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== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
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An alian space ship stealing the Earth's water.


===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Magnon]]


'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
*Ailian water pirates.
</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
'''Locations'''
*New York City
*Outer space
*[[Magna]]
'''Objects'''
*A three dimentional photograph of Nardraka, changing as the baby changes.
*A galactic watch, gives time on any planet just by thinking the question - and with an amazing alarm.
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==Behind the scenes==
*The story title is taken from the strip of August 8 and 14, 1960 (Next Week: The Water Pirates & Beginning Next Week: The Water Pirates).
== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"''no title''", [[Mandrake 57 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #57]] (1961)
=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le massage des étoiles", [[Mandrake 2 (Remparts)|''Mandrake'' #2]] (1962) Note: Only the 4 first pictures of first page.
*"Les voleurs d’eau", [[Les héros du mystère - Extra issue Christmas 1967|''Les héros du mystère - Extra issue Christmas 1967'']]  (1967)
*"Les voleurs d'eau", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 255|''Mandrake'' #255]] (1970)
=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India===
*"The Water Pirates", [[The Phantom 2 (Egmont India)|''The Phantom'' #2]] (2000)
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"I predatori d'acqua", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 7|''Mandrake'' #7]] (1962)
*"I predatori d'acqua", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 47|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #47]] (1963)
*"I predatori d'acqua", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 133|''Mandrake'' #133]] (1969)
*"I predatori d'acqua", [[New Comics Now 319|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #319]] (1993)


</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
'''Locations'''
*"Vannpiratene", [[Fantomet 10/1998|''Fantomet'' #10]] (1998)


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=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"O cavalo ladrão", [[Condor Popular 3506|''Condor Popular'' vol. 35 #6]] (1962)


==Related stories==
=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
===Follows===
*"Piratas modernos", [[Novelas Gráficas presenta en su serie Amarilla 42|''Serie Amarilla'' #42]] (1959)
*"Los piratas del agua", [[Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1959-1962 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2021)


===Referenced in===
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Vattenpirater", [[Fantomen 10/1998|''Fantomen'' #10]] (1998)


=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Su korsanlari", [[Mandrake 162 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #162]] [[Mandrake 163 (Tay)| #163]] (1977)


== Reprints ==
=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
This story has been published in the following publications:
*"The Water Pirates", [[The Missing Years 59|''The Missing Years'' #59]] and [[The Missing Years 60| ''The Missing Years'' #60]] (2010)


=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ===
=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia ===
*"Невидљиви крадљивци"/"Nevidljivi kradljivci", [[Politikin Zabavnik 1010|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #1010]] (1971)
*"Невидљиви крадљивци"/"Nevidljivi kradljivci", [[Politikin Zabavnik 1010|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #1010]] (1971)


[[Category:Sunday stories|Water Pirates, The]]
[[Category:Sunday stories|Water Pirates, The]]

Revision as of 08:56, 20 December 2021

The Water Pirates
Ms-19600814-c.jpg
Start date: August 14th, 1960
End date: December 4th, 1960
# of strips: 17 (17 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: "The Radio Telescope"
Followed by: "Sky Raid"

"The Water Pirates" is the 84th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

An alian space ship stealing the Earth's water.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Ailian water pirates.

Locations

  • New York City
  • Outer space
  • Magna

Objects

  • A three dimentional photograph of Nardraka, changing as the baby changes.
  • A galactic watch, gives time on any planet just by thinking the question - and with an amazing alarm.


Behind the scenes

  • The story title is taken from the strip of August 8 and 14, 1960 (Next Week: The Water Pirates & Beginning Next Week: The Water Pirates).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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