The Flame Pearls Pt.5: The Ghost Ship

The Flame Pearls Pt.5: The Ghost Ship

Start date:	December 29th, 1940
End date:	April 20th, 1941
# of strips:	17 (17 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Flame Pearls Pt.4: The Amazons"
Followed by:	"The Flame Pearls Pt.6: The Witch of Tago"

"The Flame Pearls Pt.5: The Ghost Ship" is the 18th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mandrake is on a scientific expedition to the South Pacific, looking for flame colored pearls. After passing through the Strangler Straits, they are attacked by a sea monster. Then the Argos comes upon a fishing-boat, drifting with all the fishermen asleep on the deck. When they wake up they tell about a mysterious Ghost Ship.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Colonel Barton
June, daughter of Colonel Barton.
The doctor on Argos.
Captain Beeker, on Argos.
Captain Gar, on the Ghost Ship.
Gretel, Gar's lovely daughter.
Jim, in love with Gretel.

Locations

South Pacific.
The Strangler Straits.

Vehicles

S.S.Argos, Colonel Barton's yacht.
The Ghost Ship.

Behind the scenes

The main title for this story is taken from the strip of April 14th, 1940 (Next Week: "The Flame Pearls"), while the sub title is lifted from the plot.
The "Flame Pearls" story is a retelling of an ancient Greek myth; "Jason and the Golden Fleece".