The Abominable Snowman

The Abominable Snowman
Start date:	November 22, 1959
End date:	May 1, 1960
# of strips:	24 (24 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Horse Thief"
Followed by:	"The Demon Photographer"

"The Abominable Snowman" is the 81th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mandrake is on an expedition with Captain Pierce, trying to find the abominable snowman. In a cave atop of the mountain Mandrake stumble into the home of the old greece gods.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda

One-time characters

• Capt. Pierce, famed mountain climber.
• Sir Harry, a financier.
• Diana, a Greek god.
• Appollo, a Greek god.
• Zeus, a Greek god.
• Mercury, a Greek god.
• Herkules, a Greek god.
• Hera, a Greek god.
• Odin, a Norse god, mentioned only.
• Thor, a Norse god, mentioned only.
• Loki, a Norse god, mentioned only.
• Christopher Columbus, mentioned only.
• Isaac Newton, mentioned only.
• Albert Einstein, mentioned only.

Locations

• Himalaya
  • Mount Arat
    • Olympus
    • Valhalla, mentioned only.

Behind the scenes

• The story title is taken from the strip of November 15 and 22, 1959 (Next Week: "Abominable Snowman" & Beginning: The Abominable Snowman).
• The Greek and Norse gods came originally from a planet that moves about a green sun, far away our solar system. At Earth Olympus and Valhalla was their winter resorts.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "?", Libro de Oro - Mandrake el Mago #15 (1965)

Denmark

• "no title", Comics #2 (1971)

Finland

• "Lumimiehen arvoitus", Mustanaamio #10 (2001)

France

• "L'abominable homme des neiges", Mandrake #408 (1973)

Italy

• "Il mostro delle nevi", Il Vascello #60 (1961)
• "Il mostro delle nevi", I Classici dell'Avventura #29 (1963)
• "Il mostro delle nevi", Mandrake #54 (1973)
• "Il mostro delle nevi", Mandrake - New Comics Now #318 and #319 (1993)

Norway

• "Besøk på Olymp", Fantomet #10 (2001)

Mexico

• "El Horrendo Hombre de la Nieve", Mandrake el mago #12 (1966)

Portugal

• "O Abominável Homem das Neves", Selecções #7 (1961)

Spain

• "Los dioses del Olimpo", Serie Amarilla #22 (1959)

Sweden

• "no title", Comics #2 (1971)
• "Besök på Olympen", Fantomen #10 (2001)

Turkey

• "Kar Adamı", Mandrake #229 & #230 & #231 (1978)
• "Kar Adamı", Mandrake Albüm #74 & #75 (1978)
• "Kar Adamı", Mandrake Albüm #196

USA

• "The Abominable Snowman", The Missing Years #57 (2009)

West Germany

• "no title", Comics #2 (1971)

Yugoslavia

• "Мандрак и снежни човек" ("romanized as "Mandrak i snežni čovek"), Politikin Zabavnik #459 – #482 (1960-61)