Robinson

Robinson was published weekly by the French publisher Opera Mundi in 1936 to 1940. It was a compilation of newspaper strip reprints such as "Mandrake the Magician", "The Phantom", "Flash Gordon", "Brick Bradford" and others.

After 218 issues Robinson merged with Hop-là! into a new magazine, entitled Robinson et Hop-là ! réunis (translation : "Robinson and Hop-Là ! together") and started with issue 219 (october 1940) in the southern zone of France – called during World War II “Free zone” / with the German occupation of the northern zone, most of the magazines were still published in this only southern zone. The series ended with issue was 395 in 1944.

The initial format is 36.5 x 26.5 and change twice. The magazine contains, depending on the period, 16, 10, 8 or 4 pages.

The Mandrake Sunday pages was in color.

Unsold copies were later glued together with a new outer cover and sold as "albums".

Issue overview (Mandrake stories only)

• "Le petit peuple" ("Land of the Little People"), starts in # 1-1936 and ends in # 21-1936.
• "Les secrets du cirque" ("The Circus People"), starts in # 22-1936 and ends in # 45-1937.
• "La dimension X" ("Chamber into the X Dimension"), starts in # 46-1937 and ends in # 72-1937.
• "Le tyran de Dementor" ("Prince Paulo the Tyrant"), starts in # 73-1937 and ends in # 97-1938.
• "La chasse aux trésors" ("The Treasure Hunt"), starts in # 98-1938 and ends in # 126-1938.
• "Mandrake sur la Lune" ("The Lunar Trip"), starts in # 127-1938 and ends in # 152-1939.
• "Mandrake à la Foire" ("Mandrake and Lothar at the Carnival"), starts in # 153-1939 and ends in # 157-1939.
• "Le monstre de la montagne" ("The Haunted Range"), starts in # 158-1939 and ends in # 166-1939.
• "Le pêcheur" ("The Fisherman"), starts in # 167-1939.
• "La visite" ("The Visit"), starts in # 168-1939.
• "Une bonne leçon" ("The Annoying"), starts in # 169-1939.
• "Le fou volant" ("The Flying Pass By"), starts in # 170-1939.
• "La boule de cristal" ("The Clairvoyant"), starts in # 171-1939.
• "Mandrake dans la ville d'or" ("City of Gold"), starts in # 172-1940 and ends in # 197-1940.
• "Un méchant" ("The Evil Man"), starts in # 198-1940.
• "Pour mesurer sa force" ("Trial of Strenght"), starts in # 199-1940.
• "Le remède" ("The Cure"), starts in # 200-1940.
• "Lothar à la pêche" ("Lothar go Fishing"), starts in # 201-1940.
• "Un boutiquier malhonnête" ("The Dishonest Merchant"), starts in # 202-1940.
• "L'ours fantôme" ("The Ghost Bear of Glass Mountain"), starts in # 203-1940 and ends in # 217-1940.
• "L'incrédule" ("Mandrake and Doubting Thomas"), starts in # 218-1940.