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=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina === | |||
*"Dolor de muelas gigante", [[Libro de Oro - Mandrake el Mago 11|''Libro de Oro - Mandrake el Mago '' #11]] (1964) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia === | === [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia === | ||
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*"The Giant Toothache", [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 21|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #21]] (1994) | *"The Giant Toothache", [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 21|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #21]] (1994) | ||
*"The Giant Toothache", [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 67|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #67]] (1998) | *"The Giant Toothache", [[Diamond Comics Digest: Mandrake 67|''Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake'' #67]] (1998) | ||
*"The Giant Toothache", [[Diamond Comics Digest: Diamond Comics Presents Mandrake (77 Giveaways - Luxor Colormate)]] (? / post 1998) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy === | === [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy === | ||
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*"El senor X", [[Coleccion Heroes Modernos Album - Série C|''Coleccion Héroes Modernos'' Album de Rip Kirby]] (1964) | *"El senor X", [[Coleccion Heroes Modernos Album - Série C|''Coleccion Héroes Modernos'' Album de Rip Kirby]] (1964) | ||
*"El senor X", [[Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos - Série C 12|''Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos'' #12C]] (1970) | *"El senor X", [[Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos - Série C 12|''Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos'' #12C]] (1970) | ||
*"El Incomprensible Sr. X", [[Mandrake 33 (Euroclub Magerit)|''Mandrake'' #33]] (1998) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden === | === [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden === | ||
Latest revision as of 19:08, 17 February 2026
| The Giant Toothache | |
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| Start date: | May 6, 1963 |
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| End date: | August 3, 1963 |
| # of strips: | 78 (13 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "Smuggler's Luck" |
| Followed by: | "Master of Magic" |
"The Giant Toothache" is the 121th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
At the same moment as people get sudden toothache a mysterious man appears, selling toothace remedy, for an exorbitant price. When the mysterious man sold ten pills to Frankie Franky for one hundred thousand dollars Mandrake is involved.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- "Mr. X", inventor of an apparatus sending sonic waves causing vibrations in nerby metal.
- Frankie Franky, a teen-ager's idol and highest paid singer in world.
- Zaza, wife of Frankie.
- Senator Claye.
- "Bossman", a racketeer.
- Sigrid Nellsen, opera diva. Mentioned only
Locations
- New York
Behind the scenes
- The title for the story taken from the strip of August 5, 1963 (Beginning: The Giant Toothache).
Signifiant covers
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Australia -
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Spain -
United Kingdom -
USA
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "Dolor de muelas gigante", Libro de Oro - Mandrake el Mago #11 (1964)
Australia
- no title, Mandrake the Magician #31 (1964 (?))
Brazil
- "no title", Mandrake #88 (1964)
- "A Misteriosa Dor de Dentes", Mandrake #309 (1981)
- "A Misteriosa Dor de Dente", Mandrake Coleção #35 (1992)
Finland
- "Hammassärkyä", Mustanaamio #15 and #16 (1981)
France
- "L'insaisissable Mister X", Spécial Mandrake #86 (1970)
India
- "Mystery of Greedy Mr. X", Indrajal Comics #81 (1969)
- "பயங்கரப் பல்வலி", Mutu Comics #197 (1990)
- "The Giant Toothache", Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #21 (1994)
- "The Giant Toothache", Diamond Comics Digest - Mandrake #67 (1998)
- "The Giant Toothache", Diamond Comics Digest: Diamond Comics Presents Mandrake (77 Giveaways - Luxor Colormate) (? / post 1998)
Italy
- "L'inafferrabile Mister X", Mandrake Super Albo #62 (1963)
- "L'inafferrabile Mister X", Mandrake - New Comics Now #165 (1986)
Norway
- "Et middel mot tannverk", Fantomet #22 (1988)
Portugal
- "Erro Fatal", Mundo de Aventuras #836 (1965)
Spain
- "El senor X", Coleccion Héroes Modernos #56c (1964)
- "El senor X", Coleccion Héroes Modernos Album de Rip Kirby (1964)
- "El senor X", Biblioteca Eterna - Coleccion Héroes Modernos #12C (1970)
- "El Incomprensible Sr. X", Mandrake #33 (1998)
Sweden
- "Ett medel mot tandvärk", Fantomen #6 (1981)
Turkey
- "Küçük Adam", Mandrake #190 & #191 & #192 (1978)
- "Küçük Adam", Mandrake Albüm #61 & #62 (1978)
- "Küçük Adam", Mandrake Albüm #179 & #180
United Kingdom
- "The Big Toothache", World Adventure Libraries - Mandrake the Magician #3 (1967)
USA
- "The Giant Toothache", The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Giant Toothache" (Pacific Comics Club) (2020)
Yugoslavia
- "Зубoбoља" (romanized as "Zubobolja"), Politikin Zabavnik #1437 (1979)