Mystery at the Bar-J Ranch
| Mystery at the Bar-J Ranch | |
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| Start date: | November 28th, 1949 |
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| End date: | February 11th, 1950 |
| # of strips: | 66 (11 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "Mystery Taxi" |
| Followed by: | "Deadman's Gulch" |
"Mystery at the Bar-J Ranch" is the 54th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
At Janet's ranch cattle disappears mysteriously.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Janet, Narda's aunt.
- Cactus, Janet's forman.
- The Sheriff
- Pete, a cattle thief.
- Mac, a pilote and cattle thief.
Locations
- New York
- Mid west
- Bar-J Ranch
Behind the scenes
- The title for this story is taken from the plot.
Note: At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "Mystery at the Bar T Ranch" - Janet Squire is the aunt of Lee Falk's wife Constance.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- "Mystery at the Bar-J Ranch", Mandrake Comic #5 (1953)
Brazil
- "O vaqueiro de duas cabeças", Novo Gibi #1740 (1950)
- "Mandrake no Oeste", Mandrake, o Mágico #28 (1974)
- "Mandrake no Oeste", Mandrake #254 (1977)
Denmark
- "Kvægtyvene", Fantomet #189 (1982)
France
- (no given title), Roy Rogers #10, Roy Rogers #11 and Roy Rogers #12 (1953 )
- "Le cow-boy à deux têtes", Mandrake #335 and #336 (1971)
Italy
- "Il cowboy con 2 teste", Mandrake #9 and #10 (1971)
- "Il cow-boy con due teste", Mandrake - New Comics Now #261 (1991)
- "Il cow-boy con due teste", Mandrake 45/46 (Comic Art) (1995)
Mexico
- "El rancho Bar J", Paquito #11010 (1952)
Norway
- "Ormebolet", Serie-pocket #75 (1982)
- "Kvegtyvene", Fantomet #16 (1989)
Spain
- "Mandrake en el Rancho", Mandrake #15 (1997)
Sweden
- "Bodskapstjuvarna", Mandrake #3 (1963)
- "Boskapstjuvarna", Fantomen #20 (1976)
Turkey
- "İki Başlı Haydut" (part 1), Haftalık Albüm #25 (1952)
- '"no title"', Güneş #3 and Güneş #4 (?) (1968) following the previous story: "Esrarengiz Taksi"
USA
- "Mystery at the Bar Ranch", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Ice Lady" (Pacific Comics Club) (2015)
United Kingdom
- "The Vanishing Steers", Mandrake the Magician #8 (1960)