The Giant Toothache

The Giant Toothache
Start date:	May 6, 1963
End date:	August 3, 1963
# of strips:	78 (13 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Smuggler's Luck"
Followed by:	"Master of Magic"

"The Giant Toothache" is the 121th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

At the same moment as people get sudden toothache a mysterious man appears, selling toothace remedy, for an exorbitant price. When the mysterious man sold ten pills to Frankie Franky for one hundred thousand dollars Mandrake is involved.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• The Police Chief

One-time characters

• "Mr. X", inventor of an apparatus sending sonic waves causing vibrations in nerby metal.
• Frankie Franky, a teen-ager's idol and highest paid singer in world.
• Zaza, wife of Frankie.
• Senator Claye.
• "Bossman", a racketeer.
• Sigrid Nellsen, opera diva. Mentioned only

Locations

• New York

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story taken from the strip of August 5, 1963 (Beginning: The Giant Toothache).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• no title, Mandrake the Magician #31 (1964 (?))

Brazil

• "no title", Mandrake #88 (1964)
• "A Misteriosa Dor de Dentes", Mandrake #309 (1981)
• "A Misteriosa Dor de Dente", Mandrake Coleção #35 (1992)

Finland

• "Hammassärkyä", Mustanaamio #15 and #16 (1981)

France

• "L'insaisissable Mister X", Spécial Mandrake #86 (1970)

India

• "Mystery of Greedy Mr. X", Indrajal Comics #81 (1969)
• "பயங்கரப் பல்வலி", Mutu Comics #197 (1990)
• "The Giant Toothache", Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #21 (1994)
• "The Giant Toothache", Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #67 (1998)

Italy

• "L'inafferrabile Mister X", Mandrake Super Albo #62 (1963)
• "L'inafferrabile Mister X", Mandrake - New Comics Now #165 (1986)

Norway

• "Et middel mot tannverk", Fantomet #22 (1988)

Portugal

• "Erro Fatal", Mundo de Aventuras #836 (1965)

Spain

• "El senor X", Coleccion Héroes Modernos #56c (1964)
• "El senor X", Coleccion Héroes Modernos Album de Rip Kirby (1964)
• "El senor X", Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos #12C (1970)

Sweden

• "Ett medel mot tandvärk", Fantomen #6 (1981)

Turkey

• "Küçük Adam", Mandrake #190 & #191 & #192 (1978)
• "Küçük Adam", Mandrake Albüm #61 & #62 (1978)
• "Küçük Adam", Mandrake Albüm #179 & #180

United Kingdom

• "The Big Toothache", World Adventure Libraries - Mandrake the Magician #3 (1967)

USA

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

Yugoslavia

• "Зубoбoља" (romanized as ""Zubobolja"), Politikin Zabavnik #1437 (1979)