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'''''Mandrake Selezione''''' was an Italian comic book dedicated to [[Mandrake]] and published by [[Fratelli Spada]] from November 1976 to December 1979.
{{Series
|Title= Mandrake Selezione
|image= [[Image:mandrake-selezione-01.png|200 px]]
|Sample= First issue
|Country= [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy / Italian
|Publisher= [[Fratelli Spada]]
|Date= 1976-1979
|Issues= 19
|Format= 19x13 cm, color
|}}


== History ==
== Issue overview==
The stories in '''''Mandrake Selezione''''' were mainly dailies by Fred Fredericks, except one Sunday story and one ''reprint'' of a Fratelli Spada story.  
'''Mandrake Selezione''' was an Italian comic book dedicated to [[Mandrake]] and published from November 1976 to December 1979. A similar series, entitled "Phantom Selezione", was also published by Fratelli Spada for featuring "[[The Phantom]]".  
One find various back-up stories such as Agent X9, Big Ben Bolt, Captain Kate, Cino e Franco, Cisci Kid, Flash Gordon and Rip Kirby.


The series was translated into French by [[Editions des Remparts]] and sold as "Mondes Mystérieux - [[Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Serie]]" in France and Canada.
The stories in '''Mandrake Selezione''' were mainly dailies by [[Fred Fredericks]], except one Sunday story and one ''reprint'' of a [[Fratelli Spada stories|Fratelli Spada story]]. The series also printed various back-up stories such as: "Secret Agent X9", "Big Ben Bolt", "Captain Kate", "Cino e Franco (Tim Tyler's Luck)", "Cisco Kid", "Flash Gordon" and "Rip Kirby".


After the last issue (#19), unsold issues of the series were collected into '''''Super Mandrake''''' albums under new covers.
=== Regular series===
 
A similar series, entitled "Phantom Selezione", was also published by Fratelli Spada for featuring "The Phantom".
 
== Issue overview==
==== Regular series====
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:mandrake-selezione-01.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 1|''Mandrake Selezione'' #1]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-01.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 1|''Mandrake Selezione'' #1]]
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==== Album series====
==== Album series====
*"Super Mandrake 1 (Mandrake Selezione # 1 and #2), May 1980.
Unsold issues of the series were later collected into '''Super Mandrake''' albums with new covers.  
*"Super Mandrake 2 (Mandrake Selezione # 3 and #4), May 1982.
*"Super Mandrake 3 (Mandrake Selezione # 5 and #6), 1982.
*"Super Mandrake 4 (Mandrake Selezione # 7 and #8), July 1982.
*"Super Mandrake 5 (Mandrake Selezione # 9 and #10), 1982.
 
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:mandrake-selezione-album-01.png
File:mandrake-selezione-album-01.png|[[Super Mandrake 1 (Mandrake Selezione)|''Super Mandrake'' #1]]
File:mandrake-selezione-album-02.png
File:mandrake-selezione-album-02.png|[[Super Mandrake 2 (Mandrake Selezione)|''Super Mandrake'' #2]]
File:mandrake-selezione-album-03.png
File:mandrake-selezione-album-03.png|[[Super Mandrake 3 (Mandrake Selezione)|''Super Mandrake'' #3]]
File:mandrake-selezione-album-04.png
File:mandrake-selezione-album-04.png|[[Super Mandrake 4 (Mandrake Selezione)|''Super Mandrake'' #4]]
File:mandrake-selezione-album-05.png
File:mandrake-selezione-album-05.png|[[Super Mandrake 5 (Mandrake Selezione)|''Super Mandrake'' #5]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


== See also ==
*''[[Spécial Mandrake (mondes mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série]]''
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Latest revision as of 20:35, 10 March 2018

Mandrake Selezione
Mandrake-selezione-01.png
First issue
Country/language: Mini italy.gif Italy / Italian
Publishing company: Fratelli Spada
Publishing years: 1976-1979
Issues: 19
Format: 19x13 cm, color


Issue overview

Mandrake Selezione was an Italian comic book dedicated to Mandrake and published from November 1976 to December 1979. A similar series, entitled "Phantom Selezione", was also published by Fratelli Spada for featuring "The Phantom".

The stories in Mandrake Selezione were mainly dailies by Fred Fredericks, except one Sunday story and one reprint of a Fratelli Spada story. The series also printed various back-up stories such as: "Secret Agent X9", "Big Ben Bolt", "Captain Kate", "Cino e Franco (Tim Tyler's Luck)", "Cisco Kid", "Flash Gordon" and "Rip Kirby".

Regular series

Album series

Unsold issues of the series were later collected into Super Mandrake albums with new covers.