste tegneserier (Danish)|''Comics'' #2]] (1971)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Lumimiehen arvoitus", [[Mustanaamio 10/2001|''Mustanaamio'' #10]] (2001)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"L'abominable homme des neiges", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 408|''Mandrake'' #408]] (1973)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Il mostro delle nevi", [[Il Vascello 60 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #60]] (1961)
*"Il mostro delle nevi", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 29|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #29]]  (1963)
*"Il mostro delle nevi", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 54|''Mandrake'' #54]] (1973)
*"Il mostro delle nevi", [[New Comics Now 318|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #318]] and [[New Comics Now 319| #319]] (1993)

=== [[Image:mini_mexico.gif]] Mexico ===
*"El Horrendo Hombre de la Nieve", [[Mandrake el mago 12 (EDAR)|''Mandrake el mago'' #12]] (1966)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Besøk på Olymp", [[Fantomet 10/2001|''Fantomet'' #10]] (2001)

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"O Abominável Homem das Neves", [[Selecções 7|''Selecções'' #7]] (1961)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"Los dioses del Olimpo", [[Novelas Gráficas presenta en su serie Amarilla 22|''Serie Amarilla'' #22]] (1959)
*"El abominable hombre de la nieves", [[Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1959-1962 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2021)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"''no title''", [[Comics 2 - Den stora serieboken (Swedish)|''Comics'' #2]] (1971)
*"Besök på Olympen", [[Fantomen 10/2001|''Fantomen'' #10]] (2001)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Kar Adamı", [[Mandrake 229 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #229]] & [[Mandrake 230 (Tay)| #230]] & [[Mandrake 231 (Tay)| #231]] (1978)
*"Kar Adamı", [[Mandrake Albüm 74 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #74]] &[[Mandrake Albüm 75 (Tay)| #75]] (1978)
*"Kar Adamı", [[Mandrake Albüm 196 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #196]]

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"The Abominable Snowman", [[The Missing Years 57|''The Missing Years'' #57]] (2009)

=== [[Image:mini_germany.gif]] West Germany ===
*"no title", [[Comics 2 - Weltbekannte zeichenserien|''Comics'' #2]] (1971)

=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia ===
*"Мандрак и снежни човек" ("romanized as "Mandrak i snežni čovek"), [[Politikin Zabavnik 459|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #459]] &ndash; [[Politikin Zabavnik 482|#482]] (1960-61)

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