Lady Ermine

Lady Ermine

Start date:	August 1, 1949
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 three variants, one made to span three newspaper columns, one to span four and one to span five. Compared to the four-column variant the five-column variant is cropped in the lower part. The three column variant is cropped less in the lower part and the panels are made wider by adding extra ink. The copyright line is almost always placed differently in the strip, as is the date. In addition, the shape and placement of the speech bubble can be different.

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).