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|Title= Mandrake in Hollywood | |Title= Mandrake in Hollywood | ||
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|Start= January 31st, 1938 | |Start= January 31st, 1938 | ||
|End= April 2nd, 1938 | |End= April 2nd, 1938 | ||
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'''"Mandrake in Hollywood"''' is the 11th Mandrake [[daily story]]. | '''"Mandrake in Hollywood"''' is the 11th Mandrake [[daily story]]. | ||
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]]. | The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]]. | ||
This story exists in two variants, one made to span six newspaper columns, the other to span five. | |||
== Plot Summary == | == Plot Summary == | ||
Mandrake has arrived Hollywood and and found work at the Granite Studios. | |||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
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'''One-time characters''' | '''One-time characters''' | ||
* | *Mr. Snork, co-owner of the Flitch & Snork Studios. | ||
* | *Mr. Flitch, co-owner of the Flitch & Snork Studios. | ||
*Mr. Fleming, owner of Granite Studios. | |||
*Marilyn Dawn, the biggest star of Granite Studios. | |||
*Nettie, Miss Dawn's double. | |||
*Farrell, Miss Dawn's manager. | |||
*Liza, Miss Dawn's housekeeper. | |||
*Dough, Nettie's sweetheart. Mentioned only. | |||
*"Kiss, but don't Tell" a movie by Hotsy Totsie. | |||
*David, ''"uncle of Miss Dawn"''. | |||
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;"> | </div><div style="float:right; width:50%;"> | ||
'''Locations''' | '''Locations''' | ||
*U.S.A. | |||
**Hollywood | |||
***The Flitch & Snork Studios | |||
***Granite Studios | |||
</div><br clear="all"> | </div><br clear="all"> | ||
== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
=== | ===Title=== | ||
*The title for the story is taken from the strip of January 29 1938 (Starting Next Week Mandrake in Hollywood). | |||
== Signifiant covers == | |||
<gallery> | |||
Super-comics-series-24.jpg|[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia | |||
Mandrake050rge.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil | |||
Mandrake03saber.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil | |||
Gibinostalgia1.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil | |||
Mandrakecolecao07.png|[[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil | |||
Collana Albi grandi avventure-11-o.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy | |||
Collana Albi grandi avventure 77.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy | |||
Super Albo 102.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy | |||
Collana Mandrake csitw-07.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy | |||
Ncn-mandrake-118.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy | |||
Comart11.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy | |||
Collection8francs-04.jpg|[[Image:mini_france.gif]] France | |||
LGA Merlin el Mago Moderno-40.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain | |||
Cómic-de-Bolsillo-01.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain | |||
Mandrake esteve 9.jpg|[[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain | |||
Feature books-19.jpg|[[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA | |||
TGAotC-07.jpg|[[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Reprints == | == Reprints == | ||
This story has been published in the following publications: | This story has been published in the following publications: | ||
=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia === | |||
*"Mandrake in Hollywood", [[The Supercomic Series 24|''The Supercomic Series'' #24]] (1950) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil === | |||
*"A Sósia da Estrêla", [[Mandrake 50 (RGE)|''Mandrake'' #50]] (1961) | |||
*"Aventura em Hollywood", [[Mandrake, o Mágico 3|''Mandrake, o Mágico'' #3]] (1970) | |||
*"Mandrake em Hollywood", [[Almanaque do Gibi Nostalgia 1|''Almanaque do Gibi Nostalgia'' #1]] (1975) | |||
*"Dublê de Corpo", [[Mandrake Coleção 7|''Mandrake Coleção'' #7]] (1990) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy === | |||
*"L’uomo magico", [[Pisellino|''Pisellino'' #10 to #22]] (1940) | |||
*"L’uomo magico", [[Collana Albi grandi avventure (11)|''Collana Albi grandi avventure - Mandrake'' #11]] (1941) | |||
*"Mandrake a Hollywood", [[Collana Albi grandi avventure 77 (second serie)|'' Mandrake'' #25]] (1948) | |||
*"L’uomo magico", [[Super Albo 102 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''Super Albo'' #102]] (1964) | |||
*"A Hollywood", [[Mandrake (Garzanti)|''Mandrake (Garzanti)'']] (1972) | |||
*"Mandrake a Hollywood", [[Mandrake (Fratelli Spada Cartonato)|''Mandrake'']] (1974) | |||
*''"no title"'', [[L'olimpo dei fumetti 14|''L'olimpo dei fumetti'' #14]] (1973) | |||
*"Mandrake a Hollywood", [[Mandrake 7 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #7]] (Comics Stars in the World 1976) | |||
*"Mandrake a Hollywood", [[Superfumetti in Film 10|''Superfumetti in Film'' #10]] (1978) | |||
*"Mandrake a Hollywood", [[New Comics Now 118|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #118]] (1984) | |||
*"Mandrake a Hollywood", [[Mandrake 11 (Comic Art)]] (1992) | |||
*"Mandrake a Hollywood", [[Mandrake il mago (Mondadori Comics) Volume 2|''Mandrake il mago Volume 2'']] (2015) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France === | |||
*"Mandrake à Hollywood", [[Collection à 8 Francs (Mandrake à Hollywood)|''Collection à 8 Francs'' Mandrake à Hollywood]] (1946) | |||
*"Mandrake à Hollywood", [[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 14|''Spécial Mandrake'' #14]] (1964) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_french_polynesia.png|border]] French Polynesia=== | |||
*"Mandrake a Hollywood", [[Mandrake 7 (Comics Stars in the World)|''Mandrake'' #7]] (Comics Stars in the World 1976) <small>note: Italian text.</small> | |||
=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand === | |||
*"Mandrake in Hollywood", [[Mandrake the Magician 62 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #62'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 63 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #63'']] (1954) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway === | |||
*"Mandrake i Hollywood", [[Mandrake 1934-1964 (Klassikerserien)|''Klassikerserien'']] (2003) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal === | |||
*"Surpresa em Hollywood", [[Cangurú 72|''Cangurú!'' #72]] (1974) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain === | |||
*"Merlin en Hollywood", [[Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 40|''Merlin el Mago Moderno'' #40]] (1947) | |||
*"no title" ("Mandrake en Hollywood" on back cover), [[Cómic de Bolsillo 1|Mandrake el mago]] (1981) | |||
*"Mandrake en Hollywood", [[Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado 33 - Mandrake 9|''Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado'' #33 - ''Mandrake'' #9]] (1986) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey === | |||
*"''no title'', [[1001 Roman|''1001 Roman'' #342 - 350]] (1946) <small>Note: only the 2nd subplot from 3-22 to 4-20 1938.</small> | |||
=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA === | === [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA === | ||
*"Mandrake in Hollywood", [[The Official Mandrake | *"no title", [[Feature Book 19|''Feature Book'' #19]] (1946) | ||
*"Mandrake in Hollywood", [[The Golden Age of the Comics 7|''The Golden Age of the Comics'' #7]] (1970) | |||
*"Mandrake in Hollywood", [[The Official Mandrake the Magician 1|''The Official Mandrake the Magician'' #1]] (1988) | |||
*"no title", [[Feature Book 19 (Pacific Comics Club)|''Feature Book'' #19]] (1993, reprint) | |||
*"Mandrake in Hollywood", [[Comics Revue 393-394|''Comics Revue'' #393-394]] (2019) | |||
=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] | === [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png|border]] [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia === | ||
*"У Холивуду" | *"Mandrake u Hollywoodu", ''[[Jutarnji list]]'' May 2, 1938 – June 5, 1938 (the first strip and half of the second one missing) | ||
*"У Холивуду" (romanized as "U Holivudu"), [[Politikin Zabavnik 1961|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #1961]] – [[Politikin Zabavnik 1962|#1962]] (1989) | |||
[[Category:Daily stories|Mandrake in Hollywood]] | [[Category:Daily stories|Mandrake in Hollywood]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:27, 14 October 2024
| Mandrake in Hollywood | |
| |
| Start date: | January 31st, 1938 |
|---|---|
| End date: | April 2nd, 1938 |
| # of strips: | 54 (9 weeks) |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Phil Davis |
| Preceded by: | "Mandrake in America" |
| Followed by: | "Sonny the Child Movie Star" |
"Mandrake in Hollywood" is the 11th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis. This story exists in two variants, one made to span six newspaper columns, the other to span five.
Plot Summary
Mandrake has arrived Hollywood and and found work at the Granite Studios.
Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Mr. Snork, co-owner of the Flitch & Snork Studios.
- Mr. Flitch, co-owner of the Flitch & Snork Studios.
- Mr. Fleming, owner of Granite Studios.
- Marilyn Dawn, the biggest star of Granite Studios.
- Nettie, Miss Dawn's double.
- Farrell, Miss Dawn's manager.
- Liza, Miss Dawn's housekeeper.
- Dough, Nettie's sweetheart. Mentioned only.
- "Kiss, but don't Tell" a movie by Hotsy Totsie.
- David, "uncle of Miss Dawn".
Locations
- U.S.A.
- Hollywood
- The Flitch & Snork Studios
- Granite Studios
- Hollywood
Behind the scenes
Title
- The title for the story is taken from the strip of January 29 1938 (Starting Next Week Mandrake in Hollywood).
Signifiant covers
Australia
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
France
Spain
Spain
Spain
USA
USA
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- "Mandrake in Hollywood", The Supercomic Series #24 (1950)
Brazil
- "A Sósia da Estrêla", Mandrake #50 (1961)
- "Aventura em Hollywood", Mandrake, o Mágico #3 (1970)
- "Mandrake em Hollywood", Almanaque do Gibi Nostalgia #1 (1975)
- "Dublê de Corpo", Mandrake Coleção #7 (1990)
Italy
- "L’uomo magico", Pisellino #10 to #22 (1940)
- "L’uomo magico", Collana Albi grandi avventure - Mandrake #11 (1941)
- "Mandrake a Hollywood", Mandrake #25 (1948)
- "L’uomo magico", Super Albo #102 (1964)
- "A Hollywood", Mandrake (Garzanti) (1972)
- "Mandrake a Hollywood", Mandrake (1974)
- "no title", L'olimpo dei fumetti #14 (1973)
- "Mandrake a Hollywood", Mandrake #7 (Comics Stars in the World 1976)
- "Mandrake a Hollywood", Superfumetti in Film #10 (1978)
- "Mandrake a Hollywood", Mandrake - New Comics Now #118 (1984)
- "Mandrake a Hollywood", Mandrake 11 (Comic Art) (1992)
- "Mandrake a Hollywood", Mandrake il mago Volume 2 (2015)
France
- "Mandrake à Hollywood", Collection à 8 Francs Mandrake à Hollywood (1946)
- "Mandrake à Hollywood", Spécial Mandrake #14 (1964)
French Polynesia
- "Mandrake a Hollywood", Mandrake #7 (Comics Stars in the World 1976) note: Italian text.
New Zealand
- "Mandrake in Hollywood", Mandrake the Magician #62 and Mandrake the Magician #63 (1954)
Norway
- "Mandrake i Hollywood", Klassikerserien (2003)
Portugal
- "Surpresa em Hollywood", Cangurú! #72 (1974)
Spain
- "Merlin en Hollywood", Merlin el Mago Moderno #40 (1947)
- "no title" ("Mandrake en Hollywood" on back cover), Mandrake el mago (1981)
- "Mandrake en Hollywood", Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado #33 - Mandrake #9 (1986)
Turkey
- "no title, 1001 Roman #342 - 350 (1946) Note: only the 2nd subplot from 3-22 to 4-20 1938.
USA
- "no title", Feature Book #19 (1946)
- "Mandrake in Hollywood", The Golden Age of the Comics #7 (1970)
- "Mandrake in Hollywood", The Official Mandrake the Magician #1 (1988)
- "no title", Feature Book #19 (1993, reprint)
- "Mandrake in Hollywood", Comics Revue #393-394 (2019)
Yugoslavia
- "Mandrake u Hollywoodu", Jutarnji list May 2, 1938 – June 5, 1938 (the first strip and half of the second one missing)
- "У Холивуду" (romanized as "U Holivudu"), Politikin Zabavnik #1961 – #1962 (1989)