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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

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 - -).

Signifiant covers

Brazil
Italy
USA

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)
"La Tumba", Héroes del Cómic 8 (2021)

Sweden

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

Turkey

USA

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

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 == Plot Summary ==
-{{stub}}
+Midnight in a graveyard, Narda pursues her wind-blown hat when a skeleton's hand came out of a tomb and grabbed her.
 ===Appearances===
-<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
+<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
 '''Recurring characters'''
 *[[Mandrake]]
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 '''One-time characters'''
+*A caretaker
-</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
+*A villain, member og the counterfeit gang
+</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
 '''Locations'''
+*New York City
+**A graveyard
 </div><br clear="all">
-==Related stories==
+==Behind the scenes==
-===Follows===
+*The story title is from the strip of May 23 and 30, 1954 (Next Week: The Tomb ! / Beginning: The Tomb - -).
-===Referenced in===
+== Signifiant covers ==
+<gallery>
+Mandrake012rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Ilvascellomandrake-02-161.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Official-M-sundays-06.jpg|[[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA
+</gallery>
 == Reprints ==
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 *"La tomba dei vivi", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 161|''Mandrake'' #161]] (1970)
 *"La tomba dei vivi", [[New Comics Now 257|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #257]] (1989)
+=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
+*"La Tumba", [[Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1953–1956 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2020)
+*"La Tumba", [[Héroes del Cómic 8]] (2021)
 === [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
+*"Graven", [[Serie-pressen 6/1972|''Serie-pressen'' #6]] & [[Serie-pressen 7/1972| #7]] & [[Serie-pressen 8/1972| #8]] (1972)
 *"Gravens hemlighet", [[Fantomen - Den vandrande vålnaden 7|''Den vandrande vålnaden'' #7]] (1996)
 === [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
 *"Mezar", [[Mandrake 120 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #120]] (1976)
+*"Mezar", [[Mandrake Albüm 40 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #40]]
+*"Mezar", [[Mandrake Albüm 114 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #114]]
 === [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===