The Department Store Mystery

The Department Store Mystery
Start date:	September 3, 1950
End date:	October 22, 1950
# of strips:	8 (8 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Ghost Whale"
Followed by:	"Curse of the Kavrun Emerald"

"The Department Store Mystery" is the 46th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Every night the department store are robbed, but by whom ?

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• The Police Chief

One-time characters

• Mac, the watchman in the department store
• Joe, a thief
• Ed, a thief

Locations

• New York City

Behind the scenes

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of September 3, 1950 (Beginning: The Department Store Mystery.).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "El misterio de la tienda", Biblioteca Clarín de la Historieta #20 (2004)

France

• "Le magasin ensorcelé", Mandrake #22 (1963)
• "Le magasin ensorcelé", Mandrake #321 (1971)
• "Le magasin ensorcelé", Mandrake #428 (1975)
• "Le mystère du grand magasin", Mandrake le Magicien #4 (1982)

Italy

• "Il magazzino stregato", Mandrake #36 (1963)
• "Il magazzino stregato", Mandrake #74 (1975)
• "Il magazzino stregato", Mandrake - New Comics Now #169 (1986)
• "Il magazzino stregato", Mandrake #4 (1994)

New Zealand

• "The Department Store Mystery", Mandrake the Magician #51 and Mandrake the Magician #52 (1953)

Norway

• "Mysteriet i stormagasinet", Skippern (1954-1955)

Spain

• "Misterio en los grandes almacenes", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1949–1953 (Dolmen Editorial) (2019)

Sweden

• "Den förtrollade affären", Den vandrande vålnaden #5 (1996)

USA

• "The Department Store Mystery", The Official Mandrake Sundays #4 (1989)