Mandrake (Formatic Press)

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Mandrake
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First issue
Country/language: Mini sweden.gif Sweden / Swedish
Publishing company: Formatic Press
Publishing years: 1962-1964
Issues: 6
Format: 21 x 31 cm , b/w


Mandrake was published by the Swedish publisher Formatic Press in 1962 - 1964.

Issue overview

Regular seriese

In 1962 Formatic Press start printing large sized comic books in black and white. With the nice quality of the print and with the thick cover, the magazine was something between a comic book and an album.

The various series was mainly reprint of daily strips; "Flash Gordon (Blixt Gordon)" by Dan Barry, "Mandrake" by Phil Davis, "Buzz Sawyer (Buzz Cooper)" by Roy Crane, "Rip Kirby (Peter Falk)" by Alex Raymond, "Spud & Co (Spud och Tim / Bob och Frank)" by Lyman Young. "Dr Bennett" by Frank Thorne, "John Perry" by Ken Bald, "Ben Bolt" by John Collen Murphy, "Uncas" by Bertil Wilhelmsson.

Mandrake

Dubbelserien

Unsold issues from Formatic Press was stitched together by Tidskriftservice Stockholm and sold as Dubbelserien. Some of the Mandrake issues were stitched together with an other magazine by Formatic Press.