The Raft People
The Raft People | |
Start date: | November 21st, 1948 |
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End date: | Janyary 23rd, 1949 |
# of strips: | 10 (10 weeks) |
Writer: | Lee Falk |
Artist: | Phil Davis |
Preceded by: | "City of Jewels Pt.3: Conclusion" |
Followed by: | "Fear Island" |
"The Raft People" is the 41st Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
As the Argos moves lazily through a warm tropical sea, Narda sunbathes on a raft, pulled aft of the yacht. But the raft rope works loose from the raft railing and unnoticed by anyone, Narda and the raft are gone.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Gena, princess in the City of Jewels
- Munden, an explorer
- Old Salt, an old sailer living with the Raft people
- The Raft people
Behind the scenes
- The title for this story is taken from the strip of November 21, 1948 (Beginning: The Raft People...).
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- "The Raft People", Mandrake Annual (1954)
Belgium
- "Le peuple du radeau", Story# 283 to Story#292 (1950/1951)
Brazil
- "A Aldeia Flutuante", Mandrake #105 (1965)
- "A Aldeia Flutuante", Mandrake #258 (1977)
France
- "Ouragan aux Tropiques", Mandrake #62 (1965)
- "Ouragan aux Tropiques", Mandrake #425 (1975)
- "Le peuple du radeau", Mandrake le Magicien #4 (1982)
Italy
- "Uragano ai tropici", Mandrake #45 (1963)
- "Uragano ai tropici", I Classici dell'Avventura #93 (1965)
- "Uragano ai tropici", Mandrake #71 (1975)
- "Uragano ai tropici", Mandrake - New Comics Now #106 and #132 (1984 and 1985)
- "Uragano ai tropici", Mandrake #3 (1994)
- no title, Mandrake - La rotta delle meraviglie (2004)
Norway
- "Mandrake og flåtefolket", Skippern (1952)
USA
- "The Raft People", The Official Mandrake Sundays #3 (1989)