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The Santa Claus Pirates

Start date:	September 3rd, 1944
End date:	December 3rd, 1944
# of strips:	14 (14 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Circus Adventure"
Followed by:	"Fountain of Youth"

"The Santa Claus Pirates" is the 28th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mandrake, Narda and Lothar are going on a scientific cruise to chart tropical waters. Sailing the Florida "Keys", the yacht Raven is attacked by a pirate galleon which proves to be captained by the Santa Claus Pirate.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

An old sailer, on the Raven.
The Captain, on the Raven.
The Santa Claus Pirate, captain on a black buccaneeer.
"Tiger" Shark; a ex-crook, ex-gambler, ex-murderer and now the Santa Claus Pirate.
Teach, a mutineer.

Locations

The Florida "Keys".

Vehicles

S.S. Raven, a yacht.

Behind the scenes

At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Santa Claus Pirates", which is lifted from the plot.
Narda's first appearance in a Sunday story.

Signifiant covers

Brazil
Brazil
Italy
Italy
Spain

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

"no title", Selecciones Graficas #434 (1949)
"no title", Selecciones Graficas #511 (1951)

Brazil

"O Pirata Papai Noel", Mandrake #59 (1961)
"O Pirata Papai Noel", Mandrake Especial #11 (1987)

France

"Le corsaire Papa Noel", Le Fantôme Spécial #08 (1964)
"Le pirate père noël", Mandrake #418 (1974)
"Le pirate père Noël", Mandrake le Magicien (Editions de la Porte Dorée) 2 (2015)

Italy

"Il corsaro Babbo Natale", Super Albo #26 (1963)
"Il corsaro Babbo Natale", Mandrake #64 (1974)
"Il corsaro Babbo Natale", Mandrake - New Comics Now #42 (1981)
"no title", Mandrake - La rotta delle meraviglie (2004)

Norway

"The Santa Claus Pirates", Mandrake the Magician (2005) Note: English text !!

Spain

"El pirata papa noel", Merlin el Mago Moderno #32 (1947)

USA

"(no title)", King Comics #118, King Comics #119, King Comics #120 and King Comics #121 (1946)
"The Santa Claus Pirate", The Official Mandrake Sundays #1 (1989)

Yugoslavia

"Gusar deda mraz", Biblioteka Nostalgija #13 (1991)

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 == Plot Summary ==
-{{stub}}
+Mandrake, Narda and Lothar are going on a scientific cruise to chart tropical waters. Sailing the Florida "Keys", the yacht Raven is attacked by a pirate galleon which proves to be captained by the Santa Claus Pirate.
 ===Appearances===
-<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
+<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
 '''Recurring characters'''
 *[[Mandrake]]
 *[[Lothar]]
+*[[Narda]]
 '''One-time characters'''
+*An old sailer, on the Raven.
-</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
+*The Captain, on the Raven.
+*The Santa Claus Pirate, captain on a black buccaneeer.
+*''"Tiger"'' Shark; a ex-crook, ex-gambler, ex-murderer and now the Santa Claus Pirate.
+*Teach, a mutineer.
+</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
 '''Locations'''
+*The Florida "Keys".
+'''Vehicles'''
+*S.S. Raven, a yacht.
 </div><br clear="all">
-==Related stories==
+==Behind the scenes==
-===Follows===
+*At the [http://www.deepwoods.org deepwoods.org] index the title for this story is '''"The Santa Claus Pirates"''', which is lifted from the plot.
+*Narda's first appearance in a Sunday story.
-===Referenced in===
+== Signifiant covers ==
+<gallery>
+Mandrake059rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Mandrakeespecial11.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Super Albo 026.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Ilvascello-04-64.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+LGA Merlin el Mago Moderno-32.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain
+</gallery>
 == Reprints ==
 This story has been published in the following publications:
+=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
+*"''no title''", [[Selecciones Graficas 434|''Selecciones Graficas'' #434]] (1949)
+*"''no title''", [[Selecciones Graficas 511|''Selecciones Graficas'' #511]] (1951)
 === [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
-*"''no title''", [[Mandrake 59 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #59]] (1961)
+*"O Pirata Papai Noel", [[Mandrake 59 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #59]] (1961)
 *"O Pirata Papai Noel", [[Mandrake Especial 11|''Mandrake Especial'' #11]]  (1987)
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 *"Le corsaire Papa Noel", [[Le Fantôme Spécial 8|''Le Fantôme Spécial'' #08]]  (1964)
 *"Le pirate père noël", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 418|''Mandrake'' #418]] (1974)
+*"Le pirate père Noël", [[Mandrake le Magicien (Editions de la Porte Dorée) 2]] (2015)
 === [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
@@ Line 49: / Line 68: @@
 *"Il corsaro Babbo Natale",  [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 64|''Mandrake'' #64]] (1974)
 *"Il corsaro Babbo Natale",  [[New Comics Now 42|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #42]] (1981)
-*''"no title"'',  [[I Classici del fumetto di Repubblica - Serie Oro 12|''Mandrake'' - La rotta delle meraviglie]] (2004)
+*''"no title"'',  [[I classici del fumetto di Repubblica - serie oro 12|''Mandrake'' - La rotta delle meraviglie]] (2004)
 === [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
 *"The Santa Claus Pirates", [[Mandrake the Magician - The Treasure Hunt|''Mandrake the Magician'']] (2005) <small>Note: English text !!</small>
+=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
+*"El pirata papa noel", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 32|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #32]] (1947)
 === [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
-*[[King Comics (magazine)|King Comics]] (1946)
+*''"(no title)"'', [[King Comics 118|''King Comics'' #118]], [[King Comics 119|''King Comics'' #119]], [[King Comics 120|''King Comics'' #120]] and [[King Comics 121|''King Comics'' #121]] (1946)
 *"The Santa Claus Pirate", [[The Official Mandrake Sundays 1|''The Official Mandrake Sundays'' #1]] (1989)
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 *"Gusar deda mraz", [[Biblioteka Nostalgija 13|''Biblioteka Nostalgija'' #13]] (1991)
-=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
-*"El pirata papa noel", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 32|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #32]] (194?)
 [[Category:Sunday stories|Santa Claus Pirates, The]]