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== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
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Mandrake helps a young cab driver with gambling debts.


===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Lothar]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]]
 
'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
*"Pretty-Boy", a gambler and murder-case suspect.
*Hacky, a cab driver and gambler.
*Doreen, Hacky's wife.
*Swami Joe, a fortuneteller.


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==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
*The title for the story taken from the strip of August 13, 1962 (Beginning: The Gamblers).
*The title for the story taken from the strip of August 13, 1962 (Beginning: The Gamblers).
== Signifiant covers ==
<gallery>
Mtm-edmal-42.jpg|[[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina
Mandrake080rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
Ilvascello mandrake-031.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Classmandit069.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Dol41C.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain
Miller-mtm-22.jpg|[[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom
ClassMandSeries2thegamblers.jpg|[[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA
</gallery>


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
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=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*"Lara Linda", [[Mandrake el mago 42 (Edmal)|''Mandrake el Mago'' #42]] (1963)
*"Lara Linda", [[Mandrake el mago 42 (Edmal)|''Mandrake el Mago'' #42]] (1963)
=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
*''"no title"'', [[Mandrake the Magician 27 (Photo-Type Press)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #27]] (1964 <small>(?)</small>)


=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
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=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Il giuoco troppo pericoloso", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 31|''Mandrake'' #31]] (1963)
*"Il giuoco troppo pericoloso", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 31|''Mandrake'' #31]] (1963)
*"Il giuoco troppo pericoloso", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 69 – Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #69]] (1964)
*"Il giuoco troppo pericoloso", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 69|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #69]] (1964)
*"Il giuoco troppo pericoloso", [[New Comics Now 164|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #164]] (1986)
*"Il giuoco troppo pericoloso", [[New Comics Now 164|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #164]] (1986)


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=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"Jogo Perigoso", [[Mundo de Aventuras792|''Mundo de Aventuras'' #792]] to [[Mundo de Aventuras 795|''Mundo de Aventuras'' #795]] (1964)
*"Jogo Perigoso", [[Mundo de Aventuras Album Especial 3|''Mundo de Aventuras Album Especial'' #3]] (19??)
*"Jogo Perigoso", [[Mundo de Aventuras Album Especial 3|''Mundo de Aventuras Album Especial'' #3]] (19??)


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=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Namus Borcu", [[Mandrake 181 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #181]] [[Mandrake 182 (Tay)| #182]] (1977)
*"Namus Borcu", [[Mandrake 181 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #181]] & [[Mandrake 182 (Tay)| #182]] (1977)
*"Namus Borcu", [[Mandrake Albüm 58 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #58]] & [[Mandrake Albüm 59 (Tay)| #59]] (1977)
*"Namus Borcu", [[Mandrake Albüm 179 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #179]]
*"Namus Borcu", [[Mandrake Albüm 179 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #179]]


=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
*"Mandrake the Magician in.... The Gamblers", [[Mandrake the Magician 22 (Miller)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #22]] (1960)
*"Mandrake the Magician in.... The Gamblers", [[Mandrake the Magician 22 (Miller)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #22]] (1960)
=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"The Gamblers", [[The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)/ Episode: "The Gamblers" (Pacific Comics Club)|''The Classic Mandrake Series (second series)''/ Episode: "The Gamblers" (Pacific Comics Club)'']] (2020)


[[Category:Daily stories|Gamblers, The]]
[[Category:Daily stories|Gamblers, The]]

Latest revision as of 07:58, 14 July 2023

The Gamblers
Md-1962-08-13.png
Start date: August 13, 1962
End date: October 13, 1962
# of strips: 54 (9 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Phil Davis
Preceded by: "Narda's TV Show"
Followed by: "The First Visitors"

"The Gamblers" is the 117th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mandrake helps a young cab driver with gambling debts.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • "Pretty-Boy", a gambler and murder-case suspect.
  • Hacky, a cab driver and gambler.
  • Doreen, Hacky's wife.
  • Swami Joe, a fortuneteller.

Locations

  • New York


Behind the scenes

  • The title for the story taken from the strip of August 13, 1962 (Beginning: The Gamblers).

Signifiant covers

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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