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'''"Blozz the Champion"''' is the 14th Mandrake [[daily story]].  
'''"Blozz the Champion"''' is the 14th Mandrake [[daily story]].  
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].
This story exists in two variants, one made to span four newspaper columns, the other to span five.


== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
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==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
===Title===
*The title for the story is taken from the plot.
*The title for the story is taken from the plot.
===Real Life References===
*Lemay Ferry Road in [[Spotlight on Lee Falk - St. Louis Addresses|St. Louis]].
== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Mandrake244rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Mandroi129.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
Collana Albi grandi avventure-12.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Collana Albi grandi avventure 74.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Super Albo 088.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Collana Mandrake csitw-24.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Ncn-mandrake-118.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Mandrake FP 064.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
LGA Merlin el Mago Moderno-08.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain
Mandrake esteve 10.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain
1001romanspecial23.jpg|[[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey
Critter-01.jpg|[[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA
</gallery>


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
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=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"Contra o Campeão", [[Mandrake, o Mágico 4|''Mandrake, o Mágico'' #4]] (1970)
*"Desafios de Atleta", [[Mandrake 244 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #244]] (1976)
*"Desafios de Atleta", [[Mandrake 244 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #244]] (1976)
*"O Esportista", [[Mandrake Coleção 8|''Mandrake Coleção'' #8]] &ndash; [[Mandrake Coleção 9|#9]] (1990)
*"O Esportista", [[Mandrake Coleção 8|''Mandrake Coleção'' #8]] &ndash; [[Mandrake Coleção 9|#9]] (1990)
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=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Le magicien du sport", [[Mandrake, Roi de la magie (Aventures et mystères 129)|''Aventures et Mystère'' #129]] (1951)
*"Le magicien du sport", [[Aventures et Mystères 129|''Aventures et Mystères'' #129]] (1951)
*"Le magicien du sport", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 73|''Spécial Mandrake'' #73]] (1969)
*"Le magicien du sport", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 73|''Spécial Mandrake'' #73]] (1969)
*"Le magicien du sport", [[Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 5 (Soleil)]] (1994)
*"Le magicien du sport", [[Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 5 (Soleil)|''Mandrake le Magicien'' L'intégrale #5]] (1994)


=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
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*"Il mago dello sport", [[Mandrake 12 (Comic Art)]] (1992)
*"Il mago dello sport", [[Mandrake 12 (Comic Art)]] (1992)
*"Il Mago dello Sport", [[Mandrake (I classici del Fumetto)]] (1999)
*"Il Mago dello Sport", [[Mandrake (I classici del Fumetto)]] (1999)
*"Il mago dello sport", [[Mandrake il mago (Mondadori Comics) Volume 2|''Mandrake il mago'']] (2015)
*"Il mago dello sport", [[Mandrake il mago (Mondadori Comics) Volume 2|''Mandrake il mago Volume 2'']] (2015)
*"Il mago dello sport", [[Superfumetti 9 (Mondadori Comics)|''Superfumetti'' #9]] (2015)
 
=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"Blozz the Champion", [[Mandrake the Magician 65 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #65'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 66 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #66'']] (1954)


=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
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=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El mago del deporte", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 8|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #8]] (194?)
*"El mago del deporte", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 8|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #8]] (1943)
*"El mago del deporte", [[Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado 34 - Mandrake 10|''Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado'' #34 - ''Mandrake'' #10]] (1988)


=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
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=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Zehirli Kılıç", [[1001 Roman - Özel Sayı 23|''1001 Roman - Özel Sayı'' #23]] (1941)
*"Zehirli Kılıç", [[1001 Roman - Özel Sayı 23|''1001 Roman - Özel Sayı'' #23]] (1941)
*"''no title"'', [[Mandrake 1 (Hürriyet Hediyesi)|''Mandrake'' #1]] and [[Mandrake 2 (Hürriyet Hediyesi)|#2]] (2017)


=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
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*"no title", [[The Official Mandrake the Magician 3|''The Official Mandrake the Magician'' #3]] (1988)
*"no title", [[The Official Mandrake the Magician 3|''The Official Mandrake the Magician'' #3]] (1988)
*"no title", [[Feature Book 23 (Pacific Comics Club)|''Feature Book'' #23]] (1993, reprint)
*"no title", [[Feature Book 23 (Pacific Comics Club)|''Feature Book'' #23]] (1993, reprint)
*"Blozz the Champion", [[Comics Revue 407-408|''Comics Revue'' #407-408]] (2020)
=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
*"Mandrake pod sumnjom", ''[[Jutarnji list]]'' October 2, 1938 &ndash; November 5, 1938 (in the last strip edited together with "[[Mandrake in Love]]")


[[Category:Daily stories|Blozz the Champion]]
[[Category:Daily stories|Blozz the Champion]]

Latest revision as of 18:46, 16 October 2024

Blozz the Champion
Md-1938-07-11.png
Start date: July 11th, 1938
End date: September 10th, 1938
# of strips: 54 (9 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: "Mandrake and the Haunted House"
Followed by: "Mandrake in Love"

"Blozz the Champion" is the 14th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis. This story exists in two variants, one made to span four newspaper columns, the other to span five.

Plot Summary

A young rich girl has an annoying admirer.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Nick Blozz, champion athlete from Europe - tennis, golf and dueling.
  • Betty Drake, girlfriend of Blozz.
  • Mr. Drake, Betty's father.
  • Slick, friend of Blozz.
  • George, a police man.

Locations

  • New York ?
    • Fork of Lemay and Ferry Roads.


Behind the scenes

Title

  • The title for the story is taken from the plot.

Real Life References

Signifiant covers

  • Mini brazil.gif Brazil

  • Mini france.gif France

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini italy.gif Italy

  • Mini nz.png New Zealand

  • Mini spain.gif Spain

  • Mini spain.gif Spain

  • Mini turkey.gif Turkey

  • Mini usa.gif USA

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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Mini denmark.gif Denmark

Mini finland.gif Finland

Mini france.gif France

Mini italy.gif Italy

Mini nz.png New Zealand

Mini norway.gif Norway

Mini french polynesia.png French Polynesia

  • "Il mago dello sport", Mandrake #24 (Comics Stars in the World 1978) note: Italian text.

Mini portugal.gif Portugal

Mini spainunderfranco.gif Mini spain.gif Spain

Mini sweden.gif Sweden

Mini turkey.gif Turkey

Mini usa.gif USA

Mini kingdomyugoslavia.png Yugoslavia

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