The Hide-out

The Hide-out
Start date:	November 23rd, 1952
End date:	January 18th, 1953
# of strips:	9 (9 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Doorway to Z"
Followed by:	"The Visitors"

"The Hide-out" is the 55th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

While Narda trying some spear-fishing deep under water she suddenly sees a man's face looking at her. Later on, at a jewelry show at the hotel, she sees a guard with the same face. What is going on ?

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda

One-time characters

• Old Wiggly, a huge octopus.

Locations

• The Caribbean

Behind the scenes

• The story title is from the strip of November 21, 1952 (Next Week = The Hide-out).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "Aventura Submarina", Mandrake #2 (1953)
• "Aventura Submarina", Mandrake #244 (1976)

Finland

• "Jalokivivarkaat", Mustanaamio #18 (2000)

France

• "Les voleurs sous–marins", Les héros du mystère #16 (1968)
• "Les voleurs sous–marins", Les héros du mystère Album #6 (1968)
• "Les voleurs sous-marins", Le Journal de Mickey #969-#971 (1971)
• "no title", Mandrake le Magicien #5 (1984)

Italy

• "I landri sottomarini", Albo Furore #1 (1953)
• "I landri sottomarini", Mandrake #26 (1967)
• "I ladri sottomarini", Mandrake - New Comics Now #200 and #217 (1987 and 1988)

Norway

• "Juveltyvene", Fantomet #18 (2000)

Portugal

• "Piratas no Fundo do Mar", Colecção Condor #44 (1954)

Sweden

• "Juveltjuvarna", Fantomen #18 (2000)

Turkey

• "Mücevher Hırsızları", Mandrake #114 & #115 (1976)
• "Mücevher Hırsızları", Mandrake Albüm #38 & #39

USA

• "The Hide-out", Mandrake Sundays #5 (1989)

Yugoslavia

• "Лице под маском" (romanized as"Lice pod maskom"), Politikin Zabavnik #1033 (1971)