The Ghost Plane

The Ghost Plane
Start date:	January 5th, 1948
End date:	March 20th, 1948
# of strips:	66 (11 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Sky Acres"
Followed by:	"Cinderella of the Sea"

"The Ghost Plane" is the 46th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis. This story exists in two variants, one made to span four newspaper columns, the other to span five. The five-column variant is cropped in the lower part. There is also a three-column variant, but it is similar to the five-column variant divided into two rows.

Plot Summary

A mysterious tramp warns people to watch the ghost plane when it lands.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda

One-time characters

• The Hermit, a tramp.
• Teeth, a thug.
• Gloria Vane, a Hollywood star.

Locations

Behind the scenes

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of January 5, 1948 (Beginning: The Ghost Plane)

Signifiant covers

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  Argentina
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  Australia
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  Brazil
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  Brazil
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  Brazil
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  France
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  Italy
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  Italy
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  Italy
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  Italy
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  New Zealand

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "El avión fantasma", Mandrake el Mago #2 (1959)

Australia

• "The Ghost Plane", Mandrake Comic #9 (1954)

Brazil

• "O Avião Fantasma", Mandrake, o Mágico #24 (1973)
• "O Avião Fantasma", Mandrake #255 (1977)

Denmark

• "Spøgelsesflyveren", Fantomet #137 (1980)

Finland

• "Aavemainen lentokone", Mustanaamio #10 (1975)

France

• "L'avion fantôme", Aventures et Mystères #138 (1951)
• "L'avion fantôme", Spécial Mandrake #28 (1966)

Italy

• "L'aereo fantasma" and "La stella rapita", Nuove avventure di Mandrake #3 and #4 (1949)
• "L’aereo fantasma", Il Vascello #48 (1961)
• "L'aereo fantasma", I Classici dell'Avventura #19 (1962)
• "L’aereo fantasma", Super Albo #138 (1965)
• "L’aereo fantasma", Mandrake - New Comics Now #259 (1990)
• "L'aereo fantasma", Mandrake 38 (Comic Art) (1994)

New Zealand

• "The Ghost Plane", Mandrake the Magician #12 and Mandrake the Magician #13 (1950)

Norway

• "Spøkelsesflyet", Fantomet #1 (1990)

Sweden

• "Spökplanet", Mandrake #2 (1963)
• "Spökplanet", Fantomen #25 (1974)

United Kingdom

• "The Ghost Plane", Mandrake the Magician #5 (1960)