Lothar the Champ
| Lothar the Champ | |
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| Start date: | November 10th, 1941 |
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| End date: | July 11th, 1942 |
| # of strips: | 210 (35 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "The Great Grando" |
| Followed by: | "The Rumor Factory" |
"Lothar the Champ" is the 26th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
Sharpy tricked Lothar into signing a contract, forcing him to wrestle under Sharpy's management. Soon Lothar, "The Jungle King", starts his sensational career as a wrestler.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Snaggle-Tooth Joe, a professional wrestler.
- Gorilla Mike, a professional wrestler.
- Sharpy, a manager in the wrestling game.
- Killer, a professional wrestler.
- Jerry, the Killer's manager.
- Joe, a promoter - signing contracts for the fights.
- Doc Splevin, journalist in Green Sheet Sport.
- Bonecrusher, a professional wrestler.
- Nails, a gangster.
- Bull Burly, the heavyweight wrestling champion of the world.
- Ed, a gangster at a pool-room.
- The Grizzly, a new wrestling sensation.
Locations
- New York
- Spring and Dale Roads, Nail's hangout.
Behind the scenes
- The title for the story is taken from the strip of November 8, 1941 (Beginning Monday: "Lothar, the Champ").
- Note the strip of June 30, 1942. Mandrake have got a wire about a new job, some sort of espionage, in Washington.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "Lothar, "O Lutador"" & "Lothar, Campeão!", Mandrake, o Mágico #11 & Mandrake, o Mágico #12 (1971)
- "O Campeão Lotar", Almanaque de Férias do Mandrake (1965)
Finland
- "no title", Kippari Kalle #9 (1954) Note: Only last part.
France
- "Les pirates du ring", Spécial Mandrake #4 & "Le triomphe de Lothar" Spécial Mandrake #5 (1963/1964)
- "Les pirates du ring" (I & II) & "Le triomphe de Lothar" & "La suite dès que possible", Mandrake #291 & #292 & #293 & #294 (1970)
- "Lothar le champion", Mandrake le Magicien Vol. 3 (1984)
West Germany
- no given title, Phantom-Heft #5 (1954) edited part of strips from April 4 to May 11 1942
Italy
- "I pirati del ring" and "Il trionfo di Lotar", Mandrake #40 and #42 (1963)
- "I pirati del ring" and "Il trionfo di Lotar", Mandrake #163 and #164 (1970)
- "I pirati del ring" & "I gangsters di nails" & Lothar il campione, Mandrake #9 & #10 & #11 (Comics Stars in the World 1976)
- "I pirati del ring", Mandrake - New Comics Now #181 (1986)
- "I pirati del ring", Mandrake 21 (Comic Art) (1993)
New Zealand
French Polynesia
- "I pirati del ring" & "I gangsters di nails" & Lothar il campione, Mandrake #9 & #10 & #11 (Comics Stars in the World 1976) note: Italian text.
Spain
- "Campeon a la fuerza" and "Fuerza contra fuerza", Merlin el Mago Moderno #11 and #12 (194?)
- "Los piratas del ring", Mandrake #14 (1992)
USA
- "Lothar the Champ", Three Thrillings for Mandrake (1976)
- "no title", The Official Mandrake #1 – The Official Mandrake #2 – The Official Mandrake #3 (1989)