Mandrake in Hollywood

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

• Mandrake
• Lothar

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

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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)
• "Mandrake in Hollywood", Volume Three: the complete newspaper dailies 1938-1939 (2025)

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)