Lothar's Day

Lothar's Day
Start date:	July 29, 1957
End date:	August 31, 1957
# of strips:	30 (5 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Penthouse Mystery"
Followed by:	"Jami"

"Lothar's Day" is the 93rd Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

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A protection racket mob demans weekly payment from the small merchants in Mandrake's neighborhood. They are afraid to report the racket to the police. Then Lothar have an errand at the grocery store...

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• The Police Chief

One-time characters

• Boss, chief of the protection mob.
• Ed, member of the gang.

Locations

• New York

Behind the scenes

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of July 29, 1957 (Beginning: Lothar's Day).

Signifiant covers

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  Australia

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  Brazil

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  Spain

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Lothar's Day", Mandrake Comic #28 (1959)
• "no title", Mandrake the Magician #34 (1964 (?))

Brazil

• "Comprando Proteção", Mandrake #30 (1958)
• "O Dia de Lothar", Mandrake Especial #8 (1987)

Denmark

• "Lothar renser byen", Fantomet #158 (1981)

Finland

• "Lotharin suursiivous", Mustanaamio #14 (1979)
• "Lotharin suursiivous", Sarjakirja #114 (1986)

France

• "La journée de Lothar", Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 2 - 1953 à 1957 (2012)

Greece

• "Ενας Απιθανος Ποθαρ", ΦΑΝΤΟΜ #8 (1977)

Italy

• "Il ricatto del gangster", Il Vascello #28 (1960)
• "Il ricatto del gangster", I Classici dell'Avventura #131 (1967)
• "Il ricatto del gangster", Mandrake - New Comics Now #346 (1995)

Norway

• "Lothar renser byen", Fantomet #19 (1979)
• "Lothar renser byen", Serie-pocket #119 (1986)
• "Lothar rydder opp", Klassikerserien (2003)

Spain

• "Lewis en accion", Merlin el Mago Moderno #4 (1958)
• "Lewis en accion", Merlin el Mago Moderno - Album de Lujo #1 (1958)
• "Lothar en Accion", Mandrake #22 (1997)

Sweden

• "Lothar rensar stan", Fantomen #6 (1979)

United Kingdom

• "Lothar's Day", Mandrake the Magician #2 (1960 or 1959)

Yugoslavia

• "Заштитиници"(romanized as "Zaštitinici", Politikin Zabavnik #1452 (1979)