Lady Ermine
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| Lady Ermine | |
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| Start date: | August 1, 1949 |
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| End date: | October 1, 1949 |
| # of strips: | 54 (9 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "The Amazing Ray" |
| Followed by: | "Mystery Taxi" |
"Lady Ermine" is the 52th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis. This story exists in two variants, one made to span four newspaper columns, the other to span five. The five-column variant is cropped in the lower part.
Plot Summary
A movie producer planned a publicity stunt for the new movie, "The Bashful Mummy". They planed to give two mummies from Egypt to the museum, one real and one fake.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Slats, works in the producer team.
- Shorty, works in the producer team.
- Lady Ermine, a jewel thief and diamond smuggler.
- Tatto, member of the diamond smuggler gang.
- Dr. Bey, member of the diamond smuggler gang.
Locations
- Hollywood
- Cairo, Egypt
- New York
- Mutual Hall
Behind the scenes
- The title for this story is taken from the plot.
- Mutual Hall refering to New England Mutual Hall and the Boston Summer Theatre (strip of September 10 and 12).
- Marthas Fur Salon refering to Martha Davis, Phil Davis' wife and assistant (strip of September 23).
Signifiant covers
Australia
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Italy
Italy
Italy
Mexico
New Zealand
New Zealand
Norway
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- "Lady Ermine", Mandrake Comic #3 (1953)
Brazil
- "Madame Arminho", Mandrake, o Mágico #26 (1974)
- "Lady Arminho", Mandrake #274 (1978)
Finland
- "Muumiomysteeri", Mustanaamio #8 (1976)
France
- "La momie ressuscitée", Roy Rogers #07 – Roy Rogers #09 (1953 )
- "La femme à l'hermine", Spécial Mandrake #69 (1969)
Italy
- "La signora in ermellino", Super Albo - Mandrake #82 (1964)
- "La signora in ermellino", Mandrake - New Comics Now #261 (1991)
- "La signora in ermellino", Mandrake 44 (Comic Art) (1995)
Mexico
- "El misterio de la momia", Paquito #11002 (1952)
New Zealand
- "Lady Ermine", Mandrake the Magician #22 and Mandrake the Magician #23 (1951)
- "Lady Ermine", Mandrake the Magician #186 and Mandrake the Magician #187 (1958)
Norway
- "Mumiemysteriet", Fantomet #11 (1985)
- "Mumiemysteriet", Serie-pocket #170 (1992)
Sweden
- "Lady Ermine", Mandrake #2 (1963)
- "Mumiemysteriet", Fantomen #23 (1975)
Turkey
- "Canlı Mumya", Haftalık Albüm #1 (1952)
- "Canlı Mumya", Güneş #6 (1968)
- "Canlı Mumya", Güneş Albüm #2 (1968)
United Kingdom
- "Lady Ermine", Mandrake the Magician #8 (1960)