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Phil Davis Mandrake the Magician Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 6-25-44 (King Features Syndicate, 1944)...

Lot: 92073, Auction: 2009 August Signature Comics & Comic Art Auction #7009

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Phil Davis Mandrake the Magician Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 6-25-44 (King Features Syndicate, 1944). The sartorially splendid Mandrake the Magician and his buff valet/bodyguard, Lothar, are much needed troubleshooters on the Sam Jones circus tour, in this delightful Sunday. Phil Davis' smooth, clean rendering effortlessly carried Lee Falk's storylines, a combination that mesmerized Mandrake readers for over 30 years. This strip has an image area of 13.75" x 21.25" and it has been framed to an overall size of 24.5" x 32.5". The art is in Excellent condition. From the Bob Cowan Collection.

Davis, Phil: Phil Davis was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1906. He studied at the Washington University Art School, while working as a commercial artist for the local telephone company. In 1928, he started working on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as an advertising artist, while at the same time contributing illustrations and covers for various magazines. In 1933, he met writer Lee Falk, and together they created Mandrake the Magician for King Features Syndicate. During WWII, Davis was drafted as art director of the Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Company, where he edited and partially illustrated the instrumentation manual for the A-25 bomber. Davis continued to draw Mandrake until his death in 1964 .

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