King Comics (magazine)

King Comics was published by David McKay Publications from 1936 to 1949. It was a compilation of newspaper strip reprints such as "Mandrake the Magician", "Brick Bradford", "Popeye", "Henry", "The Lone Ranger", "Blondie", "Prince Valiant" and "The Phantom".

King Comics reprinted Sunday pages of Mandrake in # 1 to # 147.

Issue overview

• "Land of the Fakirs" ("Land of the Fakirs"), starts in # 1-1936 and ends in # 2-1936.
• "Land of the Little People" ("Land of the Little People"), starts in # 2-1936 and ends in # 7-1936.
• "The Circus People" ("The Circus People"), starts in # 7-1936 and ends in # 13-1937.
• "Chamber into the X Dimension" ("Chamber into the X Dimension"), starts in # 14-1937 and ends in # 20-1937.
• "Prince Paulo the Tyrant" ("Prince Paulo the Tyrant"), starts in # 21-1937 and ends in # 27-1938.
• "The Treasure Hunt" ("The Treasure Hunt"), starts in # 27-1938 and ends in # 34-1939.
• "The Lunar Trip" ("The Lunar Trip"), starts in # 34-1939 and ends in # 40-1939.
• "Mandrake and Lothar at the Carnival" ("Mandrake and Lothar at the Carnival"), starts in # 41-1939 and ends in # 42-1939.
• "The Haunted Range" ("The Haunted Range"), starts in # 42-1939 and ends in # 44-1939.
• "The Fisherman" (filler page) ("The Fisherman"), starts in # 44-1939.
• "The Visit" (filler page) ("The Visit"), starts in # 44-1939.
• "The Annoying" (filler page) ("The Annoying"), starts in # 45-1940.
• "The Flying Pass By" (filler page) ("The Flying Pass By"), starts in # 45-1940.
• "The Clairvoyant" (filler page) ("The Clairvoyant"), starts in # 45-1940.
• "City of Gold" ("City of Gold"), starts in # 45-1940 and ends in # .
• "The Evil Man" (filler page) ("The Evil Man"), starts in # 52-1940.
• "Trial of Strenght" (filler page) ("Trial of Strenght"), starts in # 52-1940.
• "The Cure" (filler page) ("The Cure"), starts in # 53-1940.
• "Lothar go Fishing" (filler page) ("Lothar go Fishing"), starts in # 53-1940.
• "The Dishonest Merchant" (filler page) ("The Dishonest Merchant"), starts in # 53-1940.
• "The Ghost Bear of Glass Mountain" ("The Ghost Bear of Glass Mountain"), starts in # 53-1940 and ends in # 57-1941.
• "Mandrake and Doubting Thomas" (filler page) ("Mandrake and Doubting Thomas"), starts in # 57-1941.
• "Lothar at the Dentist" (filler page) ("Lothar at the Dentist"), starts in # 57-1941.
• "Jam Session" (filler page) ("The Concert"), starts in # 58-1941.
• "Mandrake and the Burglar" (filler page) ("Mandrake and the Burglar"), starts in # 58-1941.
• "The Music Lession" (filler page) ("The Music Lession"), starts in # 58-1941.
• "The Theatre Mysteries" ("The Theatre Mysteries"), starts in # 58-1941 and ends in # 61-1941.
• "The Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination" ("The Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination"), starts in # 61-1941 and ends in # 63-1941.
• "The Flame Pearls Pt.2: Magnetic Island" ("The Flame Pearls Pt.2: Magnetic Island"), starts in # 63-1941 and ends in # 65-1941.
• "The Flame Pearls Pt.3: The Three Cows" ("The Flame Pearls Pt.3: The Three Cows"), starts in # 65-1941 and ends in # 67-1941.
• "The Swordfish" (filler page) ("The Swordfish"), starts in # 67-1941.
• "The Flame Pearls Pt.4: The Amazons" ("The Flame Pearls Pt.4: The Amazons"), starts in # 67-1941 and ends in # 70-1942.
• "The Flame Pearls Pt.5: The Ghost Ship" ("The Flame Pearls Pt.5: The Ghost Ship"), starts in # 70-1942 and ends in # 74-1942.
• "The Flame Pearls Pt.6: The Witch of Tago" ("The Flame Pearls Pt.6: The Witch of Tago"), starts in # 74-1942 and ends in # 76-1942.
• "The Flame Pearls Pt.7: Land of the Giants" ("The Flame Pearls Pt.7: Land of the Giants"), starts in # 77-1942 and ends in # 81-1943.
• "The Flame Pearls Pt.8: The Hungry Isles" ("The Flame Pearls Pt.8: The Hungry Isles"), starts in # 81-1943 and ends in # 87-1943.
• "Pacifica" ("Pacifica"), starts in # 87-1943 and ends in # 94-1944.
• "Mystery of the Girls with Red Hair" ("Mystery of the Girls with Red Hair"), starts in # 94-1944 and ends in # 98-1944.
• "Cloud City" ("Cloud City"), starts in # 99-1944 and ends in # 107-1945.
• "Gloria Golden" ("Gloria Golden"), starts in # 108-1945 and ends in # 110-1945.
• "The Garden of Wuzzu" ("The Garden of Wuzzu"), starts in # 110-1945 and ends in # 114-1945.
• "The Circus Adventure" ("The Circus Adventure"), starts in # 115-1945 and ends in # 118-1946.
• "The Santa Claus Pirates" ("The Santa Claus Pirates"), starts in # 118-1946 and ends in # 121-1946.
• "Fountain of Youth" ("Fountain of Youth"), starts in # 122-1946 and ends in # 125-1946.
• "Kingdom of the Wind" ("Kingdom of the Wind"), starts in # 125-1946 and ends in # 128-1946.
• "The Atalan Deep" ("The Atalan Deep"), starts in # 129-1947 and ends in # 133-1947.
• "The Twins of Karana" ("The Twins of Karana"), starts in # 134-1947 and ends in # 138-1947.
• "The Singing Devils" ("The Singing Devils"), starts in # 138-1947 and ends in # 142-1948.
• "Roc Island" ("Roc Island"), starts in # 142-1948 and ends in # 146-1948.
• "Kingdom of Marvel" ("Kingdom of Marvel"), starts in # 147-1948 and ends in # ?? 1949.

Mandrake covers

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Above cover (issue #4, July 1936) drawn by Joseph Musial.

After the end of the series (# 155, November-December 1949), four more issues (numbering #156 to 159) were published between March 1950 and February 1952, under the logo King Comics. These last four issues have a small picture of Mandrake on their covers :

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