The Water Pirates
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| The Water Pirates | |
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| Start date: | August 14th, 1960 |
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| End date: | December 4th, 1960 |
| # of strips: | 17 (17 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "The Radio Telescope" |
| Followed by: | "Sky Raid" |
"The Water Pirates" is the 84th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
An alien space ship stealing the Earth's water.
Appearances
Locations
- New York City
- Outer space
- Magna
Objects
- A three dimentional photograph of Nardraka, changing as the baby changes.
- A galactic watch, gives time on any planet just by thinking the question - and with an amazing alarm.
Behind the scenes
- The story title is taken from the strip of August 8 and 14, 1960 (Next Week: The Water Pirates & Beginning Next Week: The Water Pirates).
Signifiant covers
Brazil
Brazil
Italy
Italy
Portugal
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "no title", Mandrake #57 (1961)
- "Contrabando de Água", Mandrake #208 (1973)
France
- "Le massage des étoiles", Mandrake #2 (1962) Note: Only the 4 first pictures of first page.
- "Les voleurs d’eau", Les héros du mystère - Extra issue Christmas 1967 (1967)
- "Les voleurs d'eau", Mandrake #255 (1970)
India
- "The Water Pirates", The Phantom #2 (2000)
Italy
- "I predatori d'acqua", Mandrake #7 (1962)
- "I predatori d'acqua", I Classici dell'Avventura #47 (1963)
- "I predatori d'acqua", Mandrake #133 (1969)
- "I predatori d'acqua", Mandrake - New Comics Now #319 (1993)
Norway
- "Vannpiratene", Fantomet #10 (1998)
Portugal
- "O cavalo ladrão", Condor Popular vol. 35 #6 (1962)
Spain
- "Piratas modernos", Serie Amarilla #42 (1959)
- "Los piratas del agua", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1959-1962 (Dolmen Editorial) (2021)
Sweden
- "Vattenpirater", Fantomen #10 (1998)
Turkey
- "Su korsanlari", Mandrake #162 #163 (1977)
USA
- "The Water Pirates", The Missing Years #59 and The Missing Years #60 (2010)
Yugoslavia
- "Невидљиви крадљивци"/"Nevidljivi kradljivci", Politikin Zabavnik #1010 (1971)