City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons

City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons

Start date:	June 27th, 1948
End date:	September 5th, 1948
# of strips:	11 (11 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates"
Followed by:	"City of Jewels Pt.3: Conclusion"

"City of Jewels" Pt.2: "The Ice Demons" is the 39th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

On the ice field Mandrake and Narda find a fainting girl tide to a stake nearby a hole in the ice. In the hut of her father they hear of the ice-demons, living beneath the ice. Each day the villagers leave food offering at the ice-holes, and once a year a girl.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Teemah, a native girl
Father of Teemah
Sugon, a native man
The Ice Demons, fur-bearing dwarfs - human ants
King of the Ice Demons
Munden, an explorer
Arlen Blaine

Locations

The polar region
- A village
- A anthill-like colony beneath the ice

Vehicles

Argus, Blaine's yacht.

Behind the scenes

The title for this story is taken from the strip of April 4 and 11, 1948 (Next Week = "The City of Jewels" & Beginning: The City of Jewels.). The subtitle is lifted from the plot.