Cinderella of the Sea
| Cinderella of the Sea | |
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| Start date: | March 22th, 1948 |
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| 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
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")
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- "Mandrake and the Mermaid", Mandrake Comic #10 (1954)
Argentina
- "no title", Mandrake el Mago #4 (1959)
Brazil
- "Cinderela Submarina", Mandrake, o Mágico #21 (1972)
- "A Cinderela do Mar", Mandrake #268 (1978)
Finland
- "Merenneito", Mustanaamio #15 (1975)
France
- "Cendrillon des eaux", Aventures et Mystère #141 & "Le navire perdu", Aventures et Mystère #142 (1952)
- "Cendrillon de la mer", Spécial Mandrake #29 & "Sirène, la fille de la mer" Spécial Mandrake #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)
Norway
- "Havets barn", Fantomet #7 (1985)
- "Havets barn", Serie-pocket #170 (1992)
Sweden
- "Havets askunge", Mandrake #3 (1963)
- "Havets barn", Fantomen #1 (1975)
USA
- "Cinderella of the Sea", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "Cinderella of the Sea" (Pacific Comics Club) (2016)