The Ghost Whale
| The Ghost Whale | |
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| Start date: | June 11, 1950 |
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| End date: | August 27, 1950 |
| # of strips: | 12 (12 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "Jungle Adventure" |
| Followed by: | "The Department Store Mystery" |
"The Ghost Whale" is the 45th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
While the S.S. Argos leaves the West African port Mandrake runs into two seperat mysteries: A native fishing fleet destroyed by a "ghost whale", and a cruise ship attacked by pirates who come from nowhere and return into the sea.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Arlen Blaine
- Jans, one of the "ghost pirates"
- Captain of the "ghost pirates"
Behind the scenes
- The title for this story is taken from the plot.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "La ballena Fantasma", Mandrake el Mago en La ballena Fantasma (1970)
Brazil
- "Os Piratas da Baleia Fantasma", Novo Gibi #1783 (1952)
- "A Baleia-Fantasma", Mandrake #147 (1969) note: may be wrong !
France
- "La baleine fantôme", Mandrake #29 (1964)
- "La baleine fantôme", Le Journal de Mickey #951-#953 (1970)
- "La baleine fantôme", Mandrake #319 (1971)
- "La baleine fantôme", Mandrake #428 (1975)
- "La baleine fantôme", Mandrake le Magicien #4 (1982)
India
- "The Ghost Whale", The Phantom #12 (2001)
Italy
- "Il fantasma del mare", Mandrake #44 (1963)
- "Il fantasma del mare", I Classici dell'Avventura #87 (1965)
- "Il fantasma del mare", Mandrake #74 (1975)
- "Il fantasma del mare", Mandrake - New Comics Now #169 (1986)
- "Il fantasma del mare", Mandrake #3 (1994)
- "no title", Mandrake - La rotta delle meraviglie (2004)
Norway
- "Spøkelsehvalen", Skippern (1954)
- "Spøkelseshvalen", Fantomet #5 (1997)
Sweden
- "Spökvalen", Fantomen #5 (1997)
USA
- "The Ghost Whale", The Official Mandrake Sundays #4 (1989)