The Caribbean Mystery
| The Caribbean Mystery | |
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| Start date: | November 4th, 1951 |
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| End date: | December 16th, 1951 |
| # of strips: | 7 (7 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "The Spaceship to Venus" |
| Followed by: | "The Jungle Fullback" |
"The Caribbean Mystery" is the 51st Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
Mandrake and Narda having a rest on the white sand of a coral island in the balmy Caribbean. A few miles away Mr. Dukes is shot in the back, - in a room locked from the inside, no windows, no holes in the walls and no guns. A mystery...
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Sport, a small-time gambler.
- Mike, a small-time gambler.
- Mr. Dukes
Locations
- The Caribbean
Behind the scenes
- The story title is from the strip of November 4, 1951 (Beginning: The Caribbean Mystery!).
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "no title", Novo Gibi #1795 (1952)
- "Mistério nas Antilhas", Mandrake #246 (1976)
France
- "Le mystère des Caraïbes", Les héros du mystère #16 (1968)
- "Le mystère des Caraïbes", Les héros du mystère Album #6 (1968)
- "Le mystère des Caraïbes", Mandrake #447 (1979)
- "no title", Mandrake le Magicien #5 (1984)
Italy
- "Il mistero dei Caraibi", Albo Traguardo #40 (1953)
- "Il mistero dei Carabi", Super Albo #8 (1962)
- "Il mistero dei Caraibi", Mandrake #26 (1967)
- "Il mistero dei Caraibi", Mandrake #92 (1979)
- "Il mistero dei Caraibi", Mandrake - New Comics Now #170 (1986)
- "Il mistero dei Caraibi", Mandrake #1 (1993)
New Zealand
- "The Caribbean Mystery", Mandrake the Magician #55 and Mandrake the Magician #56 (1953)
Spain
- "Misterio en el Caribe", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1949–1953 (Dolmen Editorial) (2019)
Sweden
- "Det perfekta brottet", Den vandrande vålnaden #3 (1996)
Turkey
- "no given title", 1001 Özel #252 (1957) note: traced from ?
USA
- "The Caribbean Mystery", Mandrake Sundays #5 (1989)
- "The Caribbean Mystery", The Sunday Pages Series/ "The Caribbean Mystery and other Stories" (Pacific Comics Club) (2018)