City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates

City of Jewels Pt.1:The Polar Bear Pirates
Start date:	April 11th, 1948
End date:	June 20th, 1948
# of strips:	11 (11 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Prince Who Never Smiled"
Followed by:	""City of Jewels" Pt.2:The Ice Demons"

"City of Jewels" Pt.1: "The Polar Bear Pirates" is the 38th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Returning from the polar regions the explorer Munden said he had discovered a warm land surrounded by polar ice. With a glittering, fabulous city build of giant jewels instead og stone. Now he wants Mr. Blaine to finance an expedition back there, to search for the city. When they finally reached the great ice pack they were attacked by the Polar Bear Pirate, aided by his amazing trained bear pack. He loots Argos and kidnaps Narda.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda

One-time characters

• Arlen Blaine
• Munden, an explorer
• A native
• The Polar Bear Pirate

Locations

• New York City
• The polar region

Vehicles

• Argus, Blaine's yacht.

Behind the scenes

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of April 4 and 11, 1948 (Next Week = "The City of Jewels" & Beginning: The City of Jewels.). The subtitle is lifted from the plot.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "City of Jewels", Mandrake Comic #2 (1953)

Belgium

• "(no title given)", Story# 220 to Story#225 (1949)

Brazil

• "A Cidade das Jóias", Mandrake #98 (1965)

France

• "Enfer blanc", Spécial Mandrake #61 (1968)
• "Enfer blanc", Spécial Mandrake Album #5 (1968)
• "La ville des joyaux", Mandrake #424 (1974)
• "La cité de cristal", Mandrake le Magicien #3 (1981)
• "L'enfer blanc", Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 2 (Soleil) (1993)

Italy

• "La città dei gioielli", L'Avventura Albo tascabile #10 (1950)
• "Inferno bianco", Mandrake #25 (1962)
• "Inferno bianco", Special Mandrake #191 (1967)
• "La citta del gioielli", Mandrake #70 (1974)
• "Inferno bianco", Mandrake #2 (1994)
• no title, Mandrake - La rotta delle meraviglie (2004)

New Zealand

• "City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates", Mandrake the Magician #44 (1953)

Norway

• "Mandrake i juvelbyen", Skippern (1951-1952)

Portugal

• "A Cidade de Cristal", Antologia da BD Clássica #1 (1982)

Serbia

• "Grad dragulja", Biblioteka Nostalgija #1 (2014)

USA

• "City of Jewels", The Official Mandrake Sundays #3 (1989)