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== Plot Summary == | == 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. | |||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
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'''One-time 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, | |||
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;"> | </div><div style="float:right; width:50%;"> | ||
'''Locations''' | '''Locations''' | ||
*A remote section of the rockies. | |||
*The Moon | |||
*Lunatopia, city ont the other side of the Moon. | |||
*Atlantis, built by the Moon-men. | |||
</div><br clear="all"> | </div><br clear="all"> | ||
==Behind the scenes== | |||
*The title for the story is taken from the plot. | |||
==Related stories== | ==Related stories== | ||
Revision as of 18:18, 1 November 2014
| The Lunar Trip | |
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| Start date: | March 27th, 1938 |
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| 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 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.
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
- A remote section of the rockies.
- The Moon
- Lunatopia, city ont the other side of the Moon.
- Atlantis, built by the Moon-men.
Behind the scenes
- The title for the story is taken from the plot.
Related stories
Follows
Referenced in
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 (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)
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)
Norway
- "Mandrake i Lunatopia", Skippern (1948)
Poland
- "??", Świat Przygód #??-?? (1937-1939)
Spain
- "La ciudad Lunar", Merlin el Mago Moderno #6 (194?)
- "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
- King Comics (1939)
- "In the Fire World", Feature Book #46 (1946)
Yugoslavia
- "Mandrak na mesecu", Biblioteka Nostalgija #3 (1985)