The Ocean Wind

The Ocean Wind
Start date:	July 25, 1954
End date:	December 12, 1954
# of strips:	21 (21 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Tomb"
Followed by:	"The Sleeping Forest"

"The Ocean Wind" is the 63rd Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mandrake and Narda are on a around-the-world cruise on the "Ocean Wind". When they made a stop at an tropical isle someone tried to defraud Harry to buy an island with centaurs. Next they where attacked by zeppelin pirates, then they saw a strange sight. An old man riding on a leaping porpoise, blowing on a silver whisle.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• Sir Harry, one of the world's richest men - hunter, sportsman, collector.

One-time characters

• Baron Burle, a swindler
• Swindler #
• Zeppelin pirates
• An old man, who grew up on the ocean

Locations

• A tropical island
• Los Hope Isle, a small tropical island

Vehicles

• S.S. Ocean Wind, Sir Harry's yacht.

Behind the scenes

• The story title is from the strip of July 18, 1954 (Next Week: The Ocean Wind -).

Signifiant covers

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  Brazil

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  Italy

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  Mexico

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  USA

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "A Viagem Fantástica", Mandrake - Edição Extra (1971)
• "no title", Almanaque do Mandrake (1956)
• "A Viagem Fantástica", Mandrake Especial #24 (1989)

Finland

• "Kentauri" & "Zeppeliinirosvot" & "Salaperäinen huilumies", Mustanaamio #21, #6 and #9 (2000-2001)

France

• "Le dompteur de baleines", Mandrake #17 (1963)
• "Le dompteur de baleines", Mandrake #271 (1970)
• "Les centaures", "Les forbans du ciel" and "Le maître des baleines", Le Journal de Mickey #977-#982 (1971)

Italy

• "Il domatore di balene", Il Vascello #37 (1960)
• "Il domatore di balene", I Classici dell'Avventura #7 (1962)
• "Il domatore di balene", Mandrake #150 (1970)
• "I centauri", "I pirati dell’aria" and "Il signore del mare", Mandrake - New Comics Now #257 (1989)

Mexico

• "Aventuras en el Mar", Mandrake el mago #11 (1966) note: starting 17 October, 1954.
• "La Isla Misteriosa", Mandrake el mago #13 (1966) note: ending 10 October, 1954.

Norway

• "Kentauren" & "Zeppelinpiratene" & "Mannen med sølvfløyten", Fantomet #21, #6 and #9 (2000-2001)

Portugal

• "O Mistério dos Centauros", Tigre #2 (1955) (note: first part)

Spain

• "El viento del Océano", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1953–1956 (Dolmen Editorial) (2020)
• "El viento del Océano", Héroes del Cómic 8 (2021)

Sweden

• "Havsvinden" & "Äventyret med luftpiraterna", Serie-pressen #8 & #9 & #10 & #11 (1972)
• "Kentauren" & "Zeppelinarpiraterna" & "Valdomptören", Fantomen #21 , #6 and #9 (2000-2001)

Turkey

• "Okyanus Rüzagarı", Mandrake #121 & #122 (1976)
• "Okyanus Rüzagarı", Mandrake Albüm #41

USA

• "The Ocean Wind", Mandrake Sundays #6 (1989)
• "The Ocean Wind", The Sunday Pages Series/ "The Ocean Wind and other Stories" (Pacific Comics Club) (2018)