The Abominable Snowman
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The Abominable Snowman | |
Start date: | November 22, 1959 |
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End date: | May 1, 1960 |
# of strips: | 24 (24 weeks) |
Writer: | Lee Falk |
Artist: | Phil Davis |
Preceded by: | "The Horse Thief" |
Followed by: | "The Demon Photographer" |
"The Abominable Snowman" is the 81th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
Mandrake is on an expedition with Captain Pierce, trying to find the abominable snowman. In a cave atop of the mountain Mandrake stumble into the home of the old greece gods.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Capt. Pierce, famed mountain climber.
- Sir Harry, a financier.
- Diana, a Greek god.
- Appollo, a Greek god.
- Zeus, a Greek god.
- Mercury, a Greek god.
- Herkules, a Greek god.
- Hera, a Greek god.
- Odin, a Norse god, mentioned only.
- Thor, a Norse god, mentioned only.
- Loki, a Norse god, mentioned only.
- Christopher Columbus, mentioned only.
- Isaac Newton, mentioned only.
- Albert Einstein, mentioned only.
Locations
- Himalaya
- Mount Arat
- Olympus
- Valhalla, mentioned only.
- Mount Arat
Behind the scenes
- The story title is taken from the strip of November 15 and 22, 1959 (Next Week: "Abominable Snowman" & Beginning: The Abominable Snowman).
- The Greek and Norse gods came originally from a planet that moves about a green sun, far away our solar system. At Earth Olympus and Valhalla was their winter resorts.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Denmark
- "no title", Comics #2 (1971)
Finland
- "Lumimiehen arvoitus", Mustanaamio #10 (2001)
France
- "L'abominable homme des neiges", Mandrake #408 (1973)
Italy
- "Il monstro delle nevi", Il Vascello #60 (1961)
- "Il monstro delle nevi", Mandrake #54 (1973)
- "Il monstro delle nevi", Mandrake - New Comics Now #318 and #319 (1993)
Norway
- "Besøk på Olymp", Fantomet #10 (2001)
Mexico
- "El Horrendo Hombre de la Nieve", Mandrake el mago #12 (1966)
Portugal
- "O Abominável Homem das Neves", Selecções #7 (1961)
Spain
- "Los dioses del Olimpo", Serie Amarilla #22 (1959)
Sweden
- "no title", Comics #2 (1971)
- "Besök på Olympen", Fantomen #10 (2001)
Turkey
- "Kar Adamı", Mandrake #229 & #230 & #231 (1978)
- "Kar Adamı", Mandrake Albüm #74 & #75 (1978)
- "Kar Adamı", Mandrake Albüm #196
West Germany
- "no title", Comics #2 (1971)
Yugoslavia
- "Мандрак и снежни човек" ("romanized as "Mandrak i snežni čovek"), Politikin Zabavnik #459 – #482 (1960-61)