The Ice Lady

The Ice Lady

Start date:	December 18, 1944
End date:	March 31, 1945
# of strips:	90 (15 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Mirror People"
Followed by:	"The Old Ones"

"The Ice Lady" is the 34th 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

A strange lady has the mysterious power to freeze other people. With her unusual force, this "Ice Lady" is able to transform a steel structure into pure iced piece. For that, she uses a specific gas, the Iceotene, which transforms her victims into statues.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Zera
Elvik
Billings

Locations

Behind the scenes

The title for the story is taken from the strip of December 18, 1944 (Beginning - The Ice Lady!).

Signifiant covers

Australia
Brazil
Italy
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New Zealand
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Portugal
Spain
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USA
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Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

"The Ice Lady" Mandrake the Magician #11 (1991)

Brazil

"A Mulher de Gelo", Mandrake, o Mágico #16 (1972)
"A Dama do Gelo", Mandrake #256 (1977)

France

"Une dangereuse invention", Spécial Mandrake #11 (1964)

West Germany

"Eine unheimliche Frau" Prinz Eisenherz-Heft #3 (1954)
"Die Eisfrau", Comic Taschen Buch #2 (1976)
"Eine unheimliche Frau" Prinz Eisenherz #3 (1992) = new release of 1954 issue

Italy

"La donna di ghiaccio", L'Avventura (1946)
"La ghiacciaia della morte", Mandrake #15 and "La macchina infernale", Mandrake #16
"La donna di ghiaccio", Super Albo #10 (1961)
"La donna di ghiaccio", I Classici dell'Avventura #15 (1962)
"La donna di ghiaccio", Super Albo #86 (1964)
"La donna di ghiaccio", Mandrake - New Comics Now #214 (1988)