The Gamblers
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| The Gamblers | |
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| Start date: | August 13, 1962 |
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| 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
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).
Signifiant covers
Argentina
Brazil
Italy
Italy
Spain
United Kingdom
USA
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)