Mystery of the Girls with Red Hair

Mystery of the Girls with Red Hair
Start date:	November 8th, 1942
End date:	February 28th, 1943
# of strips:	17 (17 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Pacifica"
Followed by:	"Cloud City"

"Mystery of the Girls with Red Hair" is the 23rd Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Back in the US June and Jimmy have a small, quiet wedding. Junes sister, the red haired Gloria, was to come home for June's wedding but something have happend, she has disappeared. The police are dealing with a similar mystery, twelve girls with red hair are missing.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar, only in the second panel of the story !
• The Police Chief ?

One-time characters

• Colonel Barton
• June, daughter of Colonel Barton.
• Private Jimmy, a marine.
• Gloria, daughter of Colonel Barton.
• Miss Martin, a policewoman.
• Griswold, mentioned only.
• Craven, an old man.
• Lilly, Craven's blond houskeeper and Griswold's daughter

Locations

• New York
• Craven's mountain estate.
• Griswold Gold Mines, in the western mountain area

Behind the scenes

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of November 8, 1942 (Beginning The Mystery of the Girls with Red Hair).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "O mistério das moças ruivas", Almanaque do O Globo Juvenil 1945 (1944)
• "O Mistério das Ruivas", Mandrake #119 (1966)

Finland

• "Punatukkaisten tyttöjen arvoitus", Mustanaamio #8 (1993)

Norway

• "Mysteriet med de rødhårete jentene", Fantomer #13 (1993)
• "Mysteriet med de rødhårete jentene", Klassikerserien Mandrake 1934-1964 (2003)

Sweden

• "De rödhåriga flickorna", Allers Familj-Journal
• "Mysteriet med de rödhåriga flickorna", Fantomen #4 (1993)

USA

• King Comics (1944)

Yugoslavia

• "Misterija riđokosih devojaka", Biblioteka Nostalgija #8 (1988)