Blozz the Champion
| Blozz the Champion | |
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| Start date: | July 11th, 1938 |
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| End date: | September 10th, 1938 |
| # of strips: | 54 (9 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "Mandrake and the Haunted House" |
| Followed by: | "Mandrake in Love" |
"Blozz the Champion" is the 14th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
A young rich girl has an annoying admirer.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Nick Blozz, champion athlete from Europe - tennis, golf and dueling.
- Betty Drake, girlfriend of Blozz.
- Mr. Drake, Betty's father.
- Slick, friend of Blozz.
- George, a police man.
Locations
- New York ?
- Fork of Lemay and Ferry Roads.
Behind the scenes
Title
- The title for the story is taken from the plot.
Real Life References
- Lemay Ferry Road in St. Louis.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "Contra o Campeão", Mandrake, o Mágico #4 (1970)
- "Desafios de Atleta", Mandrake #244 (1976)
- "O Esportista", Mandrake Coleção #8 – #9 (1990)
Denmark
- "Duel med en svindler", Seriebiblioteket #1 (1976)
Finland
- "Nykyaikainen kaksintaistelu", Wanhat Sarjat #1 (1981)
France
- "Le magicien du sport", Aventures et Mystères #129 (1951)
- "Le magicien du sport", Spécial Mandrake #73 (1969)
- "Le magicien du sport", Mandrake le Magicien L'intégrale #5 (1994)
Italy
- "Il mago dello sport", Pisellino #25 to #32 (1940)
- "Il mago dello sport", Collana Albi grandi avventure - Mandrake #12 (1941)
- "Il mago dello sport", Mandrake #24 (1948)
- "Il mago dello sport", Super Albo #88 (1964)
- "Il mago dello sport", Mandrake #24 (Comics Stars in the World 1978)
- "Il mago dello sport", Mandrake - New Comics Now #118 (1984)
- "Il mago dello sport", Mandrake 12 (Comic Art) (1992)
- "Il Mago dello Sport", Mandrake (I classici del Fumetto) (1999)
- "Il mago dello sport", Mandrake il mago Volume 2 (2015)
- "Il mago dello sport", Superfumetti #9 (2015)
New Zealand
- "Blozz the Champion", Mandrake the Magician #65 and Mandrake the Magician #66 (1954)
Norway
- "no title", Seriebiblioteket #1 (1976)
French Polynesia
- "Il mago dello sport", Mandrake #24 (Comics Stars in the World 1978) note: Italian text.
Portugal
- "Um Adversário Perigoso", Jornal do Cuto #46 – #57 (1972)
Spain
- "El mago del deporte", Merlin el Mago Moderno #8 (194?)
- "El mago del deporte", Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado #34 - Mandrake #10 (1988)
Sweden
- no title, Seriebiblioteket #1 (1976)
Turkey
- "Zehirli Kılıç", 1001 Roman - Özel Sayı #23 (1941)
USA
- "no title", Feature Book #23 (1946)
- "no title", Critter #1, #2 and #3 (1973)
- "no title", The Official Mandrake the Magician #3 (1988)
- "no title", Feature Book #23 (1993, reprint)
- "Blozz the Champion", Comics Revue #407-408 (2020)