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City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons

Start date:	June 27th, 1948
End date:	September 5th, 1948
# of strips:	11 (11 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates"
Followed by:	"City of Jewels Pt.3: Conclusion"

"City of Jewels" Pt.2: "The Ice Demons" is the 39th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

On the ice field Mandrake and Narda find a fainting girl tide to a stake nearby a hole in the ice. In the hut of her father they hear of the ice-demons, living beneath the ice. Each day the villagers leave food offering at the ice-holes, and once a year a girl.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Teemah, a native girl
Father of Teemah
Sugon, a native man
The Ice Demons, fur-bearing dwarfs - human ants
King of the Ice Demons

Locations

The polar region
- A village
- A anthill-like colony beneath the ice

Vehicles

Argus, Blaine's yacht.

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.). The subtitle is lifted from the plot.

Signifiant covers

Australia
Italy
Italy
New Zealand

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

"City of Jewels", Mandrake Comic #2 (1953)

Belgium

"(no title given)", Story# 225 to Story#230 (1949)

Brazil

"A Cidada das Jóias", Mandrake #98 (1965)

Finland

"?", Taika-Jim ja Jäädemonit (2024)

France

"Enfer blanc", Spécial Mandrake #61 (1968)
"Enfer blanc", Spécial Mandrake Album #5 (1968)
"La ville des joyaux", Mandrake #424 (1974)
"La cité de cristal", Mandrake le Magicien #3 (1981)
"L'enfer blanc", Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 2 (Soleil) (1993)

Italy

"La città dei gioielli", L'Avventura Albo tascabile #10 (1950)
"Inferno bianco", Mandrake #25 (1962)
"Inferno bianco", Special Mandrake #191 (1967)
"La citta del gioielli", Mandrake #70 (1974)
"Inferno bianco", Mandrake #2 (1994)
no title, Mandrake - La rotta delle meraviglie (2004)

New Zealand

"City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons", Mandrake the Magician #44 and Mandrake the Magician #45 (1953)

Norway

"Mandrake i juvelbyen", Skippern (1951-1952)

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+|Title= City of Jewels<br>Pt.2: The Ice Demons
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 |Start= June 27th, 1948
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 |Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
 |Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
-|Preceded= "[[City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates]]"
+|Preceded= "[[City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates|City of Jewels<br>Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates]]"
-|Followed= "[[City of Jewels Pt.3: Conclusion]]"
+|Followed= "[[City of Jewels Pt.3: Conclusion|City of Jewels<br>Pt.3: Conclusion]]"
 |}}
-'''"City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons"''' is the 39th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
+'''"City of Jewels" Pt.2: "The Ice Demons"''' is the 39th Mandrake [[Sunday story]].
 The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].
 == Plot Summary ==
-{{stub}}
+On the ice field Mandrake and Narda find a fainting girl tide to a stake nearby a hole in the ice. In the hut of her father they hear of the ice-demons, living beneath the ice. Each day the villagers leave food offering at the ice-holes, and once a year a girl.
 ===Appearances===
-<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
+<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
 '''Recurring characters'''
 *[[Mandrake]]
+*[[Narda]]
 *[[Lothar]]
+*[[Colonel Barton|Arlen Blaine]]
+*[[Munden]], an explorer
 '''One-time characters'''
+*Teemah, a native girl
+*Father of Teemah
+*Sugon, a native man
+*The Ice Demons, fur-bearing dwarfs - ''human ants''
+*King of the Ice Demons
-</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
+</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
 '''Locations'''
+*The polar region
+**A village
+**A anthill-like colony beneath the ice
+'''Vehicles'''
+*[[Argos|Argus]], Blaine's yacht.
 </div><br clear="all">
-==Related stories==
+==Behind the scenes==
-===Follows===
+*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.). The subtitle is lifted from the plot.
-===Referenced in===
+== Signifiant covers ==
+<gallery>
+Shakespeare-02.jpg|[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia
+Ilvascello mandrake-025.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Special Mandrake-FS 191.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Mandrake FP 044.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
+</gallery>
 == Reprints ==
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 === [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
 *"A Cidada das Jóias", [[Mandrake 98 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #98]] (1965)
+=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
+*"?", [[Taika-Jim ja Jäädemonit]] (2024)
 === [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
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 *"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)
+*"La cité de cristal", [[BD V.F. - Mandrake le Magicien 3|''Mandrake le Magicien'' #3]] (1981)
 *"L'enfer blanc", [[Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 2 (Soleil)]] (1993)
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 *"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_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
+*"City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons", [[Mandrake the Magician 44 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #44'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 45 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #45'']] (1953)
 === [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===