The Jinx
| The Jinx | |
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| Start date: | June 3rd, 1946 |
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| End date: | August 3rd, 1946 |
| # of strips: | 54 (9 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "Medusa" |
| Followed by: | "Felina" |
"The Jinx" is the 40th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis. This story exists in three variants, one made to span three newspaper columns, one to span four and one to span five. Compared to the four-column variant the five-column variant is cropped in the lower part. The three column variant is cropped less in the lower part and the panels are made wider by adding extra ink. The copyright line is almost always placed differently in the strip, as is the date. In addition, the shape and placement of the speech bubble can be different.
Plot Summary
A jinx haunting a ball park.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Big Bill, a star pitcher.
- Betty Blayne, owner of the Blue Sox Ball Club.
- Sophie, Betty's aunt.
- Lumpy, a tinhorn gambler.
Locations
- New York
- Blue Sox Ball Club
Behind the scenes
- The title for this story is taken from the strip of June 3, 1946 (Beginning: The Jinx)
Signifiant covers
Australia
Brazil
France
Italy
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Spain
USA
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- "The Jinx", The Supercomic Series #6 (1948)
Brazil
- "O Azar", Mandrake #263 (1978)
- "O Azar", Gibi #9 (1994)
France
- "Le démon de la malchance", Aventures et Mystère #108 (1949)
- "Le stade ensorcelé", Mandrake #50 (1965)
Italy
- "Lo stadio stregato", Mandrake #20 (1948)
- "Lo stadio stregato", Il Vascello #44 (1961)
- "Lo stadio stregato", I Classici dell'Avventura #19 (1962)
- "Lo stadio stregato", Mandrake #54 (1964)
- "Lo stadio stregato", I Classici dell'Avventura #111 (1966)
- "Lo stadio stregato", Mandrake - New Comics Now #216 (1988)
- "Lo stadio stregato", Mandrake 33 (Comic Art) (1994)
Spain
- "El cenizo", Extra #5 (1950)