The Clay Camel (plus Women's Lib!)

The Clay Camel (plus Women's Lib!)
Start date:	November 2nd, 1970
End date:	March 6th, 1971
# of strips:	126 (18 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"Hojo's Tale"
Followed by:	"Narda and the Cats"

"The Clay Camel (plus Women's Lib!)" is the 145th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• Karma
• Hojo
• The Clay Camel
• The Police Chief

One-time characters

• Professor Lipton, visit the Clay Camel in prison to make an interview.
• A butcher, one of Clay' disguise.
• A policeman, one of Clay' disguise.
• Aggie Clay, truck driving aunt of Clay and one of Clay' disguise.

Locations

• Xanadu
• Singatraz, a maximum security prison.

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story taken from the strip of November 5, 1970 (Tomorrow: "The Clay Camel"). The sub title "(plus Women's Lib!)", is lifted from the plot.
• In Clay's desguise kit; wigs, grease, paint and a mysterious plastic film. Clay use the plastic film to form a mask just in a few seconds. The mask is a perfect copy of any face.
• The Clay Camel, reading a Phantom Comic Book.
• The Clay Camel have prison number 39013.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "A Volta do Camelo", Mandrake #184 (1971)
• "O Camelo de Barro", Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake #2 (1989)
• "O Camelo de Barro", Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake (Minissérie Encadernada) (1989)

India

• "The Master of Disguise" Indrajal Comics #153 (1972)
• "The Maze of Deceit", Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 32 (1988)

Spain

• "El camello de Barro", Supercomics Garbo #2 (1976)

Turkey

• "Kil Deve", Mandrake #19 #20 #21 #22 (1974)
• "Kil Deve", Mandrake Albüm #7 #8
• "Kil Deve", Mandrake Süper Albüm #21 #22

Yugoslavia

• "Kralj maski", Super EKS Almanah #11 (1980)