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|Title= The Haunted Range
|image= [[Image:ms-19381030.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= October 30th, 1938
|End= December 25th, 1938
|Strips= 9 (9 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[Mandrake and Lothar at the Carnival]]"
|Followed= "[[The Fisherman]]"
|}}
'''"The Haunted Range"''' is the 10th Mandrake [[Sunday story]]. 
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Donna has inherited a mountain range, which is supposed to be haunted by a two-headed monster. 

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

'''One-time characters'''
*Donna, 
*Harker, cowboy at the Haunted Range.
*Indian Steve, cowboy at the Haunted Range.
*Wildcat, the worst bronc at the range.
*Joe, an indian boy.

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'''Locations'''
*New York ?
*New Mexico
**The Haunted Range, a mountain range

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==Behind the scenes==
*The title for the story is taken from the strip of November 20, 1938 (Next Week - The Haunted Range).
*Mandrake's last dialog is the first time the "fairytale ending phrase" '''And so ends''' ''(the legend of the Hounted Range and the two-headed monster)'' is used. 

== Signifiant covers ==
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Mirim-171.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Capriotti 22.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
LGA Merlin el Mago Moderno-07.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain 
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== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_belgium.gif]] Belgium ===
*"(no title)", [[Story 210|''Story''# 210]] to [[Story 218|''Story''# 218]] (1949)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le monstre de la montagne", [[Robinson 158|''Robinson  #158'']] to [[Robinson 166|''Robinson  #166'']] (1939)
*"Le monstre de la montagne", [[L'âge d'or – Mandrake 2|''L'âge d'or Mandrake'' #2]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Il mostro della montagna", [[Albo Avventuroso 14 - Mandrake 22|''Albo avventuroso 14 - Mandrake'' #22]] (1948)
*"Il monstro della montagna", [[L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake 2|''L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake'' #2]] (1980)

=== [[Image:mini_poland.gif|border]] Poland ===
*"??", [[Świat Przygód|''Świat Przygód'' #173-181]] (1938-1939)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El monstruo de las dos cabezas", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 7|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #7]] (1943)
*"El Monstruo de la Montaña", [[Mandrake 4 - Páginas Dominicales 1938/39|''Mandrake'' #4]] (1999)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Hayalet Ormanı", [[1001 Macera - Mandrake: Hayalet Ormanı|1001 Macera: ''Hayalet Ormanı'']] (1945)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*''"(no title)"'', [[King Comics 42|''King Comics'' #42]], [[King Comics 43|''King Comics'' #43]]  and [[King Comics 44|''King Comics'' #44]] (1939) 
*"(no given title)", [[Feature Book 46|''Feature Book'' #46]] (1946)

=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png|border]] [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
*"(no given title)", [[Biblioteka Nostalgija 3|''Biblioteka Nostalgija'' #3]] (1985)

[[Category:Sunday stories|Haunted Range, The]]