Mystery Taxi

Mystery Taxi
Start date:	October 3rd, 1949
End date:	November 26th, 1949
# of strips:	48 (8 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Lady Ermine"
Followed by:	"Mystery at the Bar-J Ranch"

"Mystery Taxi" is the 53rd Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

A mysterious taxi driving around with a dummy driver.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• The Police Chief

One-time characters

• Mr. F, a mechanical engineer.
• Todo, Mr. F's deafmute servant.

Locations

• New York
• Compo

Behind the scenes

• The title for this story is taken from the plot.
• 20 Compo, Narda's address ?

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "Robos electrónicos", El Libro de la Historieta #13 (1956)

Australia

• "Mystery Taxi", Mandrake Comic #12 (1954)

Brazil

• "O Golpe do Taxi", Mandrake #272 (1978)

Denmark

• "no title", Fantomet #167 (1981)

Finland

• "Outo taksimies", Mustanaamio #12 (1976)

France

• "Le taxi fantôme", Roy Rogers #05 – Roy Rogers #07 (1953 )
• "Le taxi du mystère", Spécial Mandrake #66 (1969)
• "Le taxi du mystère", Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 1 (Soleil) (1993)

Italy

• "Sciarada giallo-rosa", Super Albo - Mandrake #80 (1964)
• "Sciarada giallo-rosa", Mandrake - New Comics Now #261 (1991)
• "Sciarada giallo-rosa", Mandrake 44 (Comic Art) (1995)
• "no title", Libretti a fumetti - Le avventure di Mandrake (1) (1996)

Mexico

• "Los robos electronicos", Paquito #11002 (1952)

New Zealand

• "Mystery Taxi", Mandrake the Magician #23 and Mandrake the Magician #24 (1951)

Norway

• "Taxi-mysteriet", Fantomet #20 (1984)

Sweden

• "Geniet mr F", Mandrake #3 (1963)
• "Taximysteriet", Fantomen #18 (1975)

Turkey

• "Esrarengiz Taksi", Haftalık Albüm #14 (1952)
• "Esrarengiz Taksi", Güneş #3 (1968)

United Kingdom

• "The Fat Man", Mandrake the Magician #7 (1960)