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|Title= Mystery Taxi | |Title= Mystery Taxi | ||
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|Start= October 3rd, 1949 | |Start= October 3rd, 1949 | ||
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'''"Mystery Taxi"''' is the 53rd Mandrake [[daily story]]. | '''"Mystery Taxi"''' is the 53rd 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 four newspaper columns, the other to span five. The five-column variant is cropped in the lower part. | |||
== Plot Summary == | == Plot Summary == | ||
Revision as of 18:25, 29 October 2024
| Mystery Taxi | |
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| Start date: | October 3rd, 1949 |
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| End date: | November 26th, 1949 |
| # of strips: | 48 (8 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "Lady Ermine" |
| Followed by: | "Mystery at the Bar-J Ranch" |
"Mystery Taxi" is the 53rd 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 four newspaper columns, the other to span five. The five-column variant is cropped in the lower part.
Plot Summary
A mysterious taxi driving around with a dummy driver.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Mr. F, a mechanical engineer.
- Todo, Mr. F's deafmute servant.
Locations
- New York
- Compo
Behind the scenes
- The title for this story is taken from the plot.
- 20 Compo, Narda's address ?
Signifiant covers
Australia
Brazil
Italy
Turkey
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "Robos electrónicos", El Libro de la Historieta #13 (1956)
Australia
- "Mystery Taxi", Mandrake Comic #12 (1954)
Brazil
- "O Senhor G", Mandrake, o Mágico #26 (1974)
- "O Golpe do Taxi", Mandrake #272 (1978)
Denmark
- "no title", Fantomet #167 (1981)
Finland
- "Outo taksimies", Mustanaamio #12 (1976)
France
- "Le taxi fantôme", Roy Rogers #05 – Roy Rogers #07 (1953 )
- "Le taxi du mystère", Spécial Mandrake #66 (1969)
- "Le taxi du mystère", Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 1 (Soleil) (1993)
Italy
- "Sciarada giallo-rosa", Super Albo - Mandrake #80 (1964)
- "Sciarada giallo-rosa", Mandrake - New Comics Now #261 (1991)
- "Sciarada giallo-rosa", Mandrake 44 (Comic Art) (1995)
- "no title", Libretti a fumetti - Le avventure di Mandrake (1) (1996)
Mexico
- "Los robos electronicos", Paquito #11002 (1952)
New Zealand
- "Mystery Taxi", Mandrake the Magician #23 and Mandrake the Magician #24 (1951)
Norway
- "Taxi-mysteriet", Fantomet #20 (1984)
Sweden
- "Geniet mr F", Mandrake #3 (1963)
- "Taximysteriet", Fantomen #18 (1975)
Turkey
- "Esrarengiz Taksi", Haftalık Albüm #14 (1952)
- "Esrarengiz Taksi", 1001 Özel #234 (1957)
- "Esrarengiz Taksi", Güneş #3 (1968)
United Kingdom
- "The Fat Man", Mandrake the Magician #7 (1960)