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The device, created by an eccentric and morally ambiguous inventor named , is capable of projecting one’s innermost secret desires and hidden thoughts onto a screen. When Lambik is hit by the beam, his most embarrassing secret fantasies are exposed for everyone to see – much to his shame and the amusement of others. The “glunderen” (gleaming/beaming effect) causes the victim to laugh or smile uncontrollably while their secrets are revealed.
Suske, Wiske, and Lambik (who wants revenge for his humiliation) team up with Professor Albion to retrieve the device. The chase leads them through typical Vandersteen settings: a haunted castle, a secret laboratory, and a chaotic chase through the streets. In the end, they recover the gluurder, and Professor Albion decides to destroy it, realizing that such technology is too dangerous for human nature. suske en wiske de glunderende gluurder
Soon, the device falls into the wrong hands. A cunning villain – often identified in this album as or a similar underworld figure (depending on the edition; Vandersteen reused characters) – steals the prototype. He plans to use it for blackmail, exposing the secrets of rich and powerful people across Belgium. The device, created by an eccentric and morally