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|Title= Lights! Camera! Danger! | |Title= Lights! Camera! Danger! | ||
|image= [[Image:md-2003-06-02.png|400 px]] | |image= [[Image:md-2003-06-02.png|400 px]]<br>[[Image:Md-2020-11-09.png|400 px]]<br>''(Re-released in 2020)'' | ||
|Start= June 2nd, 2003 | |Start= June 2nd, 2003 | ||
|End= October 11th, 2003 | |End= October 11th, 2003 | ||
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*The title for the story is taken from the strip of June 2, 2003 (Beginning: Lights! Camera! Danger!). | *The title for the story is taken from the strip of June 2, 2003 (Beginning: Lights! Camera! Danger!). | ||
*"Night of the Gruesome Creatures" directed by I. E. Lompoc, one of the worst movies ever made. | *"Night of the Gruesome Creatures" directed by I. E. Lompoc, one of the worst movies ever made. | ||
== Re-released story in 2020 == | |||
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*Start date: 9 November 2020 / End date: 20 March 2021 | |||
== Reprints == | == Reprints == | ||
Latest revision as of 09:28, 20 March 2021
| Lights! Camera! Danger! | |
  (Re-released in 2020) | |
| Start date: | June 2nd, 2003 |
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| End date: | October 11th, 2003 |
| # of strips: | 114 (19 weeks) |
| Writer: | Fred Fredericks |
| Artist: | Fred Fredericks |
| Preceded by: | "The Walking Man" |
| Followed by: | "The Little House That Wasn't There" |
"Lights! Camera! Danger!" is the 245th Mandrake daily story. The story was written and drawn by Fred Fredericks.
Plot Summary
Hollywood's I.E. Lompoc comes to visit Lothar and persuade him to play in the epic film "The Lothar Story". Lothar accept the offer if all the money he earned doing the film went to the 12 Nationes. Mandrake and Narda have a sense that there is something odd about the film project and soon the filming takes a deadly turn.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- I. E. Lompoc. An indipendent film producer and director
- Anvil, Lompoc's driver and Lothar's stuntman
- Zell, a cameraman
- The Phantom
- Guran, in the Deep Woods
Locations
- Xanadu
- The Twelve Nations, mentioned only
- Walumba River, flows through the 12 Nationes
- The Deep Woods
- The Scull Cave
Behind the scenes
- The title for the story is taken from the strip of June 2, 2003 (Beginning: Lights! Camera! Danger!).
- "Night of the Gruesome Creatures" directed by I. E. Lompoc, one of the worst movies ever made.
Re-released story in 2020
- Start date: 9 November 2020 / End date: 20 March 2021
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications: