Cinderella of the Sea

Cinderella of the Sea
Start date:	March 22th, 1948
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. This story exists in two variants, one made to span four newspaper columns, the other to span five. The five-column variant is cropped in the lower part.

Plot Summary

A beautiful and mysterious girl swims around, ten miles out at sea. Who is she ?

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda

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

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  cut version
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  full height version

Signifiant covers

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  Argentina
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  Australia
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  Brazil
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  France
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  New Zealand
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  United Kingdom
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  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)
• "Cinderella of the Sea", Mandrake the Magician #180, Mandrake the Magician #181 and Mandrake the Magician #182 (1958)

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)