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== Plot Summary == | == Plot Summary == | ||
Mr. Banks is going to make a movie, "Western Love", but he has received anonymous threatening letters. | Mr. Banks is going to make a movie, "Western Love", but he has received anonymous threatening letters. When the movie is about to be filmed a series of accidents turns up. | ||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
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==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
*The title for this story is taken from the strip of March 4, 1957 (Beginning: The Western). | *The title for this story is taken from the strip of March 4, 1957 (Beginning: The Western). | ||
== Signifiant covers == | |||
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Mandrake028rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil | |||
Il Vascello-02-23.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy | |||
Chmp Merlin-02.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain | |||
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== Reprints == | == Reprints == | ||
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*"Una rapina nel West", [[Il Vascello 23 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #23]] (1960) | *"Una rapina nel West", [[Il Vascello 23 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #23]] (1960) | ||
*"Una rapina nel West", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 13 (La Freccia)|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #13]] (1961) | *"Una rapina nel West", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 13 (La Freccia)|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #13]] (1961) | ||
*"Una rapina nel West", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 37 | *"Una rapina nel West", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 37|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #37]] (1963) | ||
*"Una rapina nel West", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 106|''Mandrake'' #106]] and [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 107| #107]] (1969) | *"Una rapina nel West", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 106|''Mandrake'' #106]] and [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 107| #107]] (1969) | ||
*"Una rapina nel West", [[New Comics Now 346|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #346]] (1995) | *"Una rapina nel West", [[New Comics Now 346|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #346]] (1995) | ||
=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand === | |||
*"The Western", [[Mandrake the Magician 195 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #195'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 196 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #196'']] (1958-1959) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway=== | === [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway=== | ||
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=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom === | === [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom === | ||
*"The Western", [[Mandrake the Magician 2 (Miller)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #2]] (1960 or 1959) | *"The Western", [[Mandrake the Magician 2 (Miller)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #2]] (1960 or 1959) | ||
=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia=== | |||
*"Мандрак спашава филм" ("romanized as "Mandrak spašava film"), [[Politikin Zabavnik 923|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #923]] (1969) | |||
[[Category:Daily stories|Western, The]] | [[Category:Daily stories|Western, The]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:11, 12 March 2024
| The Western | |
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| Start date: | March 4, 1957 |
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| End date: | May 18, 1957 |
| # of strips: | 66 (11 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "The Chess Kings" |
| Followed by: | "The Penthouse Mystery" |
"The Western" is the 91st Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.
Plot Summary
Mr. Banks is going to make a movie, "Western Love", but he has received anonymous threatening letters. When the movie is about to be filmed a series of accidents turns up.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Mr. Banks, a producer.
- Tyler aka Todd, an actor and stand-in for Tom Rex.
- Ed, a guard.
- John, a guard / actor.
- Tom Rex, a movie star.
- Gloria Dane, a movie star.
Locations
- New York
- The desert, location of "Western Love"
- Phony Town, a movie western town.
Behind the scenes
- The title for this story is taken from the strip of March 4, 1957 (Beginning: The Western).
Signifiant covers
Brazil
Italy
Spain
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- "The Western", Mandrake Annual Xmas 1958 (1958)
Brazil
- "Filmando no Oeste", Mandrake #28 (1957)
- "O Filme", Mandrake #295 (1980)
Finland
- "Filmausryhmä pulassa", Mustanaamio #16 and #17 (1979)
- "Filmausryhmä pulassa", Sarjakirja #114 (1986)
France
- "Vol au Far–West", Les héros du mystère #13 (1968)
- "Vol au Far–West", Les héros du mystère Album #5 (1968)
- "Le western", Mandrake le Magicien (Collection Clair de lune) Volume 2 - 1953 à 1957 (2012)
Greece
- (title unknown), ΒΕΛΟΣ #51 (1969)
Italy
- "Una rapina nel West", Il Vascello #23 (1960)
- "Una rapina nel West", I Classici dell'Avventura #13 (1961)
- "Una rapina nel West", I Classici dell'Avventura #37 (1963)
- "Una rapina nel West", Mandrake #106 and #107 (1969)
- "Una rapina nel West", Mandrake - New Comics Now #346 (1995)
New Zealand
- "The Western", Mandrake the Magician #195 and Mandrake the Magician #196 (1958-1959)
Norway
- "Filminnspilling med forviklinger", Fantomet #20 (1979)
- "Filminnspilling med forviklinger", Serie-pocket #119 (1986)
Spain
- "Magia en el oeste", Merlin el Mago Moderno #2 (1958)
- "Magia en el oeste", Merlin el Mago Moderno - Album de Lujo #1 (1958)
- "Magia en el Oeste", Mandrake #19 (1997)
Sweden
- "Filminspelning med förhinder", Fantomen #1 (1979)
United Kingdom
- "The Western", Mandrake the Magician #2 (1960 or 1959)
Yugoslavia
- "Мандрак спашава филм" ("romanized as "Mandrak spašava film"), Politikin Zabavnik #923 (1969)