Medusa
| Medusa | |
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| Start date: | March 25th, 1946 |
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| End date: | June 1st, 1946 |
| # of strips: | 60 (10 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "Pleasant Valley" |
| Followed by: | "The Jinx" |
"Medusa" is the 39th 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
An explorer comes back to civilization with a living Medusa. When she escapes petrified people pop up in her footsteps.
Appearances
Recurring characters
- Mandrake
- Lothar
- Narda
- The Police Chief, two pictures only.
One-time characters
- Crane, an explorer.
- Mr. Burr, a banker.
Locations
- New York City
- Garden Gate
Behind the scenes
- The title for this story is taken from the strip of March 23, 1946 (Beginning Next Week = "Medusa")
- The Police Chief is married.
Signifiant covers
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USA
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- "Medusa", Mandrake Annual (1953)
Belgium
- "(no title given)", Story# 250 to Story#261 (1950)
Brazil
- "A Medusa", Mandrake #262 (1977)
Argentina
- "Medusa", Mandrake el Mago #3 (1959)
France
- "Le masque d'argent", Mandrake #13 (1963)
Italy
- "La maschera d'argento", L'Avventura (1948)
- "La maschera d'argento", Mandrake #17 (1962)
- "La maschera d'argento", I Classici dell'Avventura #53 (1964)
- "La maschera d'argento", Mandrake #120 (1969)
- "La maschera d'argento", Mandrake - New Comics Now #215 (1988)
- "La maschera d'argento", Mandrake 33 (Comic Art) (1994)
New Zealand
- "Medusa", Mandrake the Magician #133 and Mandrake the Magician #134 (1957)
Portugal
- "O Mistério de Medusa", Mandrake #1 (197?)
Spain
- "Medusa", Extra #1 (1950)
Sweden
- "Medusa", Mandrake #1 (1963)