The Haunted Slope

The Haunted Slope
Start date:	December 14, 1953
End date:	February 6, 1954
# of strips:	48 (8 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Monsters"
Followed by:	"The Royal Suitor"

"The Haunted Slope" is the 75th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mysterious things takes place on the slope.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda

One-time characters

• Jack, a ski pro.
• Big Ed, a bank robber.
• Harry the Fence, a fence.
• Dapper Dan, a jewel thief.

Locations

• • The north slope.

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is taken from the strip of December 14, 1953 (Beginning: The Haunted Slope).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "La cuesta embrujada", Gran Bonete #11 (1955)

Brazil

• "O Esquiador Fantasma", Mandrake #9 (1954)
• "O Esquiador Fantasma", Mandrake #243 (1976)
• "O Esquiador Fantasma", Mandrake #302 (1981)
• "O Esquiador Fantasma", Mandrake Coleção #32 (1992)

Finland

• "Mandrake ja Taka-Alpin Arvoitus", Sarjakuvalehti #7 (1961)
• "Aavemäki", Mustanaamio #5 (1976)
• "Aavemäki", Mustanaamio #5 (1988)

France

• "Le skieur fantôme",Spécial Mandrake #46 (1967)
• "La piste hantée", Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 2 - 1953 à 1957 (2012)

Italy

• "Insidie sulla neve", Super Albo - Mandrake #78 (1964)
• "Insidie sulla neve", Mandrake - New Comics Now #306 (1993)

Norway

• "Spøkelsesbakken", Fantomet #19 (1988)

Portugal

• "O Fantasma do Gelo", Mundo de Aventuras #260 to Mundo de Aventuras #266 (1954)

Spain

• "El Esquiador Fantasma", Mandrake #23 (1997)

Sweden

• "Spökbacken", Fantomen #25 (1975)