The Return of the Clay Camel

The Return of the Clay Camel
Start date:	March 2nd, 1936
End date:	July 18th, 1936
# of strips:	120 (20 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Werewolf"
Followed by:	"The Slave Traders of Tygandi"

"The Return of the Clay Camel" is the 6th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Once again the world's cleverst thief and the world's greatest master of disguise has left his clay camel at a crime scene.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Saki (The Clay Camel)
  • Saki, disguised as Sir Oswald.
  • Saki, disguised as Inspector Duffy.
  • Saki, disguised as an old lady.
  • Saki, disguised as Ronald.
  • Saki, disguised as Charles.
• Sir Oswald

One-time characters

• Jane, daughter of Sir Oswald.
• Ronald, fiancé of Jane.
• Charles, chauffeur of Sir Oswald.
• Inspector Duffy
• Joe, jailer working for Inspector Duffy.

Locations

• Europe
• Shropshire

Behind the scenes

Title

• The title for the story is taken from the strip of March 21 1936 (Monday - Return of the Clay Camel).

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Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "A Volta do Camelo de Barro", Mandrake Especial #2 (1987)

Finland

• "Savikameli - mestarivaras", Wanhat Sarjat #1 (1981)

France

• "Frégoli du mal", Hop-là! #26 – #51/1938
• "L'énigmatique Davos", Spécial Mandrake #96 & "Le retour de Saki", Spécial Mandrake #97 (1972)
• "Le retour de Saki", Mandrake le Magicien Vol. 2 (1982)

French Polynesia

• "L'enigmatico sir Oswald" & "Mandrake contro Saki", Mandrake #33 & #34 (Comics Stars in the World 1978) note: Italian text.

Italy

• "L’enigmatico Davos", L'Avventuroso #129 - #152 (1937)
• "L’enigmatico Davos", Collana Albi grandi avventure - Mandrake #6 (1938)
• "L'enigmatico Davos" & "Lo specchio stregato", Mandrake #15 and #16 (1947)
• "L'enigmatico Davos" & "Il ritorno di Saki", Special Mandrake #163 and #164 (1965-1966)
• "no title", L'olimpo dei fumetti #8 (1972)
• "L'enigmatico sir Oswald" & "Mandrake contro Saki", Mandrake #33 & #34 (Comics Stars in the World 1978)
• "L’enigmatico sir Oswald", Mandrake - New Comics Now #116 (1984)
• "L’enigmatico Sir Oswald", Mandrake 6 (Comic Art) (1991)
• "L’enigmatico sir Oswald", Mandrake il mago (2014)

Mexico

• "??","Saki, el ladron de los mil disfraces" & "Derrota a Saki", Paquito #11018 to #11020 (1953)

Spain

• "El Enigmático Davos", Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado #23 - Mandrake #6 (1983)

United Kingdom

• "The Return of the Clay Camel", Mandrake the Magician - The Dailies Volume 1: The Cobra (2016)

USA

• The Comic Strip News #2 (1980)

Yugoslavia

• "Mandrake i ljubav", Jutarnji list November 23, 1937 – February 5, 1938 (edited together with first three strips of "The Slave Traders of Tygandi")