Spooks

Spooks
Start date:	March 21, 1960
End date:	June 11, 1960
# of strips:	72 (12 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Secret of the Sargasso"
Followed by:	"The Thief"

"Spooks" is the 106th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda, one picture only.
• The Police Chief

One-time characters

• Mr. Pflug, an inventor.
• Mark, Mr. Pflug's assistant.
• Mr. Jones, a banker.

Locations

• A small town outside New York.

Behind the scenes

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of March 21, 1960 (Beginning: "Spooks"!) and March 19, 1960 (Next Week: "Spooks"--).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "no title", Mandrake the Magician #39 (196?)

Brazil

• "no title", Mandrake #49 (1961)
• "O Fantasma da Meia-Noite", Mandrake #311 (1981)

Finland

• "Täällähän kummittelee", Mustanaamio #10 (1980)
• "Täällähän kummittelee", Sarjakirja #1/1989 (1989)

France

• "La ville de la peur", Les héros du mystère #3 (1967)
• "La ville de la peur", Les héros du mystère Album #1 (1967)
• "La ville de la peur", Mandrake #273 and #274 (1970)
• "no title given", Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 3 - 1957 à 1961 (2012)

Italy

• "La cittá della paura", Il Vascello #62 (1961)
• "La cittá della paura", I Classici dell'Avventura #23 (1962)
• "La cittá della paura", Mandrake #153 and #154 (1970)
• "La città della paura", Mandrake - New Comics Now #70 (1982)

Norway

• "Det spøker, det spøker", Fantomet #14 (1982)
• "Det spøker, det spøker", Serie-pocket #151 (1989)

Spain

• "Fantasmas", Serie Amarilla #32 (1959)

Sweden

• "Det spökar! Det spökar!", Fantomen #2 (1980)

United Kingdom

• "Spooks", Mandrake the Magician #16 (1961)

USA

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

Yugoslavia

• • "Тајна летеће торбе" (romanized as "Tajna leteće torbe"), Politikin Zabavnik #1157 (1974)