The Horse Thief
| The Horse Thief | |
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| Start date: | September 6, 1959 |
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| End date: | November 15, 1959 |
| # of strips: | 11 (11 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "The Old West Revisited" |
| Followed by: | "The Abominable Snowman" |
"The Horse Thief" is the 80th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
In the city there are a series of robberies. By a masked, armed and talking horse.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Mr Jones, the president of the First Bank.
- Perkins, a driver.
- Jack, a young man.
Locations
- New York City
- Lovers Lane.
Behind the scenes
- The story title is taken from the strip of August 30 and September 6, 1959 (Next Week: "The Horse Thief" & Beginning: The Horse Thief).
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "O Cavalo Ladrão", Mandrake #45 (1960)
Finland
- "Hevosvaras", Mustanaamio #6 (1997)
France
- "Le cheval voleur", Mandrake #4 (1962)
- "Le cheval voleur", Mandrake #275 (1970)
India
- "The Horse Thief", The Phantom #8 (2001)
Italy
- "Il cavallo ladro", Il Vascello #51 (1961)
- "Il cavallo ladro", I Classici dell'Avventura #31 (1963)
- "Il cavallo ladro", Mandrake #149 (1970)
- "Il cavallo ladro", Mandrake - New Comics Now #318 (1993)
Norway
- "Hestetyven", Fantomet #11 (1997)
Portugal
- "O Cavalo Ladrão", Condor Popular vol. 35 #6 (19??)
Spain
- "El vaquero", Serie Amarilla #12 (1959)
Sweden
- "Hästtjuven", Fantomen #11 (1997)
Turkey
- "Hırsız At", Mandrake #228 & #229 (1978)
- "Hırsız At", Mandrake Albüm #74 (1978)
- "Hırsız At", Mandrake Albüm #189
Yugoslavia
- "Мандрак и четвороноги крадљивац" (romanized as "Mandrak i četvoronogi kradljivac"), Politikin Zabavnik #991 (1970)