The Ice Lady

The Ice Lady
Start date:	December 18, 1944
End date:	March 31, 1945
# of strips:	90 (15 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Mirror People"
Followed by:	"The Old Ones"

"The Ice Lady" is the 34th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

A strange lady has the mysterious power to freeze other people. With her unusual force, this "Ice Lady" is able to transform a steel structure into pure iced piece. For that, she uses a specific gas, the Iceotene, which transforms her victims into statues.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda
• The Police Chief
• Lothar

One-time characters

• Zera
• Elvik
• Billings

Locations

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is taken from the strip of December 18, 1944 (Beginning - The Ice Lady!).

Signifiant covers

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Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The Ice Lady" Mandrake the Magician #11 (1991)

Brazil

• "A Mulher de Gelo", Mandrake, o Mágico #16 (1972)
• "A Dama do Gelo", Mandrake #256 (1977)

France

• "Une dangereuse invention", Spécial Mandrake #11 (1964)

West Germany

• "Eine unheimliche Frau" Prinz Eisenherz-Heft #3 (1954)
• "Die Eisfrau", Comic Taschen Buch #2 (1976)
• "Eine unheimliche Frau" Prinz Eisenherz #3 (1992) = new release of 1954 issue

Italy

• "La donna di ghiaccio", L'Avventura (1946)
• "La ghiacciaia della morte", Mandrake #15 and "La macchina infernale", Mandrake #16
• "La donna di ghiaccio", Super Albo #10 (1961)
• "La donna di ghiaccio", I Classici dell'Avventura #15 (1962)
• "La donna di ghiaccio", Super Albo #86 (1964)
• "La donna di ghiaccio", Mandrake - New Comics Now #214 (1988)

Mexico

• "?", Paquito Domingo #1330 (first part) (1945)

New Zealand

• "The Ice Lady", Mandrake the Magician #98, Mandrake the Magician #99 and Mandrake the Magician #100 (1955)

Portugal

• "A Dama do Gelo", Mandrake #8 (197?)

Spain

• "La mujer hielo", Merlin el Mago Moderno #36, "El gas secreto", #37, and "El libro e negro", #38 (194?)
• "La Mujer de Hielo", Mandrake #5 (1997)

Sweden

• "Is-kvinnan", Mandrake #1 (1962)

USA

• "The Ice Lady", Comics Revue #269 – #274 (2008/2009)
• "The Ice Lady", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Ice Lady" (Pacific Comics Club) (2015)
• "The Ice Lady", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Ice Lady" (Pacific Comics Club) (2019)