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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 ==
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Mandrake has arrived Hollywood and and found work at the Granite Studios.


===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
*[[Fleming]]
*Mr. Snork, co-owner of the Flitch & Snork Studios.
*[[Marilyn Dawn]]
*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"''.
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</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
 
*U.S.A.
**Hollywood
***The Flitch & Snork Studios
***Granite Studios
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==Related stories==
==Behind the scenes==
===Follows===
===Title===
 
*The title for the story is taken from the strip of January 29 1938 (Starting Next Week Mandrake in Hollywood).
===Referenced in===


== 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 ===
=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Mandrake i Hollywood", [[Mandrake 1934-1964 (Klassikerserien)|''Klassikerserien'']] (2003)


*"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_spain.gif]] Kingdom of Spain ===
=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Mandrake en Hollywood", [[Mandrake 9 (Grandes clasicos de los Comics del Pasado)|''Mandrake'' #9]] (1986)
*"''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 ===
*"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 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)
*"Mandrake in Hollywood", [[The Official Mandrake the Magician 1|''The Official Mandrake the Magician'' #1]] (1988)
*"Mandrake in Hollywood", [[Feature Books 19|''Feature Books'' #19]] (1993)
*"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)
*"Mandrake in Hollywood", [[Volume Three: the complete newspaper dailies 1938-1939]] (2025)


=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia===
=== [[Image:mini_kingdomyugoslavia.png|border]] [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia ===
*"У Холивуду"/"U Holivudu", [[Politikin Zabavnik 1961|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #1961]] &ndash; [[Politikin Zabavnik 1962|#1962]] (1989)
*"Mandrake u Hollywoodu", ''[[Jutarnji list]]'' May 2, 1938 &ndash; 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]] &ndash; [[Politikin Zabavnik 1962|#1962]] (1989)


[[Category:Daily stories|Mandrake in Hollywood]]
[[Category:Daily stories|Mandrake in Hollywood]]

Latest revision as of 12:57, 1 December 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


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
    Australia
  • Brazil
    Brazil
  • Brazil
    Brazil
  • Brazil
    Brazil
  • Brazil
    Brazil
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Italy
    Italy
  • Italy
    Italy
  • France
    France
  • Spain
    Spain
  • Spain
    Spain
  • Spain
    Spain
  • USA
    USA
  • USA
    USA

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

Brazil

Italy

France

French Polynesia

  • "Mandrake a Hollywood", Mandrake #7 (Comics Stars in the World 1976) note: Italian text.

New Zealand

Norway

Portugal

Spain

Turkey

USA

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)
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