The Flame Pearls Pt.2: Magnetic Island

The Flame Pearls Pt.2: Magnetic Island
Start date:	June 2nd, 1940
End date:	August 11th, 1940
# of strips:	11 (11 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination"
Followed by:	"The Flame Pearls Pt.3: The Three Cows"

"The Flame Pearls Pt.2: Magnetic Island" is the 15th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mandrake is on a scientific expedition to the South Pacific, looking for flame colored pearls. A tropical storm breaks suddely, the compass going wild, and the Argos is stedily pulled side-ways towards a mysterious magnetic island. Mandrake, Lothar, June and Colonel Barton reach the shore safely on an rubber raft.

On the mysterious floating magnetic island they found 60 men, survivors from ship-wrecks. All enslaved by the escpade murderer, Kong Cy, and his henchman Jasper.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar

One-time characters

• Colonel Barton
• June, daughter of Colonel Barton.
• Captain Beeker, on Argos.
• King Cy, giant ruler of the mysterious Magnetic Island.
• "Jasper" King Cy's henchman.

Locations

• South Pacific
• A floating magnetic island.

Vehicles

• S.S.Argos, Colonel Barton's yacht.

Behind the scenes

• The main title for this story is taken from the strip of April 14th, 1940 (Next Week: "The Flame Pearls"), while the sub title is lifted from the plot.
• The "Flame Pearls" story is a retelling of an ancient Greek myth; "Jason and the Golden Fleece".

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Italy

• "L’isola magnetica", Mandrake #1 (1971)

Norway

• "Ildperlene II, Magnetøya", Fantomet #5 (1992)

Spain

• "La Isla Magnetica", Merlin el Mago Moderno #15 (194?)

Sweden

• "Eldpärlorna", Allers Familj-Journal

USA

• King Comics (1941)

Yugoslavia

• "Plameni biseri", Biblioteka Nostalgija #8 (1988)