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| '''Comics Stars in the World''' is a [[Mandrake publications in French Polynesia|French Polynesian]] comic publisher. | | '''Comics Stars in the World''' is a [[Mandrake publications in French Polynesia|French Polynesian]] comic publisher. |
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| Its specialized in comics from the American Golden Age, including "[[The Phantom]]", "Charlie Chan", "Cino e Franco", "Radio Patrol", "Castor Oyl", "Curley Harper", "Kid Sisters", "Brick Bradford", "Jungle Jim", "[[Mandrake the Magician]]" and several others. All issues are ''Limited edition for comics' art collectors'' and with Italian text.
| | ==History== |
| | '''Comics Stars in the World''' specialized in comics from the American Golden Age, including "[[The Phantom]]", "Charlie Chan", "Cino e Franco", "Radio Patrol", "Castor Oyl", "Curley Harper", "Kid Sisters", "Brick Bradford", "Jungle Jim", "[[Mandrake the Magician]]" and several others. |
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| "Comic Stars in the World" with the president Jean Taoc and art director Bill Travers collaborated with Maurice Horn and Bill Blackbeard. They had several foreign agents: USA - Antony Raiola; France - Bruno Henri and Italy - Elio Dondè. The comic books were sold to their members in: Australia, USA, Canada, Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
| | The comic books were sold to their members in: Australia, USA, Canada, Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. During 1976 the back covers listed several foreign agents: USA - Antony Raiola, France - Bruno Henri and Italy - Elio Dondè. President Jean Taoc and art director Bill Travers of "Comic Stars in the World" collaborated with Maurice Horn, Bill Blackbeard and from 1977 also [[Antony Raiola]]. |
| Sometime in 1977 "Comic Stars in the World" with the president Jean Taoc and art director Bill Travers collaborated with Maurice Horn,"Bill Blackbeard and Antony Raiola. There was no naming for any foreign agents, only Italian edition by "[[Club Anni Trenta|Nouvo Club Anni Trenta]]" as part of their "Collana Albi Grandi Avventure" and the editor Rudolfo Bernardini.
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| Mandrake books have been released at two occasions:
| | The back covers from 1977 do not list any foreign agents, but an Italian edition by "[[Club Anni Trenta|Nouvo Club Anni Trenta]]" as part of their "Collana Albi Grandi Avventure" edited by Rudolfo Bernardini. |
| *In 1976 by '''Comics Stars in the World''' and '''[[Pacific Comics Club]]''' as part of their series '''The Golden Age of the Comics'''.
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| *In 1976-1978 by as part of their reprint of their Mandrake series, dailies from 11 june 1934 to December 16 1944.
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| ==Issue overview== | | ==Issue overview== |
| ===The Golden Age of the Comics=== | | ===The Golden Age of the Comics=== |
| <gallery perrow="6"> | | By '''Comics Stars in the World''' and '''[[Pacific Comics Club]]'''. |
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| Image:golden_age_comics-mandrake-01.jpg|[[Three Thrillings for Mandrake (Pacific Comics Club)|''Three Thrillings for <br>Mandrake'']] | | Image:golden_age_comics-mandrake-01.jpg|[[Three Thrillings for Mandrake (Pacific Comics Club)|''Three Thrillings for <br>Mandrake'']] |
| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==The Mandrake series== | | ===The Mandrake series=== |
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| | All issues are ''Limited edition for comics' art collectors'' and with Italian text. |
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| | #1 || June, 1976 || [[Mandrake 1 (Comics Stars in the World)|Mandrake l’uomo del mistero]] || [[The Cobra (Daily story 1934)|The Cobra]] ||
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| | #2 || June, 1976 || [[Mandrake 2 (Comics Stars in the World)|Mandrake contro il Cobra]] || [[The Cobra (Daily story 1934)|The Cobra]] ||
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| | #3 || June, 1976 || [[Mandrake 3 (Comics Stars in the World)|Il mistero della casa da giuoco]] || [[The Hawk (Mandrake Meets Narda)]] ||
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| | #4 || June, 1976 || [[Mandrake 4 (Comics Stars in the World)|Il mostro di Passo Tanov]] || [[The Monster of Tanov Pass]] ||
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| | #5 || ? || [[Mandrake 5 (Comics Stars in the World)|Il cammello d'argilla]] || [[Saki, the Clay Camel]] ||
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| | #6 || ? || [[Mandrake 6 (Comics Stars in the World)|La cattura di Saki]] || [[Saki, the Clay Camel]] ||
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| | #7 || ? || [[Mandrake 7 (Comics Stars in the World)|Il lupo mannaro]] || [[The Werewolf]] ||
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| | #8 || ? || [[Mandrake 8 (Comics Stars in the World)|L'orrore del circo]] || [[The Werewolf]] ||
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| | #9 || ? || [[Mandrake 9 (Comics Stars in the World)|L'enigmatico sir Oswald]] || [[The Return of the Clay Camel]] ||
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| | #10 || ? || [[Mandrake 10 (Comics Stars in the World)|Mandrake contro Saki]] || [[The Return of the Clay Camel]] ||
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| | #11 || ? || [[Mandrake 11 (Comics Stars in the World)|La mummia vivente]] || [[The Slave Traders of Tygandi]] ||
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| | #12 || ? || [[Mandrake 12 (Comics Stars in the World)|La disfatta dei beduini]] || [[The Slave Traders of Tygandi]] ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#13 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|Un mondo sconosciuto || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|Mandrake in the Lost World ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#14 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|Il ritorno di Molly Brunswick || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|Mandrake in the Lost World ||
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| | #15 || ? || [[Mandrake 15 (Comics Stars in the World)|Nelle spire del Cobra]] || [[In the Cobra's Grip]] ||
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| | #16 || ? || [[Mandrake 16 (Comics Stars in the World)|La fine del Cobra]] || [[In the Cobra's Grip]] ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#17 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|Mandrake in America || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|Mandrake in America ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#18 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|Falco cavallo da corsa || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|Mandrake in America ||
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| | #19 || September, 1976 || [[Mandrake 19 (Comics Stars in the World)|Mandrake a Hollywood]] || [[Mandrake in Hollywood]] ||
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| | #20 || September, 1976 || [[Mandrake 20 (Comics Stars in the World)|La casa degli spettri]] || [[Mandrake and the Haunted House]] ||
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| | #21 || ? || [[Mandrake 21 (Comics Stars in the World)|Il mago dello sport]] || [[Blozz the Champion]] ||
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| | #22 || ? || [[Mandrake 22 (Comics Stars in the World)|Il castello di Teiba : Mandrake in love]] || [[Mandrake in Love]] ||
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| | #23 || ? || [[Mandrake 23 (Comics Stars in the World)|La sfera marziana]] || [[Visitors from Space]] ||
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| | #24 || January, 1976 || [[Mandrake 24 (Comics Stars in the World)|Il fantasma del pirata ]] || [[The Deep South]] ||
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| | #25 || January, 1976 || [[Mandrake 25 (Comics Stars in the World)|Matrimonio a Cockaigne]] || [[Mandrake in Cockaigne]] ||
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| | #26 || Februsry, 1978 || [[Mandrake 26 (Comics Stars in the World)|La sposa rapita]] || [[Mandrake in Cockaigne]] ||
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| | #27 || December, 1977 || [[Mandrake 27 (Comics Stars in the World)|Besa lo stregone]] || [[Mandrake in North Africa]] ||
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| | #28 || December, 1977 || [[Mandrake 28 (Comics Stars in the World)|Re Lothar contro Besa]] || [[Mandrake in North Africa]] ||
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| | #29 || January, 1976 || [[Mandrake 29 (Comics Stars in the World)|I brigati degli altipiani]] || [[The Mountain Bandits]] ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#30 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|l misteri del museo || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|The Museum Mystery ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#31 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|La cattura della banda || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|The Octopus Ring ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#32 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|Il covo delle spie || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|The Octopus Ring ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#33 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|La piovra || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|The Octopus Ring ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#34 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|La sconlitta della piovra || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|The Octopus Ring ||
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| | #35 || June, 1976 || [[Mandrake 35 (Comics Stars in the World)|L'invenzione del dottor Griff]] || [[Dr Griff's Invention]] ||
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| | #36 || June, 1976 || [[Mandrake 36 (Comics Stars in the World)|L'orchidea del delitto]] || [[The Mystery of the Striped Orchid]] ||
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| | #37 || December, 1977 || [[Mandrake 37 (Comics Stars in the World)|Il superbo grando]] || [[The Great Grando]] ||
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| | #38 || December, 1977 || [[Mandrake 38 (Comics Stars in the World)|Lotta senza tregua]] || [[The Great Grando]] ||
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| | #39 || September, 1976 || [[Mandrake 39 (Comics Stars in the World)|I pirati del ring]] || [[Lothar the Champ]] ||
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| | #40 || October, 1976 || [[Mandrake 40 (Comics Stars in the World)|I gangsters di nails]] || [[Lothar the Champ]] ||
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| | #41 || October, 1976 || [[Mandrake 41 (Comics Stars in the World)|Lothar il campione]] || [[Lothar the Champ]] ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#42 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|La villa dei misteri || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|The Rumor Factory ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#43 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|L'isola degli uomini spenti || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|Baron Kord ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#44 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|La cattura del barone Kord || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|Baron Kord ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#45 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|La strega di Kaloon || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|The Witch of Kaloon ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#46 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|l due volti del mistero || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|The Dome ||
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| | #47 || October, 1976 || [[Mandrake 47 (Comics Stars in the World)|Il titano delle sette dune]] || [[The Earthshaker]] ||
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| | #48 || November, 1976 || [[Mandrake 48 (Comics Stars in the World)|L'infallibile cupola]] || [[The Dome]] ||
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| | #49 || November, 1976 || [[Mandrake 49 (Comics Stars in the World)|Il dottor Congo]] || [[Doctor Congo]] ||
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| | #50 || November, 1976 || [[Mandrake 50 (Comics Stars in the World)|Il popolo degli specchi]] || [[The Mirror People]] ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#51 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|La donna di ghiaccio || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|The Ice Lady ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#52 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|Nell'età della pietra || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|The Old Ones ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#53 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|Il principe misterioso || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|The Mysterious Prince ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#54 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|La bella addormentata || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|The Sleeping Beauty ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#55 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|Locuste a Vallegaia || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|Pleasant Valley ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#56 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|La maschera d'argento || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|Medusa ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#57 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|Lo stadio stregato || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|The Jinx ||
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| | bgcolor="d3d3d3"|#58 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|''not printed'' ||bgcolor="d3d3d3"|La contessa misteriosa || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|Felina ||
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| ==Cover gallery== | | ==Cover gallery== |
| <gallery perrow="6"> | | <gallery perrow="6"> |
