The Gamblers

The Gamblers
Start date:	August 13, 1962
End date:	October 13, 1962
# of strips:	54 (9 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Narda's TV Show"
Followed by:	"The First Visitors"

"The Gamblers" is the 117th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mandrake helps a young cab driver with gambling debts.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• The Police Chief

One-time characters

• "Pretty-Boy", a gambler and murder-case suspect.
• Hacky, a cab driver and gambler.
• Doreen, Hacky's wife.
• Swami Joe, a fortuneteller.

Locations

• New York

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story taken from the strip of August 13, 1962 (Beginning: The Gamblers).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "Lara Linda", Mandrake el Mago #42 (1963)

Australia

• "no title", Mandrake the Magician #27 (1964 (?))

Brazil

• "Mandrake Enfrenta o Bonitão", Mandrake #80 (1963)
• "Dívida de Jogo", Mandrake #308 (1981)

Italy

• "Il giuoco troppo pericoloso", Mandrake #31 (1963)
• "Il giuoco troppo pericoloso", I Classici dell'Avventura #69 (1964)
• "Il giuoco troppo pericoloso", Mandrake - New Comics Now #164 (1986)

Norway

• "Falskspillerne", Fantomet #25 (1988)

Portugal

• "Jogo Perigoso", Mundo de Aventuras #792 to Mundo de Aventuras #795 (1964)
• "Jogo Perigoso", Mundo de Aventuras Album Especial #3 (19??)

Spain

• "Los jugadores", Coleccion Héroes Modernos #41c (1964)
• "Los jugadores", Coleccion Héroes Modernos Album de Rip Kirby (1964)
• "Los jugadores", Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos #9C (1970)
• "Los Jugadores", Mandrake #27 (1998)

Sweden

• "Falskspelarna", Fantomen #9 (1974)

Turkey

• "Namus Borcu", Mandrake #181 & #182 (1977)
• "Namus Borcu", Mandrake Albüm #58 & #59 (1977)
• "Namus Borcu", Mandrake Albüm #179

United Kingdom

• "Mandrake the Magician in.... The Gamblers", Mandrake the Magician #22 (1960)

USA

• "The Gamblers", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Gamblers" (Pacific Comics Club) (2020)