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|Title= The Clay Camel (plus Women's Lib!)
|Title= The Clay Camel (plus Women's Lib!)
|image=  
|image= [[Image:md-1970-11-02.png|400 px]]
|Start= December 7th, 1970
|Start= November 2nd, 1970
|End= March 6th, 1971
|End= March 6th, 1971
|Strips= 78 (13 weeks)
|Strips= 126 (18 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Fred Fredericks]]
|Artist= [[Fred Fredericks]]
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== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
One day at Singatraz prof. Lipton came to interview the Clay Camel. He wanted to study Clay's methods of instant desguise and brought with him Clay's desguise kit.
Desguised as Lipton, Clay manage to escape the maximum security prison. He had threat to kill Mandrake when he came out and at once started to play a cat and mouse game with Mandrake.
Narda and Karma had joined a woman's liberation group, Clay read that they were arrested while picketing without a permit and made a plan. Desguised as his aunt Aggie ha manage to infiltrate the group and become their president. Led by Aggie the woman's liberation group invades a jewelry store - a sit-down protest. Stealing diamonds for a million, and with Narda as hostage, Aggie got away - in a 1968 gray motly sedan.
Mandrake turned Clay's game against him. Mandrake was aware that Clay had a weakness, he wants the world to know how clever he is. Mandrake asked the police chief not to give Clay credit for the jewel robbery in any interviews. Clay was furious and started calling newspapers, the police chief and Mandrake. Tracing Clay's phone they found his hideout. Desguised as an old woman Mandrake manage to catch Clay once more.


===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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*[[Narda]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Karma]]
*[[Karma]]
 
*[[Hojo]]
*[[Saki (The Clay Camel)|The Clay Camel]]
*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]]
'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
*[[Saki (The Clay Camel)]]
*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.
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'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
*[[Xanadu]]
*Singatraz, a maximum security prison.
*Tiffier's, best jewelry store in town.
*Pamet Warehouse, mention only.
*A farmhouse on Depot road, Clay's hideout.
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==Behind the scenes==
===Title===
*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.
===Mandrake Lore===
*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.
===Real Life References===
*[[Real_Life_References_-_Locations#Appearances_of_Cape_Cod_Addresses|Pamet]] Warehouse and Depot road, refering to Lee Falk's summer house near Truro at Cape Cod.
===Easter Eggs===
*[[Saki (The Clay Camel)|'''The Clay Camel''']], reading a [[The Phantom|Phantom]] Comic Book.
*'''The Clay Camel''' has prison number [[39013|'''39013''']].
<gallery>
Image:MD-1970-11-06.jpg|6 Nov, 1970
Image:MD-1970-09-11-p.jpg|11 Sep, 1970
</gallery>


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
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*"A Volta do Camelo", [[Mandrake 184 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #184]] (1971)
*"A Volta do Camelo", [[Mandrake 184 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #184]] (1971)
*"O Camelo de Barro", [[Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake 2|''Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake'' #2]] (1989)
*"O Camelo de Barro", [[Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake 2|''Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake'' #2]] (1989)
*"O Camelo de Barro", [[Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake (Minissérie Encadernada)|''Os Grandes Inimigos do Mandrake (Minissérie Encadernada)'']] (1989)
=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Savikamelin paluu", [[Mustanaamio 22/1985|''Mustanaamio'' #22]] (1985)
=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*"The Master of Disguise" [[Indrajal Comics 153|''Indrajal Comics'' #153]] (1972)
*"The Maze of Deceit", [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 32|''Indrajal Comics'' Vol. 25 No. 32]] (1988)
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Il ritorno del camella d’argilla", [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 17|''Mandrake'' #17]], [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 18| #18]] and [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 19| #19]] (1971)
=== [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El camello de Barro", [[Supercomics Garbo 2|''Supercomics Garbo'' #2]] (1976)
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Lerkamelens återkomst", [[Fantomen 9/1985|''Fantomen'' #9]] (1985)
=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Kil Deve", [[Mandrake 19 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #19]] & [[Mandrake 20 (Tay)| #20]] & [[Mandrake 21 (Tay)| #21]] & [[Mandrake 22 (Tay)| #22]] (1974)
*"Kil Deve", [[Mandrake Albüm 7 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #7]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 8 (Tay)| #8]] (1974)
*"Kil Deve", [[Mandrake Albüm 129 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #129]]
*"Kil Deve", [[Mandrake Albüm 210 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #210]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 211 (Tay)| #211]]
*"Kil Deve", [[Mandrake Albüm 230 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #230]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 231 (Tay)| #231]]
*"Kil Deve", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 21 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #21]] & [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 22 (Tay)| #22]]
*"Kil Deve", [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 79 (Tay)|''Mandrake Süper Albüm'' #79]] & [[Mandrake Süper Albüm 80 (Tay)| #80]]
=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia===
*"Kralj maski", [[Super EKS Almanah 11|''Super EKS Almanah'' #11]] (1980)


[[Category:Daily stories|Clay Camel (plus Women's Lib!), The]]
[[Category:Daily stories|Clay Camel (plus Women's Lib!), The]]

Latest revision as of 16:15, 10 June 2019

The Clay Camel (plus Women's Lib!)
Md-1970-11-02.png
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

One day at Singatraz prof. Lipton came to interview the Clay Camel. He wanted to study Clay's methods of instant desguise and brought with him Clay's desguise kit.

Desguised as Lipton, Clay manage to escape the maximum security prison. He had threat to kill Mandrake when he came out and at once started to play a cat and mouse game with Mandrake.

Narda and Karma had joined a woman's liberation group, Clay read that they were arrested while picketing without a permit and made a plan. Desguised as his aunt Aggie ha manage to infiltrate the group and become their president. Led by Aggie the woman's liberation group invades a jewelry store - a sit-down protest. Stealing diamonds for a million, and with Narda as hostage, Aggie got away - in a 1968 gray motly sedan.

Mandrake turned Clay's game against him. Mandrake was aware that Clay had a weakness, he wants the world to know how clever he is. Mandrake asked the police chief not to give Clay credit for the jewel robbery in any interviews. Clay was furious and started calling newspapers, the police chief and Mandrake. Tracing Clay's phone they found his hideout. Desguised as an old woman Mandrake manage to catch Clay once more.

Appearances

Recurring characters

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.
  • Tiffier's, best jewelry store in town.
  • Pamet Warehouse, mention only.
  • A farmhouse on Depot road, Clay's hideout.


Behind the scenes

Title

  • 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.

Mandrake Lore

  • 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.

Real Life References

  • Pamet Warehouse and Depot road, refering to Lee Falk's summer house near Truro at Cape Cod.

Easter Eggs

  • 6 Nov, 1970

  • 11 Sep, 1970

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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Mini india.gif India

Mini italy.gif Italy

Mini spain.gif Spain

Mini sweden.gif Sweden

Mini turkey.gif Turkey

Mini yugoslavia.png Yugoslavia

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