The Peddler

The Peddler
Start date:	January 29, 1962
End date:	March 31, 1962
# of strips:	54 (9 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Goliath"
Followed by:	"The City Jungle"

"The Peddler" is the 114th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

A mysterious man took out a street peddler's license to sell $10 bills, for $5. But the $10 bills were all counterfeit. A case for Mandrake...

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda
• The Police Chief

One-time characters

• Mr. Socks, a retired professor of philisophy.
• Mr. Dean, the real counterfeiter.
• The Mayor.

Locations

• New York
• A college campus.

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story taken from the strip of January 27, 1962 (Next Week: "The Peddler").
  Note: At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Peddler (The Counterfeit Gang)".

Signifiant covers

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Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• no title, Mandrake the Magician #25 (1962 (?))
• no title, Mandrake #42 (196? (?))

Brazil

• "O Homem que Vendia Dinheiro", Mandrake #74 (1962)
• "O Homem que Vendia Dinheiro", Mandrake #217 (1974)
• "O Conto do Vigário", Mandrake #313 (1982)
• "O Vendedor de Dinheiro", Gibi #5 (1993)

Denmark

• "Penge til 1/2 pris", Fantomet #197 (1982)

Finland

• "Rahaa puoleen hintaan", Mustanaamio #18 (1980)

Italy

• "La gang del falsari", Mandrake #16 (1962)
• "La gang del falsari", I Classici dell'Avventura #53 (1964)
• "La gang dei falsari", Mandrake - New Comics Now #105 (1984)

Spain

• "El buhonero", Coleccion Héroes Modernos #28c (1964)
• "El buhonero", Coleccion Héroes Modernos Album de Rip Kirby (1964)
• "El buhonero", Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos #6C (1970)

Norway

• "Penger til halv pris", Fantomet#07 (1983)

Portugal

• "O Vendedor de Dinheiro", Condor Popular #8, volum 47 (1964)

Sweden

• "Pengar till halva priset", Fantomen #12 (1980)

Turkey

• "Garip Bir Milyoner", Mandrake #173 & #174 & #175 (1977)
• "Garip Bir Milyoner", Mandrake Albüm #56 (1977)
• "Garip Bir Milyoner", Mandrake Albüm #173 & #174

United Kingdom

• "The Peddler", Mandrake the Magician #20 (1962)

USA

• "The Peddler", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Peddler" (Pacific Comics Club) (2020)