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== Plot Summary == | == Plot Summary == | ||
Sonny, the ten years old movie idol and most spoiled child on Earth has been kidnapped. | |||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
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'''One-time characters''' | '''One-time characters''' | ||
* | *Mr. Fleming, owner of Granite Studios. | ||
* | *Marilyn Dawn, the biggest star of Granite Studios. | ||
* | *Sonny Starr, a child star. | ||
* | *Mrs. Starr, Sonny's mother. | ||
* | *Mr. Starr, Sonny's father. | ||
* | *Mr. Potts, a director. | ||
* | *George, Sonny's valet. | ||
* | *Pete, a kidnapper. | ||
* | *Bud, a kidnapper. | ||
*Whitey, a friend of Sonny. | |||
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;"> | </div><div style="float:right; width:50%;"> | ||
'''Locations''' | '''Locations''' | ||
*Hollywood | |||
**Granite Studios | |||
**Granite Studio Cafe | |||
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== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
*The title for the story is taken from the plot. | |||
== Reprints == | == Reprints == | ||
Revision as of 15:58, 27 July 2014
| Sonny the Child Movie Star | |
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| Start date: | April 4th, 1938 |
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| End date: | May 14th, 1938 |
| # of strips: | 36 (6 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "Mandrake in Hollywood" |
| Followed by: | "Mandrake and the Haunted House" |
"Sonny the Child Movie Star" is the 12th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
Sonny, the ten years old movie idol and most spoiled child on Earth has been kidnapped.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Mr. Fleming, owner of Granite Studios.
- Marilyn Dawn, the biggest star of Granite Studios.
- Sonny Starr, a child star.
- Mrs. Starr, Sonny's mother.
- Mr. Starr, Sonny's father.
- Mr. Potts, a director.
- George, Sonny's valet.
- Pete, a kidnapper.
- Bud, a kidnapper.
- Whitey, a friend of Sonny.
Locations
- Hollywood
- Granite Studios
- Granite Studio Cafe
Behind the scenes
- The title for the story is taken from the plot.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "Sonny, O Menino Mimado", Mandrake #52 (1960)
- "O Rapto do Menino Dourado", Mandrake Coleção #7 (1990)
France
- "Mandrake et l'enfant prodige", Collection à 8 Francs Mandrake et l'enfant prodige (1946)
- "Mandrake à Hollywood", Spécial Mandrake #14 (1964)
Italy
- "L’uomo magico", Pisellino #10 to #22 (1940)
- "L’uomo magico", Collana Albi grandi avventure - Mandrake #11 (1941)
- "Il piccolo divo rapito", Mandrake #26 (1948)
- "L’uomo magico", Super Albo #102 (1964)
- "no title", L'olimpo dei fumetti #14 (1973)
- "Mandrake a Hollywood", Mandrake #7 (Comics Stars in the World 1976)
- "Mandrake a Hollywood", Mandrake - New Comics Now #118 (1984)
- "Mandrake a Hollywood", Mandrake 11 (Comic Art) (1992)
French Polynesia
- "Mandrake a Hollywood", Mandrake #7 (Comics Stars in the World 1976) note: Italian text.
Spain
- "El niño prodigio", Merlin el Mago Moderno #39 (194?)
- Mandrake #9 (1986)
USA
- "no title", Feature Book #19 (1946)
- "Sonny the Child Movie Star", The Golden Age of the Comics #7 (1970)
- "Mandrake in Hollywood", The Official Mandrake the Magician #1 – #2 (1988)
- "no title", Feature Book #19 (1993, reprint)
Yugoslavia
- "Звезда у кратким панталонама"/"Zvezda u kratkim pantalonama", Politikin Zabavnik #1974 – #1975 (1989)