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|Title= City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates | |Title= City of Jewels Pt.1:<br>The Polar Bear Pirates | ||
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|Start= April 11th, 1948 | |Start= April 11th, 1948 | ||
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|Artist= [[Phil Davis]] | |Artist= [[Phil Davis]] | ||
|Preceded= "[[The Prince Who Never Smiled]]" | |Preceded= "[[The Prince Who Never Smiled]]" | ||
|Followed= "[[City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons]]" | |Followed= "[[City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons|"City of Jewels"<br>Pt.2:The Ice Demons]]" | ||
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'''"City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates"''' is the 38th Mandrake [[Sunday story]]. | '''"City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates"''' is the 38th Mandrake [[Sunday story]]. | ||
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== Plot Summary == | == Plot Summary == | ||
Returning from the polar regions the explorer Munden said he had discovered a warm land surrounded by polar ice. With a glittering, fabulous city build of giant jewels instead og stone. Now he wants Mr. Blaine to finance an expedition back there, to search for the city. When they finally reached the great ice pack they were attacked by the Polar Bear Pirate, aided by his amazing trained bear pack. He loots Argos and kidnaps Narda. | |||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
<div style="float:left; width: | <div style="float:left; width:40%;"> | ||
'''Recurring characters''' | '''Recurring characters''' | ||
*[[Mandrake]] | *[[Mandrake]] | ||
*[[Lothar]] | *[[Lothar]] | ||
*[[Narda]] | |||
'''One-time characters''' | '''One-time characters''' | ||
*[[Colonel Barton|Arlen Blaine]] | |||
</div><div style="float:right; width: | *Munden, an explorer | ||
*A native | |||
*The Polar Bear Pirate | |||
</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;"> | |||
'''Locations''' | '''Locations''' | ||
*New York City | |||
*The polar region | |||
'''Vehicles''' | |||
*[[Argos|Argus]], Blaine's yacht. | |||
</div><br clear="all"> | </div><br clear="all"> | ||
== | ==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.). And the subtitle is lifted from the plot. | ||
== Reprints == | == Reprints == | ||
Revision as of 11:01, 16 August 2015
| City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates | |
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| Start date: | April 11th, 1948 |
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| End date: | June 20th, 1948 |
| # of strips: | 11 (11 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "The Prince Who Never Smiled" |
| Followed by: | ""City of Jewels" Pt.2:The Ice Demons" |
"City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates" is the 38th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
Returning from the polar regions the explorer Munden said he had discovered a warm land surrounded by polar ice. With a glittering, fabulous city build of giant jewels instead og stone. Now he wants Mr. Blaine to finance an expedition back there, to search for the city. When they finally reached the great ice pack they were attacked by the Polar Bear Pirate, aided by his amazing trained bear pack. He loots Argos and kidnaps Narda.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Arlen Blaine
- Munden, an explorer
- A native
- The Polar Bear Pirate
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.). And the subtitle is lifted from the plot.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- "City of Jewels", Mandrake Comic #2 (1953)
Belgium
- "(no title given)", Story# 220 to Story#225 (1949)
Brazil
- "A Cidade das Jóias", Mandrake #98 (1965)
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)
Norway
- "Mandrake i juvelbyen", Skippern (1951-1952)
Portugal
- "A Cidade de Cristal", Antologia da BD Clássica #1 (1982)
Serbia
- "Grad dragulja", Biblioteka Nostalgija #1 (2014)
USA
- "City of Jewels", The Official Mandrake Sundays #3 (1989)