Blozz the Champion
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| 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.
Signifiant covers
Brazil
France
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
New Zealand
Spain
Spain
Turkey
USA
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)