The Return of the Clay Camel

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The Return of the Clay Camel
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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.

One-time characters

  • Sir Oswald
  • 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).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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

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