The Caribbean Mystery

The Caribbean Mystery
Start date:	November 4th, 1951
End date:	December 16th, 1951
# of strips:	7 (7 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Spaceship to Venus"
Followed by:	"The Jungle Fullback"

"The Caribbean Mystery" is the 51st Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mandrake and Narda having a rest on the white sand of a coral island in the balmy Caribbean. A few miles away Mr. Dukes is shot in the back, - in a room locked from the inside, no windows, no holes in the walls and no guns. A mystery...

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda
• Lothar

One-time characters

• Sport, a small-time gambler.
• Mike, a small-time gambler.
• Mr. Dukes

Locations

• The Caribbean

Behind the scenes

• The story title is from the strip of November 4, 1951 (Beginning: The Caribbean Mystery!).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "no title", Novo Gibi #1795 (1952)
• "Mistério nas Antilhas", Mandrake #246 (1976)

France

• "Le mystère des Caraïbes", Les héros du mystère #16 (1968)
• "Le mystère des Caraïbes", Les héros du mystère Album #6 (1968)
• "Le mystère des Caraïbes", Mandrake #447 (1979)
• "no title", Mandrake le Magicien #5 (1984)

Italy

• "Il mistero dei Caraibi", Albo Traguardo #40 (1953)
• "Il mistero dei Carabi", Super Albo #8 (1962)
• "Il mistero dei Caraibi", Mandrake #26 (1967)
• "Il mistero dei Caraibi", Mandrake #92 (1979)
• "Il mistero dei Caraibi", Mandrake - New Comics Now #170 (1986)
• "Il mistero dei Caraibi", Mandrake #1 (1993)

New Zealand

• "The Caribbean Mystery", Mandrake the Magician #55 and Mandrake the Magician #56 (1953)

Spain

• "Misterio en el Caribe", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1949–1953 (Dolmen Editorial) (2019)

Sweden

• "Det perfekta brottet", Den vandrande vålnaden #3 (1996)

Turkey

• "no given title", 1001 Özel #252 (1957) note: traced from ?

USA

• "The Caribbean Mystery", Mandrake Sundays #5 (1989)
• "The Caribbean Mystery", The Sunday Pages Series/ "The Caribbean Mystery and other Stories" (Pacific Comics Club) (2018)