Cinderella of the Sea
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| 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")
Space restrictions
- A version with panels cut in height was published in some newspapers
cut version
full height version
Signifiant covers
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Brazil
France
France
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand
Sweden
United Kingdom
USA
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "no title", Mandrake el Mago #4 (1959)
- "no title", Mandrake el Mago #69 (1966)
Australia
- "Mandrake and the Mermaid", Mandrake Comic #10 (1954)
Brazil
- "Cinderela Submarina", Mandrake, o Mágico #21 (1972)
- "A Cinderela do Mar", Mandrake #268 (1978)
Finland
- "Merenneito", Mustanaamio #15 (1975)
France
- "Cendrillon des eaux" & "Le navire perdu", Aventures et Mystères #141 & #142 (1952)
- "Cendrillon de la mer" & "Sirène, la fille de la mer", Spécial Mandrake #30 & #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)
New Zealand
- "Cinderella of the Sea", Mandrake the Magician #13, Mandrake the Magician #14 and Mandrake the Magician #15 (1950)
Norway
- "Havets barn", Fantomet #7 (1985)
- "Havets barn", Serie-pocket #170 (1992)
Sweden
- "Havets askunge", Mandrake #3 (1963)
- "Havets barn", Fantomen #1 (1975)
United Kingdom
- "Cinderella of the Sea", Mandrake the Magician #9 (1960)
USA
- "Cinderella of the Sea", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "Cinderella of the Sea" (Pacific Comics Club) (2016)