The Big Tyme

The Big Tyme
Start date:	October 4th, 1948
End date:	December 25th, 1948
# of strips:	72 (12 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Queen Ebony"
Followed by:	"Derek"

"The Big Tyme" is the 49th 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. The five-column variant is cropped in the lower part.

Plot Summary

Big Shott runs a crooked casino and bossing the crime wave.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• The Police Chief

One-time characters

• Big Shott, owner of the Big Tyme Casino
• Carla, a showgirl.

Locations

• New York
  • Big Tyme Casino
  • 21 Brattle Street, Carla address (a phony address).
  • Market Street
• Compo, hide-out for Carla's gang.

Behind the scenes

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of October 4, 1948 (Beginning: The Big Tyme)
• 21 Brattle refering to Brattle Hall and the Cambridge Summer Theatre.

Signifiant covers

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  Argentina
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  Argentina
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  Brazil
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  Brazil
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  Italy
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  Italy
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  Italy
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  New Zealand
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  New Zealand

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "Los bandidos del casino", Album Pif-Paf #62 (1955)
• "El cerebro de la pandilla", Mandrake el Mago #52 (1964)

Brazil

• "Carla", Mandrake, o Mágico #24 (1973)
• "Crime Organizado", Mandrake #250 (1977)

Finland

• "Pomo", Mustanaamio #21 (1976)
• "Pomo", Sarjakirja #1/1990 (1990)

France

• "La grande flèche", Aventures et Mystères #145 (1952)
• "Hold-up à la banque", Spécial Mandrake #45 (1967)
• "Hold-up à la banque", Mandrake le Magicien L'intégrale #2 (1993)

Italy

• "Furto alla banca", Avventura Club #3 and #4 (1949)
• "Furto in banca", Il Vascello #58 (1961)
• "Furto in banca" & "Il covo della banda", I Classici dell'Avventura #23 (1962)
• "Furto alla banca", Super Albo - Mandrake #68 (1964)
• "Furto alla banca", Mandrake - New Comics Now #260 (1991)
• "Furto alla banca", Mandrake 41 (Comic Art) (1995)

Mexico

• "El gizan Timo", Paquito #2078 Bis (1950)

New Zealand

• "The Big Tyme", Mandrake the Magician #17 and Mandrake the Magician #18 (1951)

Norway

• "Bossen", Fantomet #13 (1984)
• "Bossen", Serie-pocket #153 (1990)

Sweden

• "Bankrån", Mandrake #1 (1963)
• "Bossen", Fantomen #12 (1975)

Turkey

• "Gansterler Kraliçesi" (part 2), Haftalık Albüm #32 (1953)

United Kingdom

• "The Big Tyme", Mandrake the Magician #10 (1961)