The Department Store Mystery
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| The Department Store Mystery | |
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| Start date: | September 3, 1950 |
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| End date: | October 22, 1950 |
| # of strips: | 8 (8 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "The Ghost Whale" |
| Followed by: | "Curse of the Kavrun Emerald" |
"The Department Store Mystery" is the 46th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
Every night the department store are robbed, but by whom ?
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Mac, the watchman in the department store
- Joe, a thief
- Ed, a thief
Locations
- New York City
Behind the scenes
- The title for this story is taken from the strip of September 3, 1950 (Beginning: The Department Store Mystery.).
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "El misterio de la tienda", Biblioteca Clarín de la Historieta #20 (2004)
France
- "Le magasin ensorcelé", Mandrake #22 (1963)
- "Le magasin ensorcelé", Mandrake #321 (1971)
- "Le magasin ensorcelé", Mandrake #428 (1975)
- "Le mystère du grand magasin", Mandrake le Magicien #4 (1982)
Italy
- "Il magazzino stregato", Mandrake #36 (1963)
- "Il magazzino stregato", Mandrake #74 (1975)
- "Il magazzino stregato", Mandrake - New Comics Now #169 (1986)
- "Il magazzino stregato", Mandrake #4 (1994)
New Zealand
- "The Department Store Mystery", Mandrake the Magician #51 and Mandrake the Magician #52 (1953)
Norway
- "Mysteriet i stormagasinet", Skippern (1954-1955)
Spain
- "Misterio en los grandes almacenes", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1949–1953 (Dolmen Editorial) (2019)
Sweden
- "Den förtrollade affären", Den vandrande vålnaden #5 (1996)
USA
- "The Department Store Mystery", The Official Mandrake Sundays #4 (1989)