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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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===Real Life References===
===Real Life References===
*Lemay Ferry Road in [[Spotlight on Lee Falk - St. Louis Addresses|St. Louis]].
*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_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)
*"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)


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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", [[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)
*"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

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