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|Title= City of Jewels<br>Pt.1:The Polar Bear Pirates
|image= [[Image:ms-19480411.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= April 11th, 1948
|End= June 20th, 1948
|Strips= 11 (11 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Prince Who Never Smiled]]"
|Followed= "[[City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons|"City of Jewels"<br>Pt.2:The Ice Demons]]"
|}}
'''"City of Jewels" Pt.1: "The Polar Bear Pirates"''' is the 38th Mandrake [[Sunday story]]. 
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
Returning from the polar regions the explorer Munden said he had discovered a warm land surrounded by polar ice. With a glittering, fabulous city build of giant jewels instead og stone. Now he wants Mr. Blaine to finance an expedition back there, to search for the city. When they finally reached the great ice pack they were attacked by the Polar Bear Pirate, aided by his amazing trained bear pack. He loots Argos and kidnaps Narda.

===Appearances===
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'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]

'''One-time characters'''
*[[Colonel Barton|Arlen Blaine]]
*Munden, an explorer
*A native
*The Polar Bear Pirate
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'''Locations'''
*New York City
*The polar region
'''Vehicles'''
*[[Argos|Argus]], Blaine's yacht.
</div><br clear="all">

==Behind the scenes==
*The title for this story is taken from the strip of April 4 and 11, 1948 (Next Week = "The City of Jewels" & Beginning: The City of Jewels.). And the subtitle is lifted from the plot.

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia===
*"City of Jewels", [[Mandrake Comic 2|''Mandrake Comic'' #2]] (1953)

=== [[Image:mini_belgium.gif]] Belgium ===
*"(no title given)", [[Story 220|''Story''# 220]] to [[Story 225|''Story''#225]] (1949) 

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"A Cidade das Jóias", [[Mandrake 98 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #98]] (1965)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Enfer blanc", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 61|''Spécial Mandrake'' #61]] (1968)
*"Enfer blanc", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 5|''Spécial Mandrake Album'' #5]] (1968)
*"La ville des joyaux", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 424|''Mandrake'' #424]] (1974)
*"La cité de cristal", [[Mandrake le Magicien (Collection BD V.F) 3|''Mandrake le Magicien'' #3]] (1981)
*"L'enfer blanc", [[Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 2 (Soleil)]] (1993)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"La città dei gioielli", [[L'Avventura Albo tascabile 10|''L'Avventura Albo tascabile'' #10]] (1950)
*"Inferno bianco", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 25|''Mandrake'' #25]] (1962)
*"Inferno bianco", [[Special Mandrake 191 (Fratelli Spada)|''Special Mandrake'' #191]] (1967)
*"La citta del gioielli", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 70|''Mandrake'' #70]] (1974)
*"Inferno bianco", [[Mandrake Speciale (Comic Art) 2|''Mandrake'' #2]] (1994)
*''no title'', [[I classici del fumetto di Repubblica - serie oro 12|''Mandrake'' - La rotta delle meraviglie]] (2004)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Mandrake i juvelbyen", [[Skippern]] (1951-1952)

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"A Cidade de Cristal", [[Antologia da BD Clássica 1|''Antologia da BD Clássica'' #1]] (1982)

=== [[Image:mini_serbia.gif|border]] Serbia ===
*"Grad dragulja", [[Biblioteka Nostalgija 1 (Makondo)|''Biblioteka Nostalgija'' #1]] (2014)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"City of Jewels", [[The Official Mandrake Sundays 3|''The Official Mandrake Sundays'' #3]] (1989)

[[Category:Sunday stories|City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates]]