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The Lunar Trip

Start date:	March 27th, 1938
End date:	September 18th, 1938
# of strips:	26 (26 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Treasure Hunt"
Followed by:	"Mandrake and Lothar at the Carnival"

"The Lunar Trip" is the 8th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

By a complex rearrangement of atomic structures, Prof. Thursby has created Thuren, a substance that is not affected by gravity. It resists gravity and falls up instead of down. Now he has build a rocket ship powered with Thuren, heading for the Moon.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Prof. Thursby, a scientist.
Laura, daughter of Thursby.
Star-dust, the rocket ship.
Moon-men,
Garo, a Moon-man.
Hyra, a Moon-man.
Fire people,

Locations

US ?
- A remote section of the rockies.
The Moon
- Lunatopia, city on the other side of the Moon.
Atlantis, built by the Moon-men.

Behind the scenes

At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Lunar Trip", which is lifted from the plot.

Signifiant covers

Australia
Brazil
France
France
Italy
Italy
Italy
Spain
Spain
Spain
Turkey
USA

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

"Mandrake meets the Moon Men", The Supercomic Series #10 (1948)

France

"Mandrake sur la Lune", Robinson #127 to Robinson #152 (1938-1939)
"La cité lunaire", Collection merveilleuse #13 (1940)
"Mandrake sur la Lune", Mandrake #37 (1964)
"L'autre côté de la lune", Mandrake roi de la magie #2 (1964)
"L'autre côté de la lune", Mandrake roi de la magie #23 (1967)
"Mandrake sur la Lune", Spécial Mandrake #83 (1970)
"Mandrake sur la Lune", L'âge d'or Mandrake #2 (1980)

Italy

"Mandrake sulla Luna", Albo avventuroso 1 - Mandrake #8 and *"La rivolta dell macchine", Albo avventuroso 2 - Mandrake #9 (1948)
"Mandrake sulla Luna", Mandrake #66 (1964)
"Mandrake sulla Luna", L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake #2 (1980)

Norway

"Mandrake i Lunatopia", Skippern (1948)

Poland

"??", Świat Przygód #142-167 (1938-1939)

Spain

"no given title", Aventurero Almanaque #1940 (1939)
"La ciudad Lunar", Merlin el Mago Moderno #6 (1943)
"La Expedición Lunar", Mandrake #4 (1999)

Turkey

no title, 1001 Roman - Özel Sayı #69 (1945) Note: starts half-way through the original adventure.
"Ayda", 1001 Özel #67 (1953) Note: Traced editions of 1001 Roman - Özel Sayı 69.

USA

"(no title)", King Comics #34, King Comics #35, King Comics #36, King Comics #37, King Comics #38, King Comics #39, and King Comics #40 (1939)
"In the Fire World", Feature Book #46 (1946)

Yugoslavia

"Mandrake putuje na Mjesec", Jutarnji list January 23, 1939 – March 30, 1939 (in daily format)
"Mandrak na Mesecu", Biblioteka Nostalgija #3 (1985)

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 == Plot Summary ==
-By a complex rearrangement of atomic struktures Prof. Thursby have created Thuren. A substance that is not affected by gravity. It resist gravity and falls up instead of down. Now he has build a rocket ship powered with Thuren, heading for the Moon.
+By a complex rearrangement of atomic structures, Prof. Thursby has created Thuren, a substance that is not affected by gravity. It resists gravity and falls up instead of down. Now he has build a rocket ship powered with Thuren, heading for the Moon.
 ===Appearances===
-<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
+<div style="float:left; width:40%;">
 '''Recurring characters'''
 *[[Mandrake]]
@@ Line 31: / Line 31: @@
 *Fire people,
-</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
+</div><div style="float:right; width:40%;">
 '''Locations'''
 *US ?
 **A remote section of the rockies.
 *The Moon
-*Lunatopia, city ont the other side of the Moon.
+**Lunatopia, city on the other side of the Moon.
 *Atlantis, built by the Moon-men.
@@ Line 42: / Line 42: @@
 ==Behind the scenes==
-*The title for the story is taken from the plot.
+*At the [http://www.deepwoods.org deepwoods.org] index the title for this story is '''"The Lunar Trip"''', which is lifted from the plot.
+== Signifiant covers ==
+<gallery>
+Super-comics-series-10.jpg|[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia
+Mirim-114.jpg|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil
+Collection merveilleuse-13.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
+Spécial-Mandrake 83.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France
+Capriotti 8.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Capriotti 9.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Ilvascello mandrake-066.JPEG|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
+Aventurero Almanaque-1940.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain
+LGA Merlin el Mago Moderno-06.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain
+Mandrakemagerit sunday-04.png|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain
+romanspecial69.jpg|[[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey
+Feature books-46.jpg|[[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA
+</gallery>
 == Reprints ==
@@ Line 51: / Line 67: @@
 === [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
-*"Mandrake sur la Lune", [[Robinson|''Robinson'']] (1938-1939)
+*"Mandrake sur la Lune", [[Robinson 127|''Robinson  #127'']] to [[Robinson 152|''Robinson  #152'']] (1938-1939)
 *"La cité lunaire", [[Collection merveilleuse 13|''Collection merveilleuse'' #13]] (1940)
 *"Mandrake sur la Lune", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 37|''Mandrake'' #37]] (1964)
@@ Line 57: / Line 73: @@
 *"L'autre côté de la lune", [[Mandrake roi de la magie (CELEG / Giff Wiff 23 bis)|''Mandrake roi de la magie'' #23]] (1967)
 *"Mandrake sur la Lune", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 83|''Spécial Mandrake'' #83]] (1970)
+*"Mandrake sur la Lune", [[L'âge d'or – Mandrake 2|''L'âge d'or Mandrake'' #2]] (1980)
 === [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
-*"Mandrake sulla Luna", [[Albo avventuroso 1 - Mandrake 8|''Albo avventuroso 1 - Mandrake'' #8]] and
+*"Mandrake sulla Luna", [[Albo avventuroso 1 - Mandrake 8|''Albo avventuroso 1 - Mandrake'' #8]] and *"La rivolta dell macchine", [[Albo avventuroso 2 - Mandrake 9|''Albo avventuroso 2 - Mandrake'' #9]] (1948)
-**"La rivolta dell macchine", [[Albo avventuroso 2 - Mandrake 9|''Albo avventuroso 2 - Mandrake'' #9]] (1948)
 *"Mandrake sulla Luna", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 66|''Mandrake'' #66]] (1964)
+*"Mandrake sulla Luna", [[L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake 2|''L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake'' #2]] (1980)
 === [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
@@ Line 67: / Line 84: @@
 === [[Image:mini_poland.gif|border]] Poland ===
-*"??", [[Świat Przygód|''Świat Przygód'' #??-??]] (1937-1939)
+*"??", [[Świat Przygód|''Świat Przygód'' #142-167]] (1938-1939)
 === [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
-*"La ciudad Lunar", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 6|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #6]] (194?)
+*''"no given title"'', [[Aventurero Almanaque 1940|''Aventurero Almanaque'' #1940]] (1939)
+*"La ciudad Lunar", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 6|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #6]] (1943)
 *"La Expedición Lunar", [[Mandrake 4 - Páginas Dominicales 1938/39|''Mandrake'' #4]] (1999)
@@ Line 78: / Line 96: @@
 === [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
-*[[King Comics (magazine)|King Comics]] (1939)
+*''"(no title)"'', [[King Comics 34|''King Comics'' #34]], [[King Comics 35|''King Comics'' #35]], [[King Comics 36|''King Comics'' #36]], [[King Comics 37|''King Comics'' #37]], [[King Comics 38|''King Comics'' #38]], [[King Comics 39|''King Comics'' #39]], and [[King Comics 40|''King Comics'' #40]] (1939)
 *"In the Fire World", [[Feature Book 46|''Feature Book'' #46]] (1946)
 === [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png|border]] [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
-*"Mandrak na mesecu", [[Biblioteka Nostalgija 3|''Biblioteka Nostalgija'' #3]] (1985)
+*"Mandrake putuje na Mjesec", ''[[Jutarnji list]]'' January 23, 1939 &ndash; March 30, 1939 (in daily format)
+*"Mandrak na Mesecu", [[Biblioteka Nostalgija 3|''Biblioteka Nostalgija'' #3]] (1985)
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