The Mystery of the Stone Face

The Mystery of the Stone Face
Start date:	January 14th, 1973
End date:	April 15th, 1973
# of strips:	14
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Basilisk"
Followed by:	"Lothar's Walk in the Park"

"The Mystery of the Stone Face" is the 119th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

The stone face is an amazing natural formation on land owned by the same family for 10 generation. The land is now owned by the famous poet Winton. Now some miners have found that the mountain with the stone face containing uranium and want to buy it.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda

One-time characters

• Mr Winton, a famous poet
• Burr, Winton's nephew
• Miner #1
• Miner #2
• A judge

Locations

• US

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is taken from the strip of January 14, 1973 (Beginning: The Mystery of the Stone Face!).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "La Roca Justiciera", Sandokan #2 (1982)

Brazil

• "A Cara de Pedra", Mandrake #207 (1973)

France

• "La tête en pierre", Journal de Mickey #1327 – #1332

Iceland

• "Leyndardómur steinandlitsins", Vísir August 18, 1973 – November 17, 1973

India

• "Mystery of the Stone Face", Indrajal Comics #218 (1974)

Italy

• "La faccia di pietra", I Quaderni del Fumetto #19 (1975)

Sweden

• "Stenansiktet", Blixt Gordon 7/1969

Turkey

• "Kayaların Yüzü", Mandrake #140 #141 (1977)
• "Kayaların Yüzü", Mandrake Albüm #47
• "Kayaların Yüzü", Mandrake Süper Albüm #30

Yugoslavia

• "Tajna kamenog lica", Super EKS Almanah #67 (1985)