City of Jewels Pt.3: Conclusion

City of Jewels Pt.3: Conclusion
Start date:	September 12th, 1948
End date:	November 14th, 1948
# of strips:	10 (10 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons"
Followed by:	"The Raft People"

"City of Jewels" Pt.3: "Conclusion" is the 40th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mandrake and Lothar are lost in a storm when they stumble over a tropical paradise, a relic with prehistoric animals and a city build of jewels.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda

One-time characters

• A tyrannosaurus rex
• A sabre-toothed tiger
• Gena, princess in the City of Jewels
• Gena's brother
• Munden, an explorer
• Arlen Blaine

Locations

• The polar region
  • The City of Jewels

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# 231 to Story#237 (1949/1950)

Brazil

• "A Cidada 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 - New Comics Now #106 (1984)
• "Inferno bianco", Mandrake #2 (1994)
• no title, Mandrake - La rotta delle meraviglie (2004)

New Zealand

• "City of Jewels Pt.3: Conclusion", Mandrake the Magician #45 (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)