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'''"Mandrake and the Haunted House"''' is the 13th Mandrake [[daily story]].  
'''"Mandrake and the Haunted House"''' is the 13th Mandrake [[daily story]].  
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].
This story exists in two variants, one made to span six newspaper columns, the other to span five.  


== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
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'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
*Hollywood
*New York (?)
**Willows at Barker Road
**Willows at Barker Road
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==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
===Title===
*The title for the story is taken from the plot.
*The title for the story is taken from the plot.
== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Mandrake241rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandrakecolecao08.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Cas6.jpeg|[[Image:mini_canada.gif]] Canada
Collana Albi grandi avventure 82.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Ilvascello mandrake-037.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Special Mandrake-FS 174.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Collana Mandrake csitw-08.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Comart12.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Ciclone 082.jpg|[[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal
Mandrake esteve 9.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain
1001romanspecial10.jpg|[[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey
1001ozel-176.jpg|[[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey
Official-mtm-03.jpg|[[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA
</gallery>


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
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=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"A Casa Mal-Assombrada", [[Almanaque do Mandrake 1962|''Almanaque do Mandrake'']] (1962)
*"A Casa Mal-Assombrada", [[Almanaque do Mandrake 1962|''Almanaque do Mandrake'']] (1962)
*"O Casarão Assombrado", [[Mandrake, o Mágico 3|''Mandrake, o Mágico'' #3]] (1970)
*"A Herança", [[Mandrake 241 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #241]] (1976)
*"A Herança", [[Mandrake 241 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #241]] (1976)
*"A Herdeira", [[Mandrake Coleção 8|''Mandrake Coleção'' #8]] (1990)
*"A Herdeira", [[Mandrake Coleção 8|''Mandrake Coleção'' #8]] (1990)
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=== [[Image:mini_denmark.gif]] Denmark ===
=== [[Image:mini_denmark.gif]] Denmark ===
*"Mandrake og det forheksede hus", [[Seriebiblioteket (Danish) 1|''Seriebiblioteket (Danish)'' #1]] (1976)
*"Mandrake og det forheksede hus", [[Seriebiblioteket 1 (Danish)|''Seriebiblioteket'' #1]] (1976)


=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
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*"L'uomo pantera", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 37|''Mandrake'' #37]] (1963)
*"L'uomo pantera", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 37|''Mandrake'' #37]] (1963)
*"L'uomo pantera", [[Special Mandrake 174 (Fratelli Spada)|''Special Mandrake'' #174]] (1966)
*"L'uomo pantera", [[Special Mandrake 174 (Fratelli Spada)|''Special Mandrake'' #174]] (1966)
*"L'uomo pantera", [[Mandrake (Fratelli Spada) (Hardcover Album)|''Mandrake'']] (1972)
*"L'uomo pantera", [[Mandrake (Fratelli Spada Cartonato)|''Mandrake'']] (1972)
*"La casa stregata", [[Mandrake (Garzanti)|''Mandrake (Garzanti)'']] (1972)
*"La casa stregata", [[Mandrake (Garzanti)|''Mandrake (Garzanti)'']] (1972)
*''"no title"'', [[L'olimpo dei fumetti 14|''L'olimpo dei fumetti'' #14]] (1973)
*''"no title"'', [[L'olimpo dei fumetti 14|''L'olimpo dei fumetti'' #14]] (1973)
*"L'uomo dal viso pantera", [[Collana Albi grandi avventure (16)|''Collana Albi grandi avventure'' #16]] (1975)
*"La casa degli spettri", [[Mandrake 8 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #8]] (Comics Stars in the World 1976)
*"La casa degli spettri", [[Mandrake 8 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #8]] (Comics Stars in the World 1976)
*"La casa degli spettri", [[New Comics Now 118|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #118]] (1984)
*"La casa degli spettri", [[New Comics Now 118|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #118]] (1984)
*"La casa degli spettri", [[Mandrake 12 (Comic Art)]] (1992)
*"La casa degli spettri", [[Mandrake 12 (Comic Art)]] (1992)
*"La casa degli spettri", [[Mandrake il mago (Mondadori Comics) Volume 2|''Mandrake il mago Volume 2'']] (2015)


=== [[Image:mini_french_polynesia.png|border]] French Polynesia===
=== [[Image:mini_french_polynesia.png|border]] French Polynesia===
*"La casa degli spettri", [[Mandrake 8 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #8]] (Comics Stars in the World 1976) <small>note: Italian text.</small>
*"La casa degli spettri", [[Mandrake 8 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #8]] (Comics Stars in the World 1976) <small>note: Italian text.</small>
=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"Mandrake and the Haunted House", [[Mandrake the Magician 64 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #64'']] (1954)


=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"no title", [[Seriebiblioteket (Norwegian)|''Seriebiblioteket (Norwegian)'' #1]] (1976)
*''"no title"'', [[Seriebiblioteket 1 (Norwegian)|''Seriebiblioteket'' #1]] (1976)


=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
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=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"La casa embrujada", [[Cómic de Bolsillo 1|Mandrake el mago]] (1981)
*"no title" ("La casa embrujada" on back cover), [[Cómic de Bolsillo 1|Mandrake el mago]] (1981)
*"La casa de los espectros", [[Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado 33 - Mandrake 9|''Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado'' #33 - ''Mandrake'' #9]] (1986)


=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*''no title'', [[Seriebiblioteket (Swedish)|''Seriebiblioteket (Swedish)'' #1]] (1976)
*''no title'', [[Seriebiblioteket 1 (Swedish)|''Seriebiblioteket'' #1]] (1976)


=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Tekinsiz Evin Esrarı", [[1001 Roman - Özel Sayı 10|''1001 Roman - Özel Sayı'' #10]] (1940)
*"Tekinsiz Evin Esrarı", [[1001 Roman - Özel Sayı 10|''1001 Roman - Özel Sayı'' #10]] (1940)
*"Perili Evin Esrarı", [[1001 Özel 176|''1001 Özel'' #176]] (1956)


=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
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*"Mandrake in Hollywood", [[The Official Mandrake the Magician 2|''The Official Mandrake the Magician'' #2]] &ndash; [[The Official Mandrake the Magician 3|''The Official Mandrake the Magician'' #3]] (1988)
*"Mandrake in Hollywood", [[The Official Mandrake the Magician 2|''The Official Mandrake the Magician'' #2]] &ndash; [[The Official Mandrake the Magician 3|''The Official Mandrake the Magician'' #3]] (1988)
*"no title", [[Feature Books 19 (Pacific Comics Club)|''Feature Books'' #19]] (1993, reprint)
*"no title", [[Feature Books 19 (Pacific Comics Club)|''Feature Books'' #19]] (1993, reprint)
*"Mandrake and the Haunted House", [[Comics Revue 397-398|''Comics Revue'' #397-398]] &ndash; [[Comics Revue 405-406|#405-406]] (2019/2020)
=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png|border]] [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia===
*"Tajanstvena kuća", ''[[Jutarnji list]]'' August 31, 1938 &ndash; October 2, 1938
*"Зачарана кућа" (romanized as "Začarana kuća"), [[Politikin Zabavnik 1176|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #1167]] (1974)


[[Category:Daily stories|Mandrake and the Haunted House]]
[[Category:Daily stories|Mandrake and the Haunted House]]

Revision as of 16:22, 14 October 2024

Mandrake and the Haunted House
Start date: May 16th, 1938
End date: July 9th, 1938
# of strips: 48 (8 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: "Sonny the Child Movie Star"
Followed by: "Blozz the Champion"

"Mandrake and the Haunted House" is the 13th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis. This story exists in two variants, one made to span six newspaper columns, the other to span five.

Plot Summary

A young lady crashed into Mandrake's house on a horse. Ellen has inherited the Willows from her her grandfather, but the house is haunted.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Ellen
  • Don, Ellen's fiancé.
  • Lily Bell, Ellen's housekeeper.
  • Mrs. Woods, previous owner of the Willows.

Locations

  • New York (?)
    • Willows at Barker Road


Behind the scenes

Title

  • The title for the story is taken from the plot.

Signifiant covers

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

Canada

Denmark

France

Italy

French Polynesia

  • "La casa degli spettri", Mandrake #8 (Comics Stars in the World 1976) note: Italian text.

New Zealand

Norway

Portugal

Spain

Sweden

Turkey

USA

Yugoslavia