Mandrake the Magician 4 (Miller)

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Mandrake the Magician #4
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Cover artist: unknown
Country/language: Mini uk.gif United Kingdom / English
Format: 18.5 × 24.5 cm
Pages: 68 pgs, b/w
Publishing date: 1959
Editor: unknown
Publishing company: L. Miller & Co
Preceded by: Mandrake the Magician #3
Followed by: Mandrake the Magician #5


Contents

Mandrake stories

Publishing date

This issue was released without a publishing date on the cover or inside, but is likely released about April 1959.

The L. Miller triangle

When the son (Arnold Miller) left his fathers company in 1959 Leonard Miller changed the company name from "L. Miller & Son" to "L. Miller & Co". The 291 issues (from the week ending March 14, 1959) of "Marvelman" and "Young Marvelman" both have "L. Miller & Son" and the 294 issues (from the week ending April 4, 1959) have "L. Miller & Co".

Stamps

The Mandrake issue has an ad from Broadway Approvals for start packages for collecting stamps. Broadway Approvals has the adress: 50 Denmark Hill, London, S.E.5. The lot W5 have:

  • Giant collection (120 different stamps): Germany and Czechslovakia - Sputniks, (first 2 space-stamps in history), Hungary - revolution set of 5, Monaco - Grace Kelly commem, Red China - Canton Bridge imperfs (complete set of 5), Spain - Help Hungary (suprise stamp), Old Germany - se-tenant (2 different stamps in a genuine joined pair!), Lenin-Stalin - death stamp, Peru - Marian year, Latvia - Airman surcharge, Indian States - Travancore, Hyderabad.
  • Free: Solar System Souvenir Sheet.

Stamps depicted in the ad:

Micromodel Kits