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|Title= Blozz the Champion
|Title= Blozz the Champion
|image=  
|image= [[Image:md-1938-07-11.png|400 px]]
|Start= July 11th, 1938
|Start= July 11th, 1938
|End= September 10th, 1938
|End= September 10th, 1938
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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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A young rich girl has an annoying admirer.


===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
*[[Nick Blozz]]
*Nick Blozz, champion athlete from Europe - tennis, golf and dueling.
*[[Betty]]
*Betty Drake, girlfriend of Blozz.
*[[Slick]]
*Mr. Drake, Betty's father.
*Slick, friend of Blozz.
*George, a police man.


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'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
 
*New York ?
**Fork of Lemay and Ferry Roads.
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==Related stories==
==Behind the scenes==
===Follows===
===Title===
 
*The title for the story is taken from the plot.
===Referenced in===
===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)
*"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)


=== [[Image:mini_denmark.gif]] Denmark ===
=== [[Image:mini_denmark.gif]] Denmark ===
*"Duel med en svindler", [[Seriebiblioteket (Danish) 1|''Seriebiblioteket (Danish)'' #1]] (1976)
*"Duel med en svindler", [[Seriebiblioteket 1 (Danish)|''Seriebiblioteket'' #1]] (1976)


=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Nykyaikainen kaksintaistelu", [[Wanhat Sarjat 1|''Wanhat Sarjat'' #1]]
*"Nykyaikainen kaksintaistelu", [[Wanhat Sarjat 1|''Wanhat Sarjat'' #1]] (1981)
 
=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"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", [[Mandrake le Magicien - L'intégrale 5 (Soleil)|''Mandrake le Magicien'' L'intégrale #5]] (1994)
 
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Il mago dello sport", [[Pisellino|''Pisellino'' #25 to #32]] (1940)
*"Il mago dello sport", [[Collana Albi grandi avventure (12)|''Collana Albi grandi avventure - Mandrake'' #12]] (1941)
*"Il mago dello sport", [[Collana Albi grandi avventure 74 (second serie)|'' Mandrake'' #24]] (1948)
*"Il mago dello sport", [[Super Albo 88 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''Super Albo'' #88]] (1964)
*"Il mago dello sport", [[Mandrake 24 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #24]] (Comics Stars in the World 1978)
*"Il mago dello sport", [[New Comics Now 118|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #118]] (1984)
*"Il mago dello sport", [[Mandrake 12 (Comic Art)]] (1992)
*"Il Mago dello Sport", [[Mandrake (I classici del Fumetto)]] (1999)
*"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 ===
*"no title", [[Seriebiblioteket (Norwegian) 1|''Seriebiblioteket (Norwegian)'' #1]] (1976)
*''"no title"'', [[Seriebiblioteket 1 (Norwegian)|''Seriebiblioteket'' #1]] (1976)
 
=== [[Image:mini_french_polynesia.png|border]] French Polynesia===
*"Il mago dello sport", [[Mandrake 24 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #24]] (Comics Stars in the World 1978) <small>note: Italian text.</small>
 
=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"Um Adversário Perigoso", [[Jornal do Cuto 46|''Jornal do Cuto'' #46]] &ndash; [[Jornal do Cuto 57|#57]] (1972)
 
=== [[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]] (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 ===
*"no title", [[Seriebiblioteket (Swedish) 1|''Seriebiblioteket (Swedish)'' #1]] (1976)
*''no title'', [[Seriebiblioteket 1 (Swedish)|''Seriebiblioteket'' #1]] (1976)
 
=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"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 ===
*"no title", [[Feature Books 23|''Feature Books'' #23]] (1946, reprinted in 1993)
*"no title", [[Feature Book 23|''Feature Book'' #23]] (1946)
*"no title", [[Critter 1|''Critter'' #1]], [[Critter 2| #2]] and [[Critter 3| #3]] (1973)
*"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)
*"Blozz the Champion", [[Comics Revue 407-408|''Comics Revue'' #407-408]] (2020)
*"Blozz the Champion", [[Volume Three: the complete newspaper dailies 1938-1939]] (2025)
 
=== [[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 12:58, 1 December 2024

Blozz the Champion
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

  • Brazil
    Brazil
  • France
    France
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Italy
    Italy
  • New Zealand
    New Zealand
  • Spain
    Spain
  • Spain
    Spain
  • Turkey
    Turkey
  • USA
    USA

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

Denmark

Finland

France

Italy

New Zealand

Norway

French Polynesia

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

Portugal

Spain

Sweden

Turkey

USA

Yugoslavia

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