Medusa

Medusa
Start date:	March 25th, 1946
End date:	June 1st, 1946
# of strips:	60 (10 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Pleasant Valley"
Followed by:	"The Jinx"

"Medusa" is the 39th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

An explorer comes back to civilization with a living Medusa. When she escapes petrified people pop up in her footsteps.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• The Police Chief, two pictures only.

One-time characters

• Crane, an explorer.
• Mr. Burr, a banker.

Locations

• New York City
  • Garden Gate

Behind the scenes

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of March 23, 1946 (Beginning Next Week = "Medusa")
• The Police Chief is married.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Medusa", Mandrake Annual (1953)

Belgium

• "(no title given)", Story# 250 to Story#261 (1950)

Brazil

• "A Medusa", Mandrake #262 (1977)

Argentina

• "Medusa", Mandrake el Mago #3 (1959)

France

• "Le masque d'argent", Mandrake #13 (1963)

Italy

• "La maschera d'argento", L'Avventura (1948)
• "La maschera d'argento", Mandrake #17 (1962)
• "La maschera d'argento", I Classici dell'Avventura #53 (1964)
• "La maschera d'argento", Mandrake #120 (1969)
• "La maschera d'argento", Mandrake - New Comics Now #215 (1988)
• "La maschera d'argento", Mandrake 33 (Comic Art) (1994)

Portugal

• "O Mistério de Medusa", Mandrake #1 (197?)

Spain

• "Medusa", Extra #1 (1950)

Sweden

• "Medusa", Mandrake #1 (1963)

USA

• "Medusa", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "Medusa" (Pacific Comics Club) (2019)