Blozz the Champion

Blozz the Champion
Start date:	July 11th, 1938
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. This story exists in two variants, one made to span four newspaper columns, the other to span five.

Plot Summary

A young rich girl has an annoying admirer.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar

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

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  Brazil
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  France
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  Italy
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  Italy
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  Italy
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  New Zealand
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  Spain
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  Turkey
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  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 (1943)
• "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)
• "no title", Mandrake #1 and #2 (2017)

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)
• "Blozz the Champion", Volume Three: the complete newspaper dailies 1938-1939 (2025)

Yugoslavia

• "Mandrake pod sumnjom", Jutarnji list October 2, 1938 – November 5, 1938 (in the last strip edited together with "Mandrake in Love")