The Raft People

The Raft People
Start date:	November 21st, 1948
End date:	January 23rd, 1949
# of strips:	10 (10 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"City of Jewels Pt.3: Conclusion"
Followed by:	"Fear Island"

"The Raft People" is the 41st Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

As the Argos moves lazily through a warm tropical sea, Narda sunbathes on a raft, pulled aft of the yacht. But the raft rope works loose from the raft railing and unnoticed by anyone, Narda and the raft are gone.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• Munden, an explorer
• Gena, princess in the City of Jewels

One-time characters

• Old Salt, an old sailer living with the Raft people
• The Raft people

Locations

• South Sea

Vehicles

• S.S. Argus, Blaine's yacht.

Behind the scenes

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of November 21, 1948 (Beginning: The Raft People...).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The Raft People", Mandrake Annual (1954)

Belgium

• "Le peuple du radeau", Story# 283 to Story#292 (1950/1951)

Brazil

• "A Aldeia Flutuante", Mandrake #105 (1965)
• "A Aldeia Flutuante", Mandrake #258 (1977)

France

• "Ouragan aux Tropiques", Mandrake #62 (1965)
• "Ouragan aux Tropiques", Mandrake #425 (1975)
• "Le peuple du radeau", Mandrake le Magicien #4 (1982)

Italy

• "Uragano ai tropici", Mandrake #45 (1963)
• "Uragano ai tropici", I Classici dell'Avventura #93 (1965)
• "Uragano ai tropici", Mandrake #71 (1975)
• "Uragano ai tropici", Mandrake - New Comics Now #106 and #132 (1984 and 1985)
• "Uragano ai tropici", Mandrake #3 (1994)
• no title, Mandrake - La rotta delle meraviglie (2004)

New Zealand

• "The Raft People", Mandrake the Magician #46 (1953)

Norway

• "Mandrake og flåtefolket", Skippern (1952)

USA

• "The Raft People", The Official Mandrake Sundays #3 (1989)