The Venus Flytrap
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The Venus Flytrap | |
Start date: | January 21st, 1951 |
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End date: | March 11th, 1951 |
# of strips: | 8 (8 weeks) |
Writer: | Lee Falk |
Artist: | Phil Davis |
Preceded by: | "Curse of the Kavrun Emerald" |
Followed by: | "Mystery of the Vanishing Homes" |
"The Venus Flytrap" is the 48th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
As our friends return from the Atlas Mountains they see a lovely palace that glitters like a gem. Inside they discovers that in the entire garden there is only one kind of flowers, a venus flytrap.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- An old man, the last of a line of famous bandits.
Locations
- North Africa (?)
Behind the scenes
- At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Venus Flytrap", which is lifted from the plot.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "no title", Novo Gibi #1803 (1952)
- "O Palácio Misterioso", Mandrake #248 (1976)
France
- "La villa des dionnées", Les héros du mystère - Extra issue Christmas 1967 (1967)
- "La villa des dionnées", Mandrake #272 (1970)
- "Le palais des dionnées", Mandrake #430 (1976)
- "(no title)", Mandrake le Magicien #5 (1984)
Italy
- "La villa delle dionèe", I Classici dell'Avventura #47 (1963)
- "La villa delle dionee", Mandrake #151 (1970)
- "La villa delle dionee", Mandrake #76 (1976)
- "La villa delle dionee", Mandrake - New Comics Now #170 (1986)
- "La villa delle dionee", Mandrake #4 (1994)
Norway
- "Fluefangeren", Skippern (1955)
- "De sovende skjønnheters hus", Fantomet #18 (1998)
Sweden
- "De sovande skönheternas hus", Fantomen #18 (1998)
USA
- "The Venus Flytrap", The Official Mandrake Sundays #4 (1989)