Photo Mystery

Photo Mystery
Start date:	July 31st, 1961
End date:	September 23rd, 1961
# of strips:	48 (8 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Fishing Trip"
Followed by:	"Goliath"

"Photo Mystery" is the 112th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

After people have taken pictures in a modern photo booth. they give away their valuables....

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda
• The Police Chief
• Lothar

One-time characters

• Mr. Banks,
• James, a driver.

Locations

• New York
• S.S. Div.

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story taken from the strip of July 31st, 1961 (Beginning: Photo Mystery).
  Note: At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Photo Mystery".

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "O Truque da Cabine", Mandrake #307 (1981)

Finland

• "Kuva-automaatti", Mustanaamio #15 (1980)
• "Kuva-automaatti", Sarjakirja #1 (1990)

France

• "Les photos mystérieuses", Les héros du mystère #8 (1967)
• "Les photos mystérieuses", Les héros du mystère Album #3 (1967)
• "Les photos mystérieuses", Mandrake #354 (1972)

Italy

• "Le fotografie misteriose", Mandrake #11 (1962)
• "Le fotografie misteriose", I Classici dell'Avventura #49 (1963)
• "Le fotografie misteriose", Mandrake #32 (1972)
• "Le fotografie misteriose", Mandrake - New Comics Now #133 (1985)

Norway

• "Fotoautomaten", Fantomet #11 (1984)
• "Fotoautomaten", Serie-pocket #153 (1990)

Portugal

• "A Cabine Misteriosa", Condor Popular #10, volum 44 (1963)

Sweden

• "Fotoautomaten", Fantomen #9 (1980)

Turkey

• "Esrarengiz Fotoğrafçi", Mandrake #169 & #170 (1977)
• "Esrarengiz Fotoğrafçi", Mandrake Albüm #55 (1977)

United Kingdom

• "Photo Mystery", Mandrake the Magician #18 (1960)

Yugoslavia

• "Organizovani kriminal", Mandrakov magazin #14 (1990)

USA

• "Photo Mystery", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "Photo Mystery" (Pacific Comics Club) (2020)