The Tomb

The Tomb
Start date:	May 30th, 1954
End date:	July 18th, 1954
# of strips:	8 (8 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Mountain that Walked"
Followed by:	"The Ocean Wind"

"The Tomb" is the 62nd Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Midnight in a graveyard, Narda pursues her wind-blown hat when a skeleton's hand came out of a tomb and grabbed her.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda

One-time characters

• A caretaker
• A villain, member og the counterfeit gang

Locations

• New York City
  • A graveyard

Behind the scenes

• The story title is from the strip of May 23 and 30, 1954 (Next Week: The Tomb ! / Beginning: The Tomb - -).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "O Chapéu de Narda", Mandrake #12 (1955)

France

• "La tombe qui s'ouvre",Spécial Mandrake #45 (1967)
• "La tombe qui s'ouvre", Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 2 (Soleil) (1993)

Italy

• "La tomba dei vivi", Super Albo - Mandrake #74 (1964)
• "La tomba dei vivi", Mandrake #161 (1970)
• "La tomba dei vivi", Mandrake - New Comics Now #257 (1989)

Spain

• "La Tumba", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1953–1956 (Dolmen Editorial) (2020)

Sweden

• "Graven", Serie-pressen #6 & #7 & #8 (1972)
• "Gravens hemlighet", Den vandrande vålnaden #7 (1996)

Turkey

• "Mezar", Mandrake #120 (1976)
• "Mezar", Mandrake Albüm #40

USA

• "The Tomb", Mandrake Sundays #6 (1989)