The Sleeping Beauty

The Sleeping Beauty
Start date:	October 15th, 1945
End date:	January 12th, 1946
# of strips:	78 (13 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Mysterious Prince"
Followed by:	"Pleasant Valley"

"The Sleeping Beauty" is the 37th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda

One-time characters

• Alex, caretaker of the desolate house
• Bessie, wife of Alex
• Hepzibah, lived and died an old maid
• Greg, nephew of Hepzibah - and Carol's guardian
• Lilly, niece of Hepzibah - and Carol's guardian
• Carol, grandniece of Hepzibah
• Bob, Carol's fiancé

Locations

• New York (?)
  • The Highway
    • A desolate house
    • The old mill, in the woods

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is taken from the strips of October 13 and 15, 1945 (Beginning Next Week = The Sleeping Beauty & Beginning: The Sleeping Beauty).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The Sleeping Beauty", Mandrake Comic #1 (1953)

Argentina

• "La belleza dormide", Album Pif-Paf #55 (1955)

Brazil

• "A Bela Adormecida", Mandrake, o Mágico #19 (1972)
• "A Bela Adormecida", Mandrake #267 (1978)

France

• "La belle au bois dormant", Aventures et Mystère #92 (1948)
• "L'étrange héritage", Spécial Mandrake #6 (1964)

Italy

• "La bella addormentata", L'Avventura (1947)
• "La bella addormentata", Super Albo - Mandrake #66 (1964)
• "La bella addormentata", Mandrake - New Comics Now #215 (1988)
• "La bella addormentata", Mandrake 31 (Comic Art) (1994)

New Zealand

• "The Sleeping Beauty", Mandrake the Magician #3, Mandrake the Magician #4, Mandrake the Magician #5 and Mandrake the Magician #6 (1950)

Norway

• "Den sovende blondinen", Fantomet #7 (1987)

Portugal

• "A Noiva Raptada", Mandrake #11 (197?)

Spain

• "no title", Rip Kirby #1 & #2 & #3 & #4 & #5 & #6 & #7 & #8 & #9 & #10 & #11 & #12 & #13 (1948)
• "Lucha cuerpo a cuerpo", Extra #10 (1950)

Sweden

• "Sovande skönhet", Mandrake #1 (1962)
• "Den sovande blondinen", Fantomen #4 (1974)

USA

• "The Sleeping Beauty", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Sleeping Beauty" (Pacific Comics Club) (2019)