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==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
*The title for the story taken from the strip of August 5, 1963 (Beginning: The Giant Toothache).
*The title for the story taken from the strip of August 5, 1963 (Beginning: The Giant Toothache).
== Signifiant covers ==
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Mandrake088rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandrake309rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandrakecolecao35.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Spécial-Mandrake 86.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
Indrajal081.jpg|[[Image:mini_india.gif]] India
Chm-serie-c-56.jpg|[[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] Spain
Wal-m-03.jpg|[[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom
ClassMandSeries2thegianttoothache.jpg|[[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA
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== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
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*"The Giant Toothache", [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 21|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #21]] (1994)
*"The Giant Toothache", [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 21|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #21]] (1994)
*"The Giant Toothache", [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 67|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #67]] (1998)
*"The Giant Toothache", [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 67|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #67]] (1998)
*"The Giant Toothache", [[Diamond Comics Digest: Diamond Comics Presents Mandrake (77 Giveaways - Luxor Colormate)]] (? / post 1998)


=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
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=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia===
=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia===
*"Зубoбoља" (romanized as ""Zubobolja"), [[Politikin Zabavnik 1437|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #1437]] (1979)
*"Зубoбoља" (romanized as "Zubobolja"), [[Politikin Zabavnik 1437|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #1437]] (1979)


[[Category:Daily stories|Giant Toothache, The]]
[[Category:Daily stories|Giant Toothache, The]]

Latest revision as of 15:33, 21 August 2024

The Giant Toothache
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Start date: May 6, 1963
End date: August 3, 1963
# of strips: 78 (13 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: "Smuggler's Luck"
Followed by: "Master of Magic"

"The Giant Toothache" is the 121th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

At the same moment as people get sudden toothache a mysterious man appears, selling toothace remedy, for an exorbitant price. When the mysterious man sold ten pills to Frankie Franky for one hundred thousand dollars Mandrake is involved.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • "Mr. X", inventor of an apparatus sending sonic waves causing vibrations in nerby metal.
  • Frankie Franky, a teen-ager's idol and highest paid singer in world.
  • Zaza, wife of Frankie.
  • Senator Claye.
  • "Bossman", a racketeer.
  • Sigrid Nellsen, opera diva. Mentioned only

Locations

  • New York


Behind the scenes

  • The title for the story taken from the strip of August 5, 1963 (Beginning: The Giant Toothache).

Signifiant covers

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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