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== Plot Summary == | == Plot Summary == | ||
Mandrake has come back after a trip abroad and have a chat with the chief at customs. About how smuggling tricks are theese days. During their lunch the chief telling Mandrake the amazing story of ''King'' Karl, the shrewdest smuggler alive. | |||
Karl dealt in stolen jewels, some years ago he tried to smuggel jewels from a robbery in London. Scotland Yard suspected that Karl had the stolen diamonds and he was caught in the US custums, with the diamonds in his wig. In jail the warden gave Karl a ''job'', taking care of his pigeon cote. | |||
Five years later Karl had finished serving his penalty, and said he had turned over a new leaf. - Breeding and racing pigeons. | |||
Karl took his birds on a ship to Europe, as he said; for a meeting of pigeon breeders. At the same time in Europe there was a million-dollar diamond robbery. | |||
The diamonds were smuggled aboard the ship in the feed for the pigeons, then Karl taped the diamonds onto the pigeon's leg. Short from home port Karl released all his pigeons from the ship, knowing they'd fly back to the cages on his roof. But as he reached his home, it was at fire. | |||
What really happened with the pigeons, no one knows. But they were all vanished without a trace, with the diamonds taped to their leg. Karl never recovered form the shock. Five years later he was released from jail, harmless but ''odd''. | |||
Every day of his life he walking around, feeds pigeons, searching, searching -- hoping to find the one with his diamonds on their legs. | |||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
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'''One-time characters''' | '''One-time characters''' | ||
* | *Karl, ''King Karl'' the shrewdest smuggler alive. | ||
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;"> | </div><div style="float:right; width:50%;"> | ||
'''Locations''' | '''Locations''' | ||
*New York | |||
*London | |||
*Europe | |||
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== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
*The title for the story taken from the strip of March 11th, 1963 (Beginning: Smuggler's Luck). | |||
== Signifiant covers == | |||
<gallery> | |||
Photo-type-28.jpg|[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia | |||
Mandrake307rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil | |||
Ilvascello mandrake-046.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy | |||
Icda-m-095.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy | |||
Mundodeav832.jpg|[[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal | |||
Chm-serie-c-49.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain | |||
Wal-m-02.jpg|[[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom | |||
ClassMandSeries2smuggler'sluck.jpg|[[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Reprints == | == Reprints == | ||
This story has been published in the following publications: | This story has been published in the following publications: | ||
=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina === | |||
*"Mala suerte de un contrabandista", [[Mandrake el mago 53 (Impacto)|''Mandrake el Mago'' #53]] (1964) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia === | === [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia === | ||
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*"Na Pista dos Contrabandistas", [[Mandrake 85 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #85]] (1964) | *"Na Pista dos Contrabandistas", [[Mandrake 85 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #85]] (1964) | ||
*"Na Pista dos Contrabandistas", [[Mandrake 307 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #307]] (1981) | *"Na Pista dos Contrabandistas", [[Mandrake 307 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #307]] (1981) | ||
*"O Contrabandista", [[Mandrake | *"O Contrabandista", [[Mandrake 1 (Pixel Media)|''Mandrake'' #1]] (2013) | ||
=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland === | === [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland === | ||
*"Mestarisalakuljettaja" & "Raukkis", [[Mustanaamio 26/1980|''Mustanaamio'' #26]] and [[Mustanaamio 4/1981| #4]] (1980-1981) | |||
*"Mestarisalakuljettaja", [[Sarjakirja 114|''Sarjakirja'' #114]] (1986) | *"Mestarisalakuljettaja", [[Sarjakirja 114|''Sarjakirja'' #114]] (1986) | ||
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=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy === | === [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy === | ||
*"Il re dei contrabbandieri", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 46|''Mandrake'' #46]] (1963) | *"Il re dei contrabbandieri", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 46|''Mandrake'' #46]] (1963) | ||
*"Il re dei contrabbandieri", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 95|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #95]] (1965) | |||
*"Il re dei contrabbandieri", [[New Comics Now 164|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #164]] (1986) | *"Il re dei contrabbandieri", [[New Comics Now 164|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #164]] (1986) | ||
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*"Mestersmugleren", [[Fantomet 4/1981|''Fantomet'' #4]] (1981) | *"Mestersmugleren", [[Fantomet 4/1981|''Fantomet'' #4]] (1981) | ||
*"Mestersmugleren", [[Serie-pocket 119 (Norway)|''Serie-pocket'' #119]] (1986) | *"Mestersmugleren", [[Serie-pocket 119 (Norway)|''Serie-pocket'' #119]] (1986) | ||
=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal === | |||
*"O Rei do Contrabando", [[Mundo de Aventuras 832|''Mundo de Aventuras'' #832]] (1965) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain === | === [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain === | ||
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*"Rey del contrabando", [[Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos - Série C 10|''Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos'' #10C]] (1970) | *"Rey del contrabando", [[Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos - Série C 10|''Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos'' #10C]] (1970) | ||
*"El Rey del Contrabando", [[Mandrake 27 (Euroclub Magerit)|''Mandrake'' #27]] (1998) | *"El Rey del Contrabando", [[Mandrake 27 (Euroclub Magerit)|''Mandrake'' #27]] (1998) | ||
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden === | |||
*"Mästersmugglaren", [[Fantomen 22/1980|''Fantomen'' #22]] (1980) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey === | === [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey === | ||
*"Elmas Hirsızı", [[Mandrake 189 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #189]] [[Mandrake 190 (Tay)| #190]] (1978) | *"Elmas Hirsızı", [[Mandrake 189 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #189]] & [[Mandrake 190 (Tay)| #190]] (1978) | ||
*"Elmas Hirsızı", [[Mandrake Albüm 61 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #61]] (1978) | |||
*"Elmas Hirsızı", [[Mandrake Albüm 176 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #176]] | *"Elmas Hirsızı", [[Mandrake Albüm 176 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #176]] | ||
*"Elmas Hırsızı", [[Yeni Mandrake Süper Maceralar 1|''Yeni Mandrake Süper Maceralar'' #1]] (2011) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom === | === [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom === | ||
*"King of the Smugglers", [[World Adventure | *"King of the Smugglers", [[World Adventure Library - Mandrake the Magician 2|''World Adventure Library - Mandrake the Magician'' #2]] (1967) | ||
=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA === | |||
*"Smuggler's Luck", [[The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "Smuggler's Luck" (Pacific Comics Club)|''The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)''/ Episode: "Smuggler's Luck" (Pacific Comics Club)'']] (2020) | |||
[[Category:Daily stories|Smuggler’s Luck]] | [[Category:Daily stories|Smuggler’s Luck]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:48, 4 March 2024
| Smuggler’s Luck | |
| |
| Start date: | March 11th, 1963 |
|---|---|
| End date: | May 4th, 1963 |
| # of strips: | 48 (8 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "The Aftermath" |
| Followed by: | "The Giant Toothache" |
"Smuggler’s Luck" is the 120th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
Mandrake has come back after a trip abroad and have a chat with the chief at customs. About how smuggling tricks are theese days. During their lunch the chief telling Mandrake the amazing story of King Karl, the shrewdest smuggler alive.
Karl dealt in stolen jewels, some years ago he tried to smuggel jewels from a robbery in London. Scotland Yard suspected that Karl had the stolen diamonds and he was caught in the US custums, with the diamonds in his wig. In jail the warden gave Karl a job, taking care of his pigeon cote.
Five years later Karl had finished serving his penalty, and said he had turned over a new leaf. - Breeding and racing pigeons.
Karl took his birds on a ship to Europe, as he said; for a meeting of pigeon breeders. At the same time in Europe there was a million-dollar diamond robbery.
The diamonds were smuggled aboard the ship in the feed for the pigeons, then Karl taped the diamonds onto the pigeon's leg. Short from home port Karl released all his pigeons from the ship, knowing they'd fly back to the cages on his roof. But as he reached his home, it was at fire.
What really happened with the pigeons, no one knows. But they were all vanished without a trace, with the diamonds taped to their leg. Karl never recovered form the shock. Five years later he was released from jail, harmless but odd.
Every day of his life he walking around, feeds pigeons, searching, searching -- hoping to find the one with his diamonds on their legs.
Appearances
Locations
- New York
- London
- Europe
Behind the scenes
- The title for the story taken from the strip of March 11th, 1963 (Beginning: Smuggler's Luck).
Signifiant covers
Australia
Brazil
Italy
Italy
Portugal
Spain
United Kingdom
USA
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "Mala suerte de un contrabandista", Mandrake el Mago #53 (1964)
Australia
- "King Karl", Mandrake the Magician #28 (1964 (?))
Brazil
- "Na Pista dos Contrabandistas", Mandrake #85 (1964)
- "Na Pista dos Contrabandistas", Mandrake #307 (1981)
- "O Contrabandista", Mandrake #1 (2013)
Finland
- "Mestarisalakuljettaja" & "Raukkis", Mustanaamio #26 and #4 (1980-1981)
- "Mestarisalakuljettaja", Sarjakirja #114 (1986)
France
- "Le roi des contrebandiers", Mandrake #30 (1964)
- "Le roi des contrebandiers", Mandrake #322 (1971)
Italy
- "Il re dei contrabbandieri", Mandrake #46 (1963)
- "Il re dei contrabbandieri", I Classici dell'Avventura #95 (1965)
- "Il re dei contrabbandieri", Mandrake - New Comics Now #164 (1986)
India
- "The Smuggler's Pigeons" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #14 (1993)
- "The Smuggler's Pigeons" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #61 (1997)
- "The Smuggler's Pigeons" Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #74 (1997)
Norway
- "Mestersmugleren", Fantomet #4 (1981)
- "Mestersmugleren", Serie-pocket #119 (1986)
Portugal
- "O Rei do Contrabando", Mundo de Aventuras #832 (1965)
Spain
- "Rey del contrabando", Coleccion Héroes Modernos #49c (1964)
- "Rey del contrabando", Coleccion Héroes Modernos Album de Rip Kirby (1964)
- "Rey del contrabando", Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos #10C (1970)
- "El Rey del Contrabando", Mandrake #27 (1998)
Sweden
- "Mästersmugglaren", Fantomen #22 (1980)
Turkey
- "Elmas Hirsızı", Mandrake #189 & #190 (1978)
- "Elmas Hirsızı", Mandrake Albüm #61 (1978)
- "Elmas Hirsızı", Mandrake Albüm #176
- "Elmas Hırsızı", Yeni Mandrake Süper Maceralar #1 (2011)
United Kingdom
- "King of the Smugglers", World Adventure Library - Mandrake the Magician #2 (1967)
USA
- "Smuggler's Luck", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "Smuggler's Luck" (Pacific Comics Club) (2020)