The Octopus Ring
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The Octopus Ring | |
Start date: | May 6th, 1940 |
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End date: | December 21st, 1940 |
# of strips: | 198 (33 weeks) |
Writer: | Lee Falk |
Artist: | Phil Davis |
Preceded by: | "The Museum Mystery" |
Followed by: | "Dr Griff's Invention" |
"The Octopus Ring" is the 22nd Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
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Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Mr. Foote
- Roark
- Karl
- Luga
- Sonya
- Bill
Locations
- New York
Behind the scenes
- The title for the story is taken from the strip of May 4, 1940 (Beginning Next Week --- The Octopus Ring !).
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- "The Octopus Ring" Mandrake the Magician #9 and #10 (1991)
Brazil
- "A Quadriha do Polvo", Almanaque do Mandrake (1955)
- "A Volta do Polvo", Mandrake, o Mágico #9 (1971)
- "A Quadrilha do Polvo", Mandrake Coleção #18 – #19 (1991)
France
- "La ligne noire", Mandrake #23 and "Echec et mat au Général", Mandrake #24 (1963)
- "La ligne noire", Mandrake #341 and #342 (1971)
Italy
- "Nel covo delle spie", L'Avventuroso #355 - #375 (1941)
- "La fine del Polipo", L'Avventura (1944-1945)
- "La fine del Polipo", Albi delle grandi avventure - Mandrake #4 (1946)
- "Nel covo delle spie" & "La piovra" & "La linea nera", Mandrake #21, #22 and #23 (1947-1948)
- "La linea nera" & "Scacomatto al generale", Mandrake #38 and #39 (1964)
- "La linea nera", Mandrake #15 and #16 (1971)
- "Il covo delle spie", Mandrake - New Comics Now #149 (1985)
- "Il covo delle spie", Mandrake 18 (Comic Art) (1993)
- "I tentacoli della Piovra", Mandrake contro la piovra (2000)
- "I tentacoli della Piovra", Mandrake e il mistero dell'orchidea tigrata (2001)
Norway
- "Blekkspruten", Spøk og Spenning #31/1941 - #1/1945
Spain
- "La raya negra", Mandrake #12 (198?)
Sweden
- "Bläckfisken", Allers Familj-Journal #51/1940 - #49/1941
USA
- "The Octopus Ring", The Official Mandrake the Magician #7, – #8, – #9, – #12, and #13 (1988 - 1989)