The Slave Traders of Tygandi

The Slave Traders of Tygandi
Start date:	July 20th, 1936
End date:	November 28th, 1936
# of strips:	114 (19 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Return of the Clay Camel"
Followed by:	"Mandrake in the Lost World"

"The Slave Traders of Tygandi" is the 7th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

In Alexandria Prince Segrid has gambled away the state funds intrusted to him. Emir Krim exploited the situation to kidnap Narda. He gave here to Sheik Nazdah who wanted to honor her as reigning favorite in his harem. Sheik Nazdah changed his mind and decided to sell Narda at the slave marked in Tygandi.

At the slave marked the rich and mysterious Shah of Sudan bought Narda for an enormous sum, in addition to all the other women that were for sale.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Segrid
• Narda

One-time characters

• Sir Oswald
• Emir Krim
• Sete, a thug.
• Bula, a thug.
• Samuel Smith, aka the mummy.
• Sheik Nazdah
• Hamid, a slave dealer.
• Felli, auctioneer of the slave mart.
• The Shah of Sudan, Mandrake in disguise.

Locations

• Egypt
  • Pyramid of Gizen
  • Alradi, an oasis.
  • Tygandi, a portable slave marked at the north shore of the dead lake.

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is lifted from the plot.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The Slave Mart of Tygandi", Mandrake The Magician (1938)

France

• "L'oasis d'acradi", Hop-là! (1938-1939)
• "L'oasis d'acradi", Spécial Mandrake #36 & Spécial Mandrake #37 (1966)
• "L'enfer du jeu", Mandrake le Magicien Vol. 4 (1985)

Italy

• "La mummia vivente", L'Avventuroso #153 - #169 (1937-1938)
• "La mummia vivente", Collana Albi grandi avventure - Mandrake #7 (1938)
• "La mummia vivente", Giungla! #127 to #131 (1938)
• "La mummia vivente" & "L'oasi di Acradi", Mandrake #17 & #18 (1947)
• "Nell'oasi di Acradi", Special Mandrake #165 and #166 (1966)
• "La mummia vivente", Mandrake - New Comics Now #117 (1984)
• "La mummia vivente", Mandrake 7 (Comic Art) (1992)

Mexico

• "La momia de ankt" & "El rapto de Narda", Paquito #11021 and #11022 (1953)

Spain

• "La Momia Viviente", Mandrake #7 (198?)

Turkey

• "Sudan Şahı", 1001 Roman - Özel Sayı #29 (1942) Note: starts half-way through the original adventure.