The Million Dollar Loaf

The Million Dollar Loaf
Start date:	November 19th, 1951
End date:	Januar 19th, 1952
# of strips:	54 (9 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Conquerors"
Followed by:	"The Mysterious Phone Booth"

"The Million Dollar Loaf" is the 65th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Lothar bought a loaf, a very special loaf ..

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• The Police Chief

One-time characters

• Boss, a thug.
• Crummy, a thug.
• Light-Finger Freddie, a smuggler.

Locations

• Paris
• New York

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is given in the strip of November 19, 1951 (Beginning: The Million-Dollar Loaf).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "Contrabandistas", Mandrake el Mago #47 (1964)

Brazil

• "Os Diamantes Roubados", Novo Gibi #1793 (1952)
• "Os Diamantes Roubados", Mandrake #96 (1964)
• "Pães Milionários", Mandrake #276 (1979)

Finland

• "Timanttilimppu", Sarjakuvalehti #18 (1959)
• "Limppuarvoitus", Mustanaamio #7 (1977)

France

• "Le pain d'un million de dollars", Mandrake #13 (1963)
• "Le pain d'un million de dollars", Mandrake #259 and #260 (1970)
• "Le pain d'un million de Dollars", Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 1 - 1950 à 1953 (2012)

Italy

• "La pagnotta da un milione di dollari", Albo Traguardo #24, #28, #32, #36 (1952-1953)
• "La pagnotta da un milione di dollari", Collana grandi personaggi - Mandrake #1 (1953)
• "La pagnotta da un milione di dollari", Mandrake #18 (1962)
• "La pagnotta da un milione di dollari", I Classici dell'Avventura #55 (1964)
• "La pagnotta da un milione di dollari", Mandrake #129 (1969)
• "La pagnotta da un milione di dollari", Mandrake - New Comics Now #290 (1992)
• "La pagnotta da un milione di dollari", Mandrake 51 (Comic Art) (1996)

Mexico

• "El robo de los diamantes", Paquito #11014 (1952)

Netherlands

• "Kostbaar brood", Mandrake de Magiër #2 (1975)

New Zealand

• "The Million Dollar Loaf", Mandrake the Magician #37 and Mandrake the Magician #38 (1952)

Norway

• "Brødmysteriet", Serie-pocket #75 (1982)
• "Brødmysteriet", Fantomet #6 (1988)

Portugal

• "Pão Que Vale Um Milhão!", Mundo de Aventuras #150 to Mundo de Aventuras #156 (1952)
• "O Roubo dos Diamantes", Colecção Águia #90 (1960?)

Spain

• "El Pan de un Millón de Dólares", Mandrake #28 (1998)

Sweden

• "Limpmysteriet", Fantomen #18 (1976)