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|Title= Clay Camel and the Ganglords
|image= [[Image:md-1996-05-27.jpg|400 px]]<br>[[Image:md-2014-02-03.png|400 px]]<br>''(Re-released in 2014)''
|Start= May 27th, 1996
|End= July 27th, 1996
|Strips= 54 (9 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Fred Fredericks]]
|Preceded= "[[The S. S. Div.]]"
|Followed= "[[Alibi Algie]]"
|}}
 
'''"Clay Camel and the Ganglords"''' is the 222th Mandrake [[daily story]]. 
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Fred Fredericks]].

== Plot Summary ==
Some ganglords trying til kill Mandrake, and they hired Oswald -The Clay Camel.

===Appearances===
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'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]], only a few pictures at Xanadu.
*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]]
*[[Saki (The Clay Camel)|The Clay Camel]] (real name Oswald!)
*[[Brett]], inspector from Scotland Yard.

'''One-time characters'''
*Vrom, hired to find Mandrake disguised as ''Police chief Vrom''.
*Bozo, a thug.

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'''Locations'''
*New York
**[[Xanadu]]

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==Behind the scenes==
===Title===
*The title for the story is liftet from the plot.
===Mandrake Lore=== 
*The Clay Camel's real name is Oswald.

===Notes===
*The first week of the story starting with "For those who came in late" presenting: Mandrake, Lothar, The Clay Camel, The Mole, The Penthouse Thief, 8, Octon and Luciphor.
*The story ending with ''Cont'd''.
===Easter Eggs===
*A ganglord has prison number [[39013|'''39013''']].
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Image:MD-1996-06-03-p.jpg|3 Jun, 1996
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== Re-released story in 2014 ==
[[Image:md-2014-02-03.png|400 px]]
*Start date: 3 February 2014 / End date: 5 April 2014

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Leirkamelens hjemkomst", [[Fantomet 5/2003|''Fantomet'' #5]] (2003)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Savikamelin paluu & vedenpitävän", [[Mustanaamio 5/2003|''Mustanaamio'' #5]] (2003)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*"Strange Criminal" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 63|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #63]] (1998)
*"Strange Criminal" [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 78|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #78]] (1999)
*"The Clay Camel" [[Mandrake the Magician 10 (Shakti Comics)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #10]] (2023)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Lerkamelens återkomst", [[Fantomen 5/2003|''Fantomen'' #5]] (2003)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA === 
*"Clay Camel and the Ganglords", [[The Daily Strips Mandrake Series / Episodes: "Clay Camel and the Ganglords + Alibi Algie" (Pacific Comics Club)|''The Daily Strips Mandrake Series / Episodes: "Clay Camel and the Ganglords + Alibi Algie" (Pacific Comics Club)'']] (2020)

[[Category:Daily stories|Clay Camel and the Ganglords]]