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Cinderella of the Sea

Start date:	March 22th, 1948
End date:	July 17th, 1948
# of strips:	102 (17 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Ghost Plane"
Followed by:	"Queen Ebony"

"Cinderella of the Sea" is the 47th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis. This story exists in two variants, one made to span four newspaper columns, the other to span five. The five-column variant is cropped in the lower part. There is also a three-column variant, but it is similar to the five-column variant divided into two rows.

Plot Summary

A beautiful and mysterious girl swims around, ten miles out at sea. Who is she ?

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Merma, Manton's daughter.
Dave, in love with Merma.
Fishface,, Manton's servant.
Captain Manton,
Big Ed, owner of a deepwater salvage concern.

Locations

The sea

Behind the scenes

The title for this story is taken from the strip of March 22, 1948 (Beginning: "Cinderella of the Sea")

Space restrictions

A version with panels cut in height was published in some newspapers

cut version
full height version

Signifiant covers

Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Brazil
France
France
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand
Sweden
United Kingdom
USA

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

"no title", Mandrake el Mago #4 (1959)
"no title", Mandrake el Mago #69 (1966)

Australia

"Mandrake and the Mermaid", Mandrake Comic #10 (1954)

Brazil

"Cinderela Submarina", Mandrake, o Mágico #21 (1972)
"A Cinderela do Mar", Mandrake #268 (1978)

Finland

"Merenneito", Mustanaamio #15 (1975)

France

"Cendrillon des eaux" & "Le navire perdu", Aventures et Mystères #141 & #142 (1952)
"Cendrillon de la mer" & "Sirène, la fille de la mer", Spécial Mandrake #30 & #31 (1966)

Italy

"Sirena, la Cenerentola dell'oceano" & "Il delitto del capitano Manton" & "Un matrimonio mancato", Nuove avventure di Mandrake #6 & #7 & #8 (1949)
"La sirena dell'oceano", Super Albo #4 (1961)
"Sirena, la cenerentola dell'oceano", I Classici dell'Avventura #25 (1962)
"Sirena la cenerentola del mare", Super Albo #144 & #146 (1965)
"Sirena, la cenerentola dell'oceano", Mandrake - New Comics Now #260 (1991)
"Sirena, la cenerentola dell'oceano", Mandrake 39 (Comic Art) (1994)

New Zealand

"Cinderella of the Sea", Mandrake the Magician #13, Mandrake the Magician #14 and Mandrake the Magician #15 (1950)
"Cinderella of the Sea", Mandrake the Magician #180, Mandrake the Magician #181 and Mandrake the Magician #182 (1958)

Norway

"Havets barn", Fantomet #7 (1985)
"Havets barn", Serie-pocket #170 (1992)

Sweden

"Havets askunge", Mandrake #3 (1963)
"Havets barn", Fantomen #1 (1975)

United Kingdom

"Cinderella of the Sea", Mandrake the Magician #9 (1960)

USA

"Cinderella of the Sea", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "Cinderella of the Sea" (Pacific Comics Club) (2016)

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 '''"Cinderella of the Sea"''' is the 47th Mandrake [[daily story]].
 The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].
+This story exists in two variants, one made to span four newspaper columns, the other to span five. The five-column variant is cropped in the lower part.
+There is also a three-column variant, but it is similar to the five-column variant divided into two rows.
 == Plot Summary ==
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 ==Behind the scenes==
 *The title for this story is taken from the strip of March 22, 1948 (Beginning: "Cinderella of the Sea")
+== Space restrictions ==
+*A version with panels cut in height was published in some newspapers
+<gallery>
+Image:Md-1948-03-22.c.jpg|''cut version''
+Image:Md-1948-03-22.png|''full height version''
+</gallery>
+== Signifiant covers ==
+<gallery>
+Mtm-edmal-04.jpg|[[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina
+Shakespeare-10.jpg|[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia
+Gibi1523.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Mandrake268rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Mandroi141.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
+Mandroi142.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
+Capriotti 31.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Capriotti 32.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Capriotti 33.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Super Albo-lf-04.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Super Albo 144.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Super Albo 146.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Comart39.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Mandrake FP 013.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
+Mandrake FP 014.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
+Mandrake FP 015.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
+Mandrake formatic-04.jpg|[[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden
+Miller-mtm-09.jpg|[[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom
+ClassMandSeries2cinderella.jpg|[[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA
+</gallery>
 == Reprints ==
 This story has been published in the following publications:
+=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
+*"no title", [[Mandrake el mago 4 (Edmal)|''Mandrake el Mago'' #4]] (1959)
+*"no title", [[Mandrake el mago 69 (Impacto)|''Mandrake el Mago'' #69]] (1966)
 === [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
 *"Mandrake and the Mermaid", [[Mandrake Comic 10|''Mandrake Comic'' #10]] (1954)
-=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
-*"no title", [[Mandrake el mago 4 (Edmal)|''Mandrake el Mago'' #4]] (1959)
 === [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
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 === [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
 *"Cendrillon des eaux" & "Le navire perdu", [[Aventures et Mystères 141|''Aventures et Mystères'' #141]] & [[Aventures et Mystères 142| #142]] (1952)
-*"Cendrillon de la mer" & "Sirène, la fille de la mer", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 29|''Spécial Mandrake'' #29]] & [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 31| #31]] (1966)
+*"Cendrillon de la mer" & "Sirène, la fille de la mer", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 30|''Spécial Mandrake'' #30]] & [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 31| #31]] (1966)
 === [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
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 === [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
 *"Cinderella of the Sea", [[Mandrake the Magician 13 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #13'']], [[Mandrake the Magician 14 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #14'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 15 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #15'']] (1950)
+*"Cinderella of the Sea", [[Mandrake the Magician 180 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #180'']], [[Mandrake the Magician 181 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #181'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 182 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #182'']] (1958)
 === [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway===