Cinderella of the Sea

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.

Plot Summary

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

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda

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

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  cut version
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  full height version

Signifiant covers

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  Argentina
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  Australia
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  Brazil
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  Brazil
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  France
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  Italy
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  New Zealand
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  United Kingdom
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  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)

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)