The Invisible Thief

The Invisible Thief
Start date:	December 7th, 1958
End date:	March 15th, 1959
# of strips:	15 (15 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Birthday Party"
Followed by:	"The Watcher"

"The Invisible Thief" is the 77th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

The police is baffled by mysterious daylight robberies, committed by an invisible thief.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda
• The Police Chief

One-time characters

• Michael, a bank clerk.
• The invisible thief, an inventor.

Locations

• New York City
  • S.S. Div.

Behind the scenes

• At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Invisible Thief", which is lifted from the plot.

Signifiant covers

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  Italy

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  Portugal

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Finland

• "Näkymätön varas", Mustanaamio #6 (1998)

France

• "Une invention sensationnelle", Mandrake #1 (1962)
• "Une invention sensationnelle", Mandrake #306 (1971)

India

• "The Invisible Thief", The Phantom #5 (2000)

Italy

• "Un'invenzione sensazionale", Il Vascello #50 (1961)
• "Un'invenzione sensazionale", I Classici dell'Avventura #21 (1962)
• "Un'invenzione sensazionale", Mandrake #27 (1967)
• "Un’invenzione sensazionale", Mandrake - New Comics Now #302 and #318 (1993)

Norway

• "Den usynlige tyven", Fantomet #5 (1998)

Portugal

• "O Mistério do Homem Invisível", Ciclone #13 (1961)

Spain

• "El Ladrón invisible", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1956–1959 (Dolmen Editorial) (2021)

Sweden

• "Den osynlige tjuven", Fantomen #5 (1998)

Turkey

• "Görünmeyen Hirsiz", Mandrake #225 & #226 (1978)
• "Görünmeyen Hirsiz", Mandrake Albüm #73 (1978)

United Kingdom

• "The Invisible Thief, Mandrake the Magician #19 (1962)

USA

• "The Invisible Thief", The Missing Years #53 (2006)

Yugoslavia

• "Невидљиви крадљивци"/"Nevidljivi kradljivci", Politikin Zabavnik #1010 (1971)