Mystery at the Bar-J Ranch
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| Mystery at the Bar-J Ranch | |
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| Start date: | November 28th, 1949 |
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| End date: | February 11th, 1950 |
| # of strips: | 66 (11 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "Mystery Taxi" |
| Followed by: | "Deadman's Gulch" |
"Mystery at the Bar-J Ranch" is the 54th 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.
Plot Summary
At Janet's ranch cattle disappears mysteriously.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Janet, Narda's aunt.
- Cactus, Janet's forman.
- The Sheriff
- Pete, a cattle thief.
- Mac, a pilote and cattle thief.
Locations
- New York
- Mid west
- Bar-J Ranch
Behind the scenes
- The title for this story is taken from the plot.
Note: At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "Mystery at the Bar T Ranch" - Janet Squire is the aunt of Lee Falk's wife Constance.
Signifiant covers
Brazil
Brazil
Italy
New Zealand
New Zealand
Spain
USA
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- "Mystery at the Bar-J Ranch", Mandrake Comic #5 (1953)
Brazil
- "O vaqueiro de duas cabeças", Novo Gibi #1740 (1950)
- "Mandrake no Oeste", Mandrake, o Mágico #28 (1974)
- "Mandrake no Oeste", Mandrake #254 (1977)
Denmark
- "Kvægtyvene", Fantomet #189 (1982)
France
- (no given title), Roy Rogers #10, Roy Rogers #11 and Roy Rogers #12 (1953 )
- "Le cow-boy à deux têtes", Mandrake #335 and #336 (1971)
Italy
- "Il cowboy con 2 teste", Mandrake #9 and #10 (1971)
- "Il cow-boy con due teste", Mandrake - New Comics Now #261 (1991)
- "Il cow-boy con due teste", Mandrake 45/46 (Comic Art) (1995)
Mexico
- "El rancho Bar J", Paquito #11010 (1952)
New Zealand
- "Mystery at the Bar-J Ranch", Mandrake the Magician #24, Mandrake the Magician #25, and Mandrake the Magician #26 (1951)
Norway
- "Ormebolet", Serie-pocket #75 (1982)
- "Kvegtyvene", Fantomet #16 (1989)
Spain
- "Mandrake en el Rancho", Mandrake #15 (1997)
Sweden
- "Bodskapstjuvarna", Mandrake #3 (1963)
- "Boskapstjuvarna", Fantomen #20 (1976)
Turkey
- "İki Başlı Haydut" (part 1), Haftalık Albüm #25 (1952)
- '"no title"', Güneş #3 and Güneş #4 (?) (1968) following the previous story: "Esrarengiz Taksi"
USA
- "Mystery at the Bar Ranch", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Ice Lady" (Pacific Comics Club) (2015)
United Kingdom
- "The Vanishing Steers", Mandrake the Magician #8 (1960)