Friday, 13 March 2026

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN - A COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION. PART 01 - Contributed by Jens Terje


 Mandrake the Magician is a syndicated newspaper comic strip, created by Lee Falk 
before he created The Phantom. Mandrake began publication on June 11, 1934. 
Phil Davis soon took over as the strip's illustrator, while Falk continued to script. 
The strip was distributed by King Features Syndicate.



Mandrake, along with the Phantom Magician in Mel Graff's The Adventures of Patsy, 
is regarded as the first superhero of comics by comics historians such
 as Don Markstein, who wrote, "Some people say Mandrake the Magician, 
who started in 1934, was comics' first superhero."

First strip 15-06-1934

Mandrake The Magician as seen in his debut from a June 15th 1934 comic strip.
 Copyright not renewed Davis worked on the strip until his death in 1964,
 when Falk recruited artist Fred Fredericks. 



With Falk's death in 1999, Fredericks became both writer and artist. 
The Sunday-newspaper Mandrake strip ended December 29, 2002. 
The daily newspaper strip ended mid-story on July 6, 2013, when
 Fred Fredericks retired, and a reprint of 
Pursuit of the Cobra (D220) from 1995 began July 8, 2013.



Jens Terje offers us the following files:

Diamond Comics 1997 & 1998

Egmont 1965 & 1969

Feature Book 046 & 055 (King 1946 & 1949)

Frew D029 & D032 (1943 & 1944)

Mandrake the Magician 001-010 (King 1966-1967)

Marvel - Mandrake the Magician 001-002 (1995)

Nostalgia Press 1970

Official Mandrake the Magician 001-014 + Annual & Sundays 
Vol 1 (Pioneer 1988-1989)

Official Mandrake the Magician 01-02 (Pioneer 1988)

Tempo Books Part 1 & 2 (1979 & 2008)

The Re-Print Era Chronology v1-5 (2013-2014)








This magnificent contribution by Jens Terje consists of 5 parts, which include 
an exhaustive repertoire of comics related to this popular fictional character.

Many thanks to Jens Terje !!





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