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The Museum Theft

Start date:	August 30, 1954
End date:	October 9, 1954
# of strips:	36 (6 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Deep Sea Mystery"
Followed by:	"The Enchantress"

"The Museum Theft" is the 78th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Some thieves have stolen some valuable paintings from a museum. But famous paintings are hard to sell.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Slug, a thief.
Tiny, a thief.
Louie the Fence, a fence.
Mr. Kern, owner of the paintings.
Mouthpiece, a lawyer.

Locations

New York
- Municipal Museum
- XZ Storage Co.

Behind the scenes

The title for the story is lifted from the plot (Strip of August 30, 1954 indicate the title as: Next Week: The Fine Arts).

Signifiant covers

Brazil
France
Italy
Italy
Portugal

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

"Las Bellas Artes", Gran Bonete #10 (1955)

Australia

"The Art Lovers", Mandrake Annual Xmas 1956 (1956)

Brazil

"no title", Almanaque do Mandrake (1956)
"Os Quadros Desaparecidos", Mandrake #176 (1971)
"O Roubo do Museu", Mandrake #289 (1980)

Finland

"Tauluvarkaat", Sarjakuvalehti #11 (1962)
"Tauluvarkaus", Mustanaamio #14 (1977)
"Tauluvarkaus", Sarjakirja #1/1988 (1988)

France

"Vol au musée", Mandrake #9 (1963)
"Les arts", Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 2 - 1953 à 1957 (2012)

Italy

"Furto al museo", Il Vascello #9 (1959)
"Furto al museo", I Classici dell'Avventura #1 (1962)
"Furto al museo", Super Albo #112 (1964)
"Furto al museo", Mandrake - New Comics Now #306 (1993)

New Zealand

"The Museum Theft", Mandrake the Magician #109 (195?)

Norway

"Malerityvene", Serie-pocket #138 (1988)

Portugal

"O Roubo dos Quadros", Condor Popular Vol. 5 #3 (1955)

Spain

"Robo en el Museo", Mandrake #24 (1997)

Sweden

"Tavelstölden", Fantomen #5 (1977)

United Kingdom

"The Great Art Museum Mystery", Mandrake the Magician #12 (1961)

Yugoslavia

"Оживеле слике" (romanized as "Oživele slike"), Politikin Zabavnik #1420 (1979)

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 == Plot Summary ==
-{{stub}}
+Some thieves have stolen some valuable paintings from a museum. But famous paintings are hard to sell.
 ===Appearances===
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 '''Recurring characters'''
 *[[Mandrake]]
-*[[Lothar]]
+*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]]
-*[[Narda]]
 '''One-time characters'''
+*Slug, a thief.
+*Tiny, a thief.
+*Louie ''the Fence'', a fence.
+*Mr. Kern, owner of the paintings.
+*Mouthpiece, a lawyer.
 </div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
 '''Locations'''
+*New York
+**Municipal Museum
+**XZ Storage Co.
 </div><br clear="all">
-==Related stories==
+==Behind the scenes==
-===Follows===
+*The title for the story is lifted from the plot ''(Strip of August 30, 1954 indicate the title as: Next Week: The Fine Arts)''.
-===Referenced in===
+== Signifiant covers ==
+<gallery>
+Mandrake176rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Mmm-009.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
+Il Vascello-02-09.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Super Albo 112.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Condor Popular-0503.jpg|[[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal
+</gallery>
 == Reprints ==
 This story has been published in the following publications:
+=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
+*"Las Bellas Artes", [[Gran Bonete 10|''Gran Bonete'' #10]] (1955)
 === [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
@@ Line 43: / Line 56: @@
 === [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
+*"''no title''", [[Almanaque do Mandrake 1956|''Almanaque do Mandrake'']] (1956)
+*"Os Quadros Desaparecidos", [[Mandrake 176 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #176]] (1971)
 *"O Roubo do Museu", [[Mandrake 289 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #289]] (1980)
 === [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
-*''"Tauluvarkaat"'', [[Sarjakuvalehti 11/1962|''Sarjakuvalehti'' #11]] (1962)
+*"Tauluvarkaat", [[Sarjakuvalehti 11/1962|''Sarjakuvalehti'' #11]] (1962)
+*"Tauluvarkaus", [[Mustanaamio 14/1977|''Mustanaamio'' #14]] (1977)
 *"Tauluvarkaus", [[Sarjakirja 1/1988|''Sarjakirja'' #1/1988]] (1988)
@@ Line 55: / Line 71: @@
 === [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
 *"Furto al museo", [[Il Vascello 9 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #9]] (1959)
-*"Furto al museo", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 1 – Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #1]] (1962)
+*"Furto al museo", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 1|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #1]] (1962)
+*"Furto al museo", [[Super Albo 112 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''Super Albo'' #112]] (1964)
 *"Furto al museo", [[New Comics Now 306|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #306]] (1993)
+=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
+*"The Museum Theft", [[Mandrake the Magician 109 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #109'']] (195?)
 === [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
 *"Malerityvene", [[Serie-pocket 138 (Norway)|''Serie-pocket'' #138]] (1988)
-=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] Spain ===
+=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
+*"O Roubo dos Quadros", [[Condor Popular Vol. 5 N.° 3|''Condor Popular'' Vol. 5 #3]] (1955)
+=== [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
 *"Robo en el Museo", [[Mandrake 24 (Euroclub Magerit)|''Mandrake'' #24]] (1997)
+=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
+*"Tavelstölden", [[Fantomen 5/1977|''Fantomen'' #5]] (1977)
+=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
+*"The Great Art Museum Mystery", [[Mandrake the Magician 12 (Miller)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #12]] (1961)
+=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia===
+*"Оживеле слике" (romanized as "Oživele slike"), [[Politikin Zabavnik 1420|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #1420]] (1979)
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