The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian "Caspian" with "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", which the BBC did for their television adaptation. Screenwriters Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely wanted to explore how the Pevensies felt after returning from Narnia, going from being kings and queens back to an awkward year as school children. They noted, "<nowiki>[</nowiki>C. S. Lewis<nowiki>]</nowiki> doesn't much consider what it would be like for a King of Narnia to return to being a 1940's schoolchild." They also decided to introduce the Pevensies back into Narnia nearer the start, in order to weave the two separate stories of the Pevensies and Caspian, in contrast
Mandrake the Magician a clever reference to the explosive's blast. Mandrake had a prominent role in "Magic Comics" and Big Little Books (published by Whitman) of the 1930s and 1940s. Dell Comics published a "Mandrake the Magician" issue in their "Four Color" comic book series with various main characters. The "Mandrake" issue was #752 and featured original stories by Stan Campell and written by Paul Newman. In 1966–67, King Comics published ten issues of a "Mandrake the Magician" comic book. Most of the stories were remakes of past newspaper strip stories and featured art by André LeBlanc, and others. "Mandrake" stories also ran