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Medusa

Start date:	March 25th, 1946
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

Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
France
Italy
Italy
Italy
New Zealand
New Zealand
Portugal
Spain
USA

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

"Medusa", Mandrake el Mago #3 (1959)

Australia

"Medusa", Mandrake Annual (1953)

Belgium

"(no title given)", Story# 250 to Story#261 (1950)

Brazil

"A Medusa", Mandrake #262 (1977)

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)
"Medusa", Mandrake #6 (1997)

Sweden

"Medusa", Mandrake #1 (1963)

USA

"Medusa", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "Medusa" (Pacific Comics Club) (2019)

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 '''"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 ==
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 == Signifiant covers ==
 <gallery>
+Mtm-edmal-03.jpg|[[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina
 Shakespeare-1953.jpg|[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia
 Gibi1166.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
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 Gibi1175.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
 Mandrake262rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
-Mtm-edmal-03.jpg|[[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina
 Mmm-013.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
 Ilvascello mandrake-017.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
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 == Reprints ==
 This story has been published in the following publications:
+=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
+*"Medusa", [[Mandrake el mago 3 (Edmal)|''Mandrake el Mago'' #3]] (1959)
 === [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
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 === [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
 *"A Medusa", [[Mandrake 262 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #262]] (1977)
-=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
-*"Medusa", [[Mandrake el mago 3 (Edmal)|''Mandrake el Mago'' #3]] (1959)
 === [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
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 === [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
 *"Medusa", [[Extra 1 (Hispano Americana 1950)|''Extra'' #1]] (1950)
+*"Medusa", [[Mandrake 6 (Euroclub Magerit)|''Mandrake'' #6]] (1997)
 === [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===

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