Crítica Aventuras
Crítica Aventuras, founded in 1935, published "Mandrake the Magician" Sunday strip with the title "Soliman el Mago" in Argentina. It was the comics supplement of the Argentinian newspaper "Critica".
History
Subtitled "Magazine multicolor de aventuras", Crítica Aventuras was published in full color in a 8 pages presentation before becoming a 12 pages, and finally a 16 pages comics supplement. Format 22 x 28.5 cms.
Various local and American characters - such as "The Phantom" (renamed "Fantomas"), "Jungle Jim", "Ted Strong", "Bufalo Bill", "Flash Gordon", "Buck Rogers", "Tarzan", "Felix the Cat", "The Lone Ranger", "Donald Duck", "Buz Sawyer", "King of the Police Mounted", "Popeye", "The Pussycat Princess", "Mickey Mouse", "Frank Buck", "Mutt & Jeff", "Krazy Kat", "Pluto", " Hawk Shaw, The Detective", "The Katzenjammer Kids", "Henry", "Bug Bunny", "Betty", "Brick Bradford", "Radio Patrol", "Captain Easy" - were featured amongst others.
Published stories
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| Original story title | Start date | End date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Ghost Bear of Glass Mountain" | # 243: Apr. 8, 1940 | # 257: July 15, 1940 | color |
| "Mandrake and Doubting Thomas" | # 258: July 22, 1940 | color | |
| "Lothar's Visit to the Dentist" | # 259: July 29, 1940 | color | |
| "Jam Session" | # 260: Aug. 5, 1940 | color | |
| "Mandrake and the Burglar" | # 261: Aug. 12, 1940 | color | |
| "The Music Lesson" | # 262: Aug. 19, 1940 | color | |
| "The Theatre Mysteries" | #263: Aug 26, 1940 | # 273: Nov. 4, 1940 | color |
| "The Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination" | # 274: Nov. 11, 1940 | # 279: Dec. 16, 1940 | color |
| ...?... | ...?... | ...?... | (several stories) |
| "Pacifica" | # 378: 1942 | # 406: 1943 | color |
| "Mystery of the Girls with Red Hair" | # 407: 1943 | # 423: 1943 | color |
| ...?... | ...?... | ...?... | (several stories) |
| "The Santa Claus Pirates" | # 502: 1945 | # 515: 1945 | color |
- See details about some "Crítica Aventuras" issues: Crítica Aventuras 279, Crítica Aventuras 403, Crítica Aventuras 405, Crítica Aventuras 406, Crítica Aventuras 408, Crítica Aventuras 409, Crítica Aventuras 410, Crítica Aventuras 411, Crítica Aventuras 510, Crítica Aventuras 512.
Samples
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issue #253 June 17, 1940 ( = original sunday page November 26, 1939) -
issue September 1943 ( = original sunday page February 28, 1943)
