The Water Champ

The Water Champ
Start date:	June 14, 1953
End date:	July 5, 1953
# of strips:	4 (4 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Visitors"
Followed by:	"Mandrake's Magic House"

"The Water Champ" is the 57th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

The conceited water champ, Don, annoys Narda on the beach. In an attempt to get rid of him Narda promises him a date, if he could beat Mandrake in water sport.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda

One-time characters

• Don, a water sport champ.

Locations

• The Caribbean

Behind the scenes

• The story title is from the strip of June 12, 1953 (Next Week: Water Champ) and June 14, 1953 (Beginning: The Water Champ).
  Note: At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Water Champs".

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Greece

• "Ο τσαμπιον'", Περιπετειώδη Κόμικς #6 (1984)

India

• "The Water Champ", The Phantom #6 (2000)

Italy

• "Il borioso", Albo Furore #15 (1954)
• "Il borioso", Il Vascello #12 (1959)
• "Gli uomini grattecielo", Il Vascello #43 (1961)
• "Gli uomini grattecielo", I Classici dell'Avventura #17 (1962)
• "Il borioso", Mandrake - New Comics Now #217 (1988)
• "Il Campione di Nuoto", Mandrake (I classici del Fumetto) (1999)

Norway

• "Mesteren i vannet", Fantomet #1 (1998)

Portugal

• "O Campeão Náutico", Colecção Condor #41 (1954)

Spain

• "El Campeón Acuático", Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1953–1956 (Dolmen Editorial) (2020)
• "El Campeón Acuático", Héroes del Cómic 8 (2021)

Sweden

• "Mästaren i vattnet", Fantomen #1 (1998)

Turkey

• "Mücevher Hırsızları", Mandrake #114 (1976)
• "Mücevher Hırsızları", Mandrake Albüm #38
• "Mücevher Hırsızları", Mandrake Albüm #116

USA

• "The Water Champ", Mandrake Sundays #6 (1989)

Yugoslavia

• "Шампион на води" (romanized as "Šampion na vodi", Politikin Zabavnik #1131 (1973)